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Can anyone earn by chess coaching on this site?
No. I don't think this site has that option. To earn from teaching, you should preferably be a GM. Then people will come to you for lessons. You look like a beginner. So, no one will come to you for lessons.
Bt if I secure good rating then can I play competitions of higher level na?
I love chess and I wanna do something with it
You can learn as a hobby. To Make a career out of it is possible but very few people are able to earn sufficient from it. It is an expensive game. You will have to travel to different cities and countries to participate in tournaments. You will have to so most of these (traveling & lodging/boarding) expenses out of your own pocket. You will have to pay for a coach. GM coaches charge high fees. Don't spoil your present career plans for chess. There is no guarantee that you will become a GM. You can learn part time as a hobby, improve your rating and play in tournaments. Good luck.
Do chess.com ratings have value
What do you mean by value? There is no money to be earned from this rating. FIDE won't accept this rating.
I don't want money. I want to be a recognized player only
Focus on your studies, job and career. Learn chess side by side. Try to cross 2000 rating on this app. Then appear for some FIDE rated tournaments. Reaching 2000 rating will take many years of hard work. You have to study for at least 10 years to become a GM. Even then GM is not guaranteed.
Thank you Sir your advices are valuable
Dude, you are a 1100!!!!
You should never ever put "chess" and "career" in the same sentence when talking about yourself!
Even for really talented people chosing chess as their profession is in the vast majority of cases a very bad idea. You are a 1100 and you talk about giving lessons?? Are you out of your mind???
And Thunderstrorm, you are wrong if you think that he needs 10 years to become a GM.
He will never ever become a GM. It has been already discussed so many times what it takes to become a GM.
An adult who is a beginner has literally zero chances of becoming a GM.
Dear Pashak nothing is impossible. I believe in it I hope you believe the same
Dear Pashak nothing is impossible. I believe in it I hope you believe the same
Dear Pashak nothing is impossible. I believe in it I hope you believe the same
And I have joined chess.com recently lm not playing for long
You are absolutely delusional. You are free to believe whatever you want but very soon you will get a reality check.
I can also believe that tomorrow I will have the ability to fly using my arms.
Dear I'm also in the land of reality and I believe in my capability
Possibly of interest:
"... the NM title is an honor that only one percent of USCF members attain. ..." - IM John Donaldson (2015)
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Reaching-the-Top-77p3905.htm
What It Takes to Become a Chess Master by Andrew Soltis
"... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - GM Andrew Soltis (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review857.pdf
100 Chess Master Trade Secrets by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review916.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/100-Master-Trade-Secrets-77p3835.htm
Reaching the Top?! by Peter Kurzdorfer
"... On the one hand, your play needs to be purposeful much of the time; the ability to navigate through many different types of positions needs to be yours; your ability to calculate variations and find candidate moves needs to be present in at least an embryonic stage. On the other hand, it will be heart-warming and perhaps inspiring to realize that you do not need to give up blunders or misconceptions or a poor memory or sloppy calculating habits; that you do not need to know all the latest opening variations, or even know what they are called. You do not have to memorize hundreds of endgame positions or instantly recognize the proper procedure in a variety of pawn structures.
[To play at a master level consistently] is not an easy task, to be sure ..., but it is a possible one. ..." - NM Peter Kurzdorfer (2015)
http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2015/11/16/book-notice-kurzdorfers-reaching-the-top.html
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Reaching-the-Top-77p3905.htm
https://www.chess.com/article/view/can-anyone-be-an-im-or-gm
Train Like a Grandmaster by Kotov
Becoming a Grandmaster by Keene
What It Takes to Become a Grandmaster by GM Andrew Soltis
"BENJAMIN FINEGOLD (born Sep-06-1969 ...) ... Ben became a USCF Life Master at 15, USCF Senior Master at 16, an International Master in 1989, and achieved his final GM norm at the SPICE Cup B Section in September, 2009. ..."
http://www.chessgames.com/player/benjamin_finegold.html
"MARK IZRAILOVICH DVORETSKY (... died Sep-26-2016 ...) ... He was ... awarded the IM title in 1975. Dvoretsky was also a FIDE Senior Trainer and noted author. ... During the 1970s, Mark was widely regarded by the strongest IM in the world, ..."
http://www.chessgames.com/player/mark_izrailovich_dvoretsky.html
https://www.chess.com/article/view/don-t-worry-about-your-rating
https://www.chess.com/article/view/am-i-too-old-for-chess
https://www.chess.com/blog/smurfo/book-review-insanity-passion-and-addiction
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/26/books/books-of-the-times-when-the-child-chess-genius-becomes-the-pawn.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2017/05/05/making-a-living-in-chess-is-tough-but-the-internet-is-making-it-easier/#4284e4814850
https://www.chess.com/news/view/is-there-good-money-in-chess-1838
"... Many aspiring young chess players dream of one day becoming a grandmaster and a professional. ... But ... a profession must bring in at least a certain regular income even if one is not too demanding. ... The usual prize money in Open tournaments is meagre. ... The higher the prizes, the greater the competition. ... With a possibly not very high and irregular income for several decades the amount of money one can save for old age remains really modest. ... Anyone who wants to reach his maximum must concentrate totally on chess. That involves important compromises with or giving up on his education. ... it is a question of personal life planning and when deciding it is necessary to be fully conscious of the various possibilities, limitations and risks. ... a future professional must really love chess and ... be prepared to work very hard for it. ... It is all too frequent that a wrong evaluation is made of what a talented player can achieve. ... Most players have the potential for a certain level; once they have reached it they can only make further progress with a great effort. ... anyone who is unlikely to attain a high playing strength should on no account turn professional. ... Anyone who does not meet these top criteria can only try to earn his living with public appearances, chess publishing or activity as a trainer. But there is a lack of offers and these are not particularly well paid. For jobs which involve appearing in public, moreover, certain non-chess qualities are required. ... a relevant 'stage presence' and required sociability. ... All these jobs and existences, moreover, have hanging above them the sword of Damocles of general economic conditions. ... around [age] 40 chess players ... find that their performances are noticeably tailing off. ..." - from a 12 page chapter on becoming a chess professional in the book, Luther's Chess Reformation by GM Thomas Luther (2016)
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/LuthersChessReformation-excerpt.pdf
ankitbanerjee escribió:
Dear I'm also in the land of reality and I believe in my capability
LMAO!
Yes, you can teach on chess.com and earn some money from it. I do, and so do many other titled players. You use paypal to get paid and a phone chat program like skype or google chat to talk to the students. But, to get students you obviously have to have credentials. Take a look at my profile, you'll see an example.
No, chess.com ratings don't have any value. No one will hire you to coach them if you attain a 3000 online bullet rating or whatever. The only thing these ratings are good for is finding opponents of similar or higher skill level at whatever time control you want to play, to get good practice.
What's your goal in chess? To improve, you should get a good coach and play in real tournaments in your area. You can play online too, but this is more for fun.