Has anyone reached 2000 on chesscom by playing chess as a hobby?

I've been playing on chesscom as a hobby for 3 years now, spending from 30 minutes to 2 hours a day, 3-7 days/week (intermittently), and I'm still stuck at 1000 elo. I watched a lot of chess channels like Hikaru, GothamChess, Mortal Chess, Top Chess, Chessvibes,... learnt tactics and basic moves like skew, hang, pin, backrank...But after All of that, the number 1000 still sticks to me like a curse. I don't want to spend too much time for chess. I want to be lazy in the smart way and still gets the best result.

Does anyone here play chess for fun, invest a little time and still get to 2000 elo? Or even higher, 3000?  Am I insane for asking this?

Wait, what, when you play just for fun and you get 2000 elo, Super idol

Do you even read my post lol, I said I'm stuck at 1000 and I'm asking if anyone ever reached 2000+ just by playing chess as a hobby

I read yours, and if someone goes to 2000 elo, he'll be a liar to say that he plays just for fun.

Yes you can.

You have to put in the time and effort to reach 2000. Therefore it's not just a hobby anymore. So the answer would be no ig?

ive played for less than a year and im 1200 so probaly 5 years or so ill b 2000?

I think there's a way for it, we just haven't figured out yet. Maybe with a secret godlike method and supports from chess geniuses, a special program will be found and anyone can go far with chess without even trying

If you play for fun, can share your secrets =))?

You need an authorisation paper to enter into professional chess world!! That means to fulfill some criteria. One of them it is to be not too smart. I mean dobt catch some tricky blunders of them they call it logic c4 or c5 or f4 etc..because all the world of chess will crumble. But dont worry about that as you are not that kind of guy. You need to love chess or too think more little by little

Sounds fair enough

Been playing for 3 months, I am 1200, haven't improved in like a month I blame my lack of commitment/games played though when I did play a few games a day, the #1 thing I did to improve was just analyze my games, you must acknowledge your mistakes and stop making them. Stop blundering. Also playing slower time controls gives you time to think about your moves and it can help you develop a good thought process and I am a firm believer that a good chess player has a good thought process and that mixed with a good understanding of chess literally just equals a good chess player.

Yes, you can do it "just for fun." Probably most of the 2300s in USCF are never gonna make a nickle off of chess. Of course they had to work--a lot--but still I hope they had fun, because it will never get them anywhere as far as money, fame, or anything else.

You could ask the same for a lot of things. If you are a true scratch golfer from the blue tees on a tough course, you are top 1% even among country club players. You definitely worked very hard to get there. The average person has no hope of even staying in your shadow. But you would be destroyed by a PGA pro. So, hopefully, you have fun doing it, because otherwise why bother?

I've said it before in various different ways, but I'm a firm believer that "obsession" is the key to excelling at most things.

When it comes to chess, different players call it by different names. "Bitten by the chess bug", one might say. Or "I've fallen in love with game", another might claim.

Most 2000+ players typically would admit some level of obsession on their part - a motivation to keep striving and learning about the game, even when the going gets tough.

I wouldn't go as far as saying that this level of devotion is "necessary", but it certainly helps.

It also helps to have some quality instruction to help guide you along the way. Books might not align with your request, in the original post (wanting to be "lazy in the smart way"), but I can attribute much of my rating to the ideas and insights that I've gained from reading different chess books. These sources of understanding can come from other places as well - some YouTube videos, for example, can be full of insightful chess knowledge.

Some others YouTube videos, though, might be purely for entertainment. The trick is to "sort the wheat from the chaff", as the saying goes ... To find the kind of material that will help you improve.

Given all the resources available online these days, if you're eager to improve - you'll find a way.

This, and then there is also talent. I learned about it at a young age because my father can draw--really well--professionally well. As a kid I'd ask him to teach me. And he tried, but he couldn't.

For a while he said "well, you know, I used to draw all the time when I was your age, so you just need to practice more." But then, one day when we were at grandma's house, I found out she had some scrapbooks from when he was a kid. Like a six year old kid, same as me at the time. And he could already draw. He drew kid stuff, but it was good. Baseball players, clearly *swinging* that bat at the ball--like it seemed to go "whoosh." And if you knew the old time players you could probably tell who it was supposed to be from their face. Or a tiger in a jungle--at least what a kid would think a jungle should look like--stalking about. Not a vaguely catlike creatures lamely standing in some trees. A tiger. Stalking. Dad could draw when he was six. Some people can play chess when they are six. Talent matters too.

To reach 2000 rating on chess.com on classical play ie., 1 or 3 day per move would probably take you at least 18 years at the rate chess.com rewards its points!????

I have been an active player for a long time, currently around 1400 in Blitz. I feel like a worse player now than a few years ago, when I was up to 1700. Back then I studied more and mastered many different openings. Today I'm stuck, doing the same thing all the time. But I'm having fun. I like to play, I get bored quickly if I have to do tasks. So here is probably the reason. But I enjoy chess more today with 1400 than I did with 1700.

It depends on what you focus on and what pool of players you are among. Elo rates performance not chess skill. So if you want to spend incredible amounts of time instinctively making survivable moves, creating time pressure and waiting for the opponents blunder. And be rated in the same pool as classical players you can ambush and do nothing but cut the agreed game time in half because 10 minutes counts the same as all day. Then idk about 2000 but you could get 1750 at this server for sure. People do it all the time. If you are talking 2000 in USCF rated events vs opponents who are not internet phantoms. That would take years.

I don't really understand the question. Doesn't 99.9% of chess players who have reached 2000, get there by playing chess as a hobby? There are only a select few who play chess professionally, everyone else is an amateur.
I went from 600 to over 2000 in 2-3 years by doing a lot of the same things you are. The problem with self-study is that there's so much content out there, it's easy to get distracted by noise. So you want to work with a coach or someone higher rated to point you in the right direction regarding where to spend time on.

I've been coaching for 3 years now and have helped many people climb several hundred rating points, across various players starting from 400 right through to 1800.

A lot of the channels you mentioned are not the best for learning and are too click baity and not detailed enough. Go with John Bartholomew or Daniel Naroditsky meantime - those guys have longevity and you'll keep learning from them right up to master level.
There are a few channels purpose built for those in your rating range too; chess boot camp and chess goals.