How many hours of chess training to reach elo-1600?

..........for a "normal" human being. (so, not talking about exceptional talented kids)

Around 1000 hours? (10 hours a week, 2 years long).

1600 is so weak its mainly about understanding basic principles and being able to identify weak moves before you play them. Of course playing is best way to gauge your progress. I could probably get you up to 1600 (for free!) in no time - I taught myself from books from 13 yrs old (before PCs) and was never really at that level. Message me if interested. Cheers.  

1600 hours

depends on your actual level and it varies from person to person, whats your current elo?

It depends on many parameters, including when you learnt the game, your age, your interest for the game and competitive drive, time available to play, access to OTB play, natural talent, etc.

But if you're U35 and ready to play regularly OTB for 2-3 years, you have reasonable chances to get there.

1600 OTB is a good club player level, whatever people say, and if you're not a die-hard chess player, a very respectable achievement.

If the only thing you do is tactics it might take much longer than it could.

IMO you need the basics of everything (tactics, strategy, opening, endgame, etc). The biggest shift I see from U1600 to over 1600 is how consistently a player checks for simple tactical blunders. Basically in 99% of your moves you will not lose any material, not even a pawn, to a 1 or 2 move tactical oversight.

Oops, somehow I read it "how many hours of tactics training"

hah, I just came from the tactics topic and my mind was stuck I guess.

Phase 1: For your level, you should first study tactics and basic endgames.  During this phase, you only need to know enough about openings to not get crushed in the first few moves.  Proficiency in tactics and basic endgames will then provide a firm foundation for further development.  You will know when you are ready to move on from there.

Phase 2: Before studying middlegames in general, study pawn structure.  I used "Pawn Power in Chess," by Kmoch, but there are better books now.  This will enable you to evaluate the strengths/weaknesses of a position based on pawn structure and plan accordingly.

Phase 3: Develop a simple opening repertoire. Do not waste time studying long variations.  A good repertoire book will teach you the basic middlegame strategy to pursue based on the opening.

By this time, you should be 1600.  Don't know how many hours it will take. 

I play chess for, let's say, 1 year. (only here on chess.com). My rating is ~1350 , 30 min and 10/10 games........and I realize that most of my games are hilarious. The good part is;  most of the time I know what I did wrong.

I better don't play Blitz games. I already start panicking after 30 seconds.

@Joe....you've got a message.

If your rating here is 1350 for Live Standard, then your real rapid elo should be about 1200 or something around that... 

If you have to get up to 1600 elo you should practice intermediate tactics and learn up the main openings and endgames. You should try playing more carefully in games rather than just play for fun. 

I find it amazing every time I see that someone thinks a question like this can be answered.

Indeed.

I've never heard anyone ask: how many hours of training until I become a premiership footballer?

Less than a BBVA League footballer, that's for sure!

Depends if you're playing for one of the top couple of La Liga teams, or the other amateur ones.

It's because footballers don't have ELO ratings for people to obsess over, they are judged on how they actually play instead (it'd be nice if that was the case for chess players actually!)

I'll have to start one:

Ronaldo: 2860

Messi: 2845

Aguero: 2790

Robben: 2785

Neuer: 2780

etc

Just keep playing stronger opponents, youll become stronger, each loss try to identify what you could have done better....gl.

your best to join a chess club that way your playing live otb and there is no cheating. on the net people cheat.