Kamryn is one of my 12 y.o. stepson's heroes. I showed her achievement to him in order to give him encouragement that he can reach 2000, too. Currently he is at 1600 and rising.
as an adult at a low level what I am focussed on is my blunders which often throw away the game where I'm ahead. From a different video the advice was to stop playing timed games and focus on the moves which is what I'm now doing. Will now try and add Kamryn Hellman’s advice to look at by losing games for common mistakes and weakness.
Taking a break from studying chess worked well also for me in my youth. I studied chess daily when I was 15-20 years old. However, the progress I made was less than impressive. But then I fulfilled the 11 months of compulsory military training, during which there was no room for any serious training or taking part in the club tournaments. After this break, things were significantly different. I managed to win 1900+ elo (FCF) players consistently. I guess, besides the cognitive overload i had suffered, but now liberated off, it was an assimilation/accomodation thing. After a long break, things just found their natural place in my mind.
Been watching Kamryn for a while now and she's great. She says the word literally a lot lol i really appreciate her advice and content. As someone who recently crossed 1600, i really appreciate that she considers 1500 intermediate and not beginner
Can is a genius. He just asks a lot of people what he should put in his courses, incrementally builds the whole thing, and then sells the courses back to the community.
I started playing chess in summer 2022 at the age of 25 - just crossed 1900 this week online at 27. Played in 2 OTB tournaments so far, I won my 2nd one! 1055 USCF. My goal is 2200 USCF, understanding that it will take years to attain, if it is even possible at all. Chess is fun! Thanks for the inspiration!
The thing that helped me as an adult beginner was learning an opening with white and black and sticking with it. I went from 300 to 1200 in under a year.
Dr Can: Thank you for this content. I have been following Kamryn and am currently involved in an online tournament she is hosting. I am 46 years old. My rapid rating is 1,273. What should be my goal for the next year? 1,500? 1,600? What should an adult improver expect (because I plan to beat that)?
I take Kamryn achieved it in her 20s... I'm curious whether it is possible in your 30s or 40s and whether it is true that learning abilities significantly diminish after 30.
I think it is doable. Ben Johnson recently shared this post: "On Monday, I will record an adult improver interview with return guest Michael Franco (NoseKnowsAll on Lichess) (First Interview Here) Michael is the rare improver who has continued to make progress, seemingly without major setbacks, and is now on the verge of crossing 2000 USCF about 5 to 6 years into his chess journey. (All while getting a PHD in Applied Mathematics, and eventually getting a job as an engineer!)" You may want to listen to his first episode as well.
No I literally mean that the title shows as "kamryn" for me. I don't use the RUclips app though, but a different browser to access RUclips on my phone. It has many weird glitches so maybe this is one of them. Either way, great episode. I love that Kamryn also has a "Why did I lose?" word document. I have one too
Unless you're very smart, this is *impossible* to get 2000 elo from 0 in 2 years, even with the best tools, methods and stuff. It's like asking a 4 years old kid playing piano perfectly "how did you do?" - I play every day. There is nothing to learn from her experience if you're a normal person.
I have to disagree with the word impossible.I'd rather say difficult And secondly ones level in chess doesn't reflect the their level of intelligence but rather the skills and work they have put into the game And thirdly if you watched this whole video and had nothing to learn from her experience then that simply means you're not trying to improve as this video and its information is only relevant to those who actually want to improve... that's like saying you want to get better at chess, so you play a game, you lose and then you move on... if that's the way you think then you'll never improve whether it's in chess or anything else in life
Also remember that plan is different depending on your time controls. For the blitz and rapid put in hours definitely helps more than postgane analysis, altho that's important to build the fundamentals to get that intuition. Rapid and blitz is more about openings and endgame conversion technique whichyoudrill by playing and solving puzzles. Playing the same openings more let's you intuitively get the feeling when the critical position arises, so you can affird to stop and think. For classical and rapids with high increment like 15+10 its different ofc. And yeah, the first step of learning not to blunder for most ppl comes from playing and getting similar positions where the number if mistakes will gradually reduce.
It is inspirational! Makes me think, could I do the same? I am not like her, so probably not, but as long as I only play online, I could do something similar.
Extroverted part you can't really tell. Its easy to maintain confidence when you know what you are talking about. I promise you dont have to be smart to reach 2400. You just need the right plan and stick to it. Ginger GM Master Method 1 and 2 is the best. And yeah, the area that will lift you rating to 2000 EASY is playing the same openings that suit your style AND learning tactical paterna starting with 2 to 3 moves checkmates, hanging pieces, discovered attacks (xrays awareness), pins and attacking pinned pieces, forks (esp. with knights and bishop's), double attacks (esp. with queen and knight) and skewers (esp. with bishop and rook) in that order.
Kamryn is one of my 12 y.o. stepson's heroes. I showed her achievement to him in order to give him encouragement that he can reach 2000, too. Currently he is at 1600 and rising.
That is amazing to hear. I will let her know :) Wishing him the best!
I watch a lot of Kamryns videos. Thanks for having her as a guest!
Our pleasure!
I am aiming for 2000 in 59 years. 1 year to go
Good! Never too late, especially if you follow the Kamryn method! :)
as an adult at a low level what I am focussed on is my blunders which often throw away the game where I'm ahead. From a different video the advice was to stop playing timed games and focus on the moves which is what I'm now doing. Will now try and add Kamryn Hellman’s advice to look at by losing games for common mistakes and weakness.
Thanks for this feedback. I am working on a blunder-check course currently, and I can agree on the importance of reducing those.
"What's the most annoying thing my opponent can do" love it 😊
That is a great mindset indeed!
Taking a break from studying chess worked well also for me in my youth. I studied chess daily when I was 15-20 years old. However, the progress I made was less than impressive. But then I fulfilled the 11 months of compulsory military training, during which there was no room for any serious training or taking part in the club tournaments. After this break, things were significantly different. I managed to win 1900+ elo (FCF) players consistently. I guess, besides the cognitive overload i had suffered, but now liberated off, it was an assimilation/accomodation thing. After a long break, things just found their natural place in my mind.
Thanks for sharing this story. Assimilation/accomodation sounds very reasonable indeed.
Good episode. I think the 'Why Am I Losing?' document is a wonderful idea. After watching this episode, I immediately created one.
Great to hear that, Eli! Hope you will see its effect.
Been watching Kamryn for a while now and she's great. She says the word literally a lot lol i really appreciate her advice and content. As someone who recently crossed 1600, i really appreciate that she considers 1500 intermediate and not beginner
Thanks for your kind feedback :) 1500 chesscom rapid is definitely intermediate level!
Love this candid interview. Had a dream to reach 2000. Maybe, that may be revived.
It is never too late, Al! Wishing you all the best.
Can is a genius. He just asks a lot of people what he should put in his courses, incrementally builds the whole thing, and then sells the courses back to the community.
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I started playing chess in summer 2022 at the age of 25 - just crossed 1900 this week online at 27. Played in 2 OTB tournaments so far, I won my 2nd one! 1055 USCF. My goal is 2200 USCF, understanding that it will take years to attain, if it is even possible at all. Chess is fun! Thanks for the inspiration!
Congratulations on your rapid progress and winning that tournament! Chess is fun indeed!
The thing that helped me as an adult beginner was learning an opening with white and black and sticking with it. I went from 300 to 1200 in under a year.
Thanks for sharing! Did you not do intense training on other areas during this period?
Dr Can: Thank you for this content. I have been following Kamryn and am currently involved in an online tournament she is hosting.
I am 46 years old. My rapid rating is 1,273. What should be my goal for the next year? 1,500? 1,600? What should an adult improver expect (because I plan to beat that)?
I take Kamryn achieved it in her 20s... I'm curious whether it is possible in your 30s or 40s and whether it is true that learning abilities significantly diminish after 30.
I recently turned 25, and wanna transition to computer science field, do ya think it's too late
41 here and hit 1900 recently in less than 2 years. You can do it! Sleep, eat and exercise well to keep your brain sharp
That is great to hear! Congratulations.
I think it is doable. Ben Johnson recently shared this post: "On Monday, I will record an adult improver interview with return guest Michael Franco (NoseKnowsAll on Lichess) (First Interview Here) Michael is the rare improver who has continued to make progress, seemingly without major setbacks, and is now on the verge of crossing 2000 USCF about 5 to 6 years into his chess journey. (All while getting a PHD in Applied Mathematics, and eventually getting a job as an engineer!)" You may want to listen to his first episode as well.
@@Dr.CansClinic Thank you for your support!
It’s not about the ‘Elo’ but about the time control to get there. 10 mins players are relatively the easiest in the rapid division.
what a beautiful mind , good thing she was in Queen's Gambit and not in Dexter , she would be successful and that is therifinding
Hi i guess you let us know when your neew course is for sale
Dr. Can'?
All my courses are on sale right now! I will publish a video when the new course will be published (hopefully the first half of 2025).
Can I have noticed your microphone levels are really low lately. I am having a hard time hearing you in this episode. Just a heads up!
Thanks for the heads up. I wonder why... I did not change anything. I will make sure the microphone stands higher next time.
Is this video supposed to be just titled "kamryn"? :)
That could have been a good alternative! But would it be clickbaity? :)
No I literally mean that the title shows as "kamryn" for me. I don't use the RUclips app though, but a different browser to access RUclips on my phone. It has many weird glitches so maybe this is one of them. Either way, great episode. I love that Kamryn also has a "Why did I lose?" word document. I have one too
@@greatdanelegend7001 Haha, never heard of that glitch! A good summary of the video with 'Kamryn' though :)
Dr cans i want to play your student online whats is her name user name in lichess
2000 fide is a novelty for 2 years i got to 2000 elo online on like 10 months of lots of chess its really not hard
Cool
Did you start as a complete beginner and an adult? Congratulations.
@Dr.CansClinic yea I started chess 8 months ago, everyone says I got good so fast, and I was playing chess non-stop
Unless you're very smart, this is *impossible* to get 2000 elo from 0 in 2 years, even with the best tools, methods and stuff.
It's like asking a 4 years old kid playing piano perfectly "how did you do?" - I play every day.
There is nothing to learn from her experience if you're a normal person.
I have to disagree with the word impossible.I'd rather say difficult
And secondly ones level in chess doesn't reflect the their level of intelligence but rather the skills and work they have put into the game
And thirdly if you watched this whole video and had nothing to learn from her experience then that simply means you're not trying to improve as this video and its information is only relevant to those who actually want to improve... that's like saying you want to get better at chess, so you play a game, you lose and then you move on... if that's the way you think then you'll never improve whether it's in chess or anything else in life
Also remember that plan is different depending on your time controls. For the blitz and rapid put in hours definitely helps more than postgane analysis, altho that's important to build the fundamentals to get that intuition. Rapid and blitz is more about openings and endgame conversion technique whichyoudrill by playing and solving puzzles.
Playing the same openings more let's you intuitively get the feeling when the critical position arises, so you can affird to stop and think. For classical and rapids with high increment like 15+10 its different ofc. And yeah, the first step of learning not to blunder for most ppl comes from playing and getting similar positions where the number if mistakes will gradually reduce.
It is inspirational! Makes me think, could I do the same? I am not like her, so probably not, but as long as I only play online, I could do something similar.
She seems really extroverted to me.
Extroverted part you can't really tell. Its easy to maintain confidence when you know what you are talking about. I promise you dont have to be smart to reach 2400. You just need the right plan and stick to it. Ginger GM Master Method 1 and 2 is the best. And yeah, the area that will lift you rating to 2000 EASY is playing the same openings that suit your style AND learning tactical paterna starting with 2 to 3 moves checkmates, hanging pieces, discovered attacks (xrays awareness), pins and attacking pinned pieces, forks (esp. with knights and bishop's), double attacks (esp. with queen and knight) and skewers (esp. with bishop and rook) in that order.