polarthedog
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Hey guys, I am trying to become a grandmaster (ya I know, that’s like a decade or more of work). I love chess, and I play everyday anyway, I have for years.
I recently looked up ways to make money off chess skills, and on every of 5e things on the list was tutoring, people pay 10-50$ an hour for tutoring.
Now this is for the future, because right now I’m around a 1300 elo score, which is not expert level. I mean that’s not bad, but I don’t think people would wanna pay me for tutoring right now.
I wanted to know what score would I have to get before someone would want to pay me, let’s say 10$ an hour since that’s the minimum. 1600? 1800? Do you need to be a grandmaster?
I would really like to do that someday, and I’m just wondering how far off that would probably be. It took me about a year to get my score up 350 points from 950 to 1300. I know that going up the next 350 points will take longer since the elo score is kinda like a sliding scale, the higher you go, the bigger the difference each additional point means In your skill level, or atleast, I think that’s how it goes. At any rate, right now I would have about a 0.015% chance of beating someone with a 2500 elo, which is the minimum elo I think to be considered a gm. So I’m pretty damn far off. I have a good head on my shoulders though, and I’m pretty consistent about practicing. I figure it’s pretty achievable, i just have to want it enough and for long enough.
But ya. It would be cool if I couldn’t get customers at a 1600 if I charged low enough, I mean there’s kids who’s parents want them to learn who have never played before, how Good would you have be to tutor a beginner? I’ve taught lots of people to play well who were originally beginners. I mean, I can’t make them better than I am, but a 1600 rating IS NOT low, and that takes years of work. They wouldn’t outgrow my rating for a long ass time.
What do you guys think? Please don’t step on my dreams, I am serious about this, and I’m not trolling. I’m very passionate about playing chess and I love teaching people. Plus I have trouble holding down regular jobs, playing cHess doesn’t feel like work to me, it would be great if I could get paid to play.
I recently looked up ways to make money off chess skills, and on every of 5e things on the list was tutoring, people pay 10-50$ an hour for tutoring.
Now this is for the future, because right now I’m around a 1300 elo score, which is not expert level. I mean that’s not bad, but I don’t think people would wanna pay me for tutoring right now.
I wanted to know what score would I have to get before someone would want to pay me, let’s say 10$ an hour since that’s the minimum. 1600? 1800? Do you need to be a grandmaster?
I would really like to do that someday, and I’m just wondering how far off that would probably be. It took me about a year to get my score up 350 points from 950 to 1300. I know that going up the next 350 points will take longer since the elo score is kinda like a sliding scale, the higher you go, the bigger the difference each additional point means In your skill level, or atleast, I think that’s how it goes. At any rate, right now I would have about a 0.015% chance of beating someone with a 2500 elo, which is the minimum elo I think to be considered a gm. So I’m pretty damn far off. I have a good head on my shoulders though, and I’m pretty consistent about practicing. I figure it’s pretty achievable, i just have to want it enough and for long enough.
But ya. It would be cool if I couldn’t get customers at a 1600 if I charged low enough, I mean there’s kids who’s parents want them to learn who have never played before, how Good would you have be to tutor a beginner? I’ve taught lots of people to play well who were originally beginners. I mean, I can’t make them better than I am, but a 1600 rating IS NOT low, and that takes years of work. They wouldn’t outgrow my rating for a long ass time.
What do you guys think? Please don’t step on my dreams, I am serious about this, and I’m not trolling. I’m very passionate about playing chess and I love teaching people. Plus I have trouble holding down regular jobs, playing cHess doesn’t feel like work to me, it would be great if I could get paid to play.