That is absolutely true. And with the amount of training I laid out, at 51, it is more likely that I would get injured before I got to 2200 anyway. But what I was saying was, with less than that amount of training, I don't think there is any way I would get to 2200 within a 6 month period which was what my friend's goal was.
And my friend who thinks he can get there without training, even if it is training in a different way than what he thinks of as training, he isn't going to get to 2200 without training either.
If I'm honest, seeing that I am not able to play 1/3 as much as I used to, and it is likely that in 6 months to a year I will not be able to play even that much, that I will never break 2000 even. I am okay with that. I don't train or play to get higher level. I do like working on technique but that is also why my technique is better than my game play, and lots of guys whose technique isn't as good are still better than me. And I would be fooling myself if I thought I was higher level than I am.
It's not just training.
I know 50 year old guys who have been training for decades yet they are always in the same level.
I also know 15 year old kids who in 3 years of total play beat the 50 year old and never lose again to him.
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