Originally posted by AlexanderAlekhine
Take a group of kids all aged 6.
One makes it to master but they all had the same training.
Talent says a lot.
Nobody ever talks about the 1000's of kids who don't have what it takes and quit.
Can you name one Master who was stuck at 1200 for a few years then struggled to pass 1400...and years later finally broke the 1800 barrier and then rea ones with natural talent for the game.
None of them will ever admit it was easier for them.
take three children. don't select them from 'talented ones', but instead take the three you happen to have yourself. decide to make them genius. at what? doesn't matter. but when one of them finds a chess board, you decide that chess is as good as any other discipline.
you're not a good player yourself, but it doesn't matter. start training your daughters at chess, and surround them with chess culture as much as you can. at the age of 5 the oldest of them beats you at chess. man, you're really not very good at it! but it doesn't matter, as you
do understand training.
watch all three of your daughters quickly grown into devastating chess machines. 2 GMs and one IM. chuckle at the fact that the IM one is actually the most talented of the three, yet she never made GM.
talent is nothing, hard work is everything.