Originally posted by WulebgrStranger than the (I think correct) use of 'firstly' is the fact that there is no 'secondly' or next ....
Why do you Brits think the "ly" is needed?
First,
Second,
Third,
Even more strange, in my opinion, is the persistent need of people here on RHP to comment on language details, rather than on content. After all, this is an international community with lots of people doing their best to express themselves in a second (or third or ...) language.
Originally posted by Wulebgrmy country is a Celtic country, so my original language is Gaelic
You were speaking a mixture of German and Norwegian until the French conquered you and corrupted your language. Get your facts straight. English is not a true language.
Fool.
English is not a true language?
well i'm glad that has been cleared up.
How come you still cant use it properly then?
or should i say "use it proper"?
so what proper language do you use, and why are you correcting the usage if it is not a proper language?
ni hen benda
I think some players have become International Masters at around about the age of eleven / twelve, so assuming they started playing at about five, then that would make it about six years to go from nothing to IM strength. However, players have achieved IM norms even younger than that.
This does not take into account the rather unusual case of players who learn the moves late in life and then become IM strength. In my opinion older players are able to learn more rapidly than really young ones, though they probably don't have the potential to eventually reach such a high level.
I knew one player who went from learning the moves to about 2000 ELO in just over a year, however he never got any better than that despite playing regularly even since.
Originally posted by Fat LadyMagnus Carlsen became an IM when he was 12, and he started playing at 8 (he learned how to move the pieces when he was 5, but wasn't interested), so he made it in about four years. And one year later he became a GM. That's not a very typical career, though...
I think some players have become International Masters at around about the age of eleven / twelve, so assuming they started playing at about five, then that would make it about six years to go from nothing to IM strength. However, players have achieved IM norms even younger than that.