15,000 chess games over 13 years: Elo flatlined for 6 years, then rose again
_aidan_clark_ · x · 2026-11-13
A player shares 13 years of chess.com data: 15,000+ games (3+ per day on average).
His Elo rose for the first 3 years, flatlined for almost 6, then started climbing again in the last 3 — after he adopted one rule: no playing while drunk or before coffee. The chart shows the full rise-plateau-rise curve from 2015 to 2026.
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