According to experts it takes approximately 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in any field. So the following is my attempt to gauge my chess progress based on the 10,000 hour rule.
Assumptions
10,000 hours of practice = expert
A chess expert is a player with a 2000 USCF rating.
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