Have you ever wondered why most players reach a certain level and stay there forever? They will make (rapid?!) progress as a junior but somewhere in their early twenties the learning curve just flatlines and they will keep the same rating until old age and the law of gravity forces a decline. A lot of these players play a lot of chess, and try to also study and train. So why do they stay at the same level? Well, chess is different from many other activities where you will, almost automatically, keep on getting better throughout your life