I've been studying chess for the past year as someone much older than 21, and I find it's pretty interesting! For one thing, tactics and calculation for sure w

I've been studying chess for the past year as someone much older than 21, and I find it's pretty interesting! For one thing, tactics and calculation for sure will be varying considerably between players of different skill levels. For me, it can take forever to calculate 3 moves ahead because I lose my place as I go. I think for good players, they can see it almost instantly, subconsciously. And I think that is where the chess prodigy comes in. From the beginning, the chess prodigy probably gets their subconscious in tune with moving the pieces and can see tactics and N moves ahead almost instantly. I'm curious to see how much better that gets for me over time. If I practice a bit every day, how fast will my calculation get? It's probably logarithmic but still... Anyone have experience getting good (~1700 or >) as an adult?