[thelean12]

Key phrase being "dedicated" amateur.

I bet 2 years of daily effort and study would get most people to 1500.

How many people play for years without actual dedication, or join tournaments before they're at the 1500 level, or quit when they keep losing a lot to higher level people in tournaments, or whatever?

My definition of "dedicated" probably removes at least 50+% of the pool right away.