infernal nerd, seeing that this is your first post, welcome to Piano Forum
And 14 is definately not a late age, it all depends on the amount of time and committment you're willing to pitch in. If you were 50 and you wanted to start learning, then I'd havta take that back

And congratulations on finishing Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca. And btw you have just done great dishonour in front of the millions of fans of Chopin (including me

) by spelling his name wrong, so if you could just remember to spell his name correctly in the future =]
To play the Chopin etudes in a year from playing Rondo Alla Turca, I'd say it should be fine if you're playing the more easier ones (don't even think about Winter Etude until later) and as long as you keep on practicing very hard each day and your teacher is good, you should do fine.
Good luck on your piano playing.
