KeSetoKaiba wrote: Larynxys wrote:
ninjahudson wrote:
..."Bro", simmer down, this is not my main account. It's an account I made to play casual games.
...blitz for anything under 1800, and you'd get crushed by sub 1000's playing longer games...
If I may interject, your point stands; if you have a super new chess.com account, then this doesn't necessarily mean you are super new to chess.
However, the sub-1800 crushed by sub-1000's playing longer games I'll have to disagree with. Obvious exaggeration to prove a point, but I'd estimate an OTB longer time control player rated 1000 to be maybe 1300-1400 chess.com rating. Yes, there is a slight difference due to different player pools, but the rating difference isn't that massive. Maybe an OTB player of about 1600 is equal to an online chess.com rating of 1800. It isn't that huge though.
*** That wasn't what I was trying to specify though.
I was saying OP would get crushed by sub 1000s playing longer games, not that any sub 1800 blitz player would get crushed by rapid sub 1000s. There is a significant difference in how you word that.
My point to OP was that first of all he comes off as extremely arrogant based on some of his comments above, and also that rapid or even daily games objectively benefit lower rated players because it gives them time to play higher quality moves without time pressure.
After you get to around 2000, this becomes less important (unless you are aiming for titles or a career in pro chess) and playing blitz becomes a way to get even better at that stage.
But at OPs stage speed chess only gives false confidence and may actually hurt his development if he relies too much on it.
Also, I find that chess.com elo varies about 100-200 from OTB, but also find OTB easier because online chess is highly unreliable due to anyone being able to get help, chess, Google videos, etc at any time during a game with little to no repercussions (assuming they aren't dumb enough to simply copy paste best moves from an engine).
I also find chess.com to be much closer to OTB ratings than lichess, which varies 400-600 points from OTB in my experience.
FAQs
1000 is a great rating for the average person, and below average for chess players.
How hard is it to get 1000 Elo in chess? ›
1K Elo is around 80+% so it's far above average in Rapid.. And I was thinking it was around 1200 Elo which is called intermediate. It'll take 2-3 months and within 500 games to reach from 500 elo if you keep learning throughout the process.
What is the average Elo of a beginner chess player? ›
A "Total Beginner" is 0-999 rapid elo, while "Beginner" is 1000 to 1399 elo.
Is 1000 Elo low? ›
1000 rating is a great first step though! That is already better than the average (50 percent of chess players). Roughly 1500 chess.com rating is something like better than 90-95% of all players.
Is 1200 elo respectable? ›
A rating between 800 and 1200 is generally considered a good starting point for novice players.
What is the average accuracy for 1000 elo chess players? ›
Accuracy And Ratings On Chess.com
| Elo | 3+0 Accuracy | 10+0 Acc. |
|---|
| 400 | 69.78 | 68.83 |
| 1000 | 76.5 | 75.66 |
| 1600 | 78.81 | 80.55 |
| 1700 | 79.67 | 81.15 |
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There's no such thing as an "average" chess rating, but a solid club-level chess player might be rate somewhere around 1500-1700. In general, a person's rating will increase as that person becomes more experienced. Although, on chess.com, 1500-1700 is around 1800-2000 on lichess.
How much Elo is needed to become a grandmaster? ›
Before FIDE will give the Grandmaster title to a player, the player must have an Elo chess rating of at least 2500 at one time and three favorable results (called norms) in tournaments involving other Grandmasters, including some from countries other than the applicant's.
What is the average chess.com rating? ›
What is the rating of the average chessplayer? Depends which rating system (and pool) you're in. Here on chess.com the average correspondence rating is 1363.
What chess rating is no longer beginner? ›
I believe a rating above 1200 is intermediate level. Youve past the rookie level.
Unfortunately it is only valid for ages 10 - 50. Magnus Carlsen's IQ is therefore around 160. Totally off -- Rating = (IQ * 200) - 800 which supports Fischer's 180 IQ claim (giving him a 2800 rating) and explains why chess.com starts everyone at 1200 (corresponding to the average IQ of 100).
What elo is considered intermediate? ›
Beginner (800-1099) Intermediate (1100-1399) Intermediate2 (1400-1699)
What is Magnus's elo? ›
Magnus Carlsen's current rating (as of July 2022) is 2864. It's the highest in the world. It's also higher than anyone else has ever been rated. Garry Kasparov reached a peak rating of 2851 back in 1999 and Fabiano Caruana reached a peak of 2844 in 2014.
Is 1k MMR in chess good? ›
0-1000: either a kid or a beginner. 1000-1200: below average player. 1200: either an average player or a newly registered member. 1200-1400: a decent chess player.
Is 1100 elo ok? ›
Below 1200 is a pretty broad term. Someone rated 1100-1200 is already at least an average to above average player, but still has a lot to learn. Yes. People that are very highly rated (like you, no offense) tend to lose sight of what normal people playing chess looks like.
What is considered a good Elo on chess com? ›
1900-2100: an outstanding chess player.
Is 1100 Elo ok? ›
Below 1200 is a pretty broad term. Someone rated 1100-1200 is already at least an average to above average player, but still has a lot to learn. Yes. People that are very highly rated (like you, no offense) tend to lose sight of what normal people playing chess looks like.
Is 900 rating in chess com good? ›
I think it's a normal rating for someone who hasn't studied. And studying tactics is far more helpful at our level than reading prose (after you've read at least an introductory book on chess). I agree with the above posters; you won't really learn anything substantial from just playing blitz.
Is 1000 a good chess rating in Lichess? ›
1000 as a startpoint is also high enough to let most players drop points early on. But it is harder to get a higher rating if you drop from 800. So, I think it is better to have 1500 when starting. "New players should start lower, preferably close to their real strenght, which usually looks like between 500 and 1000."
