Why is my blitz rating so low compared to my other time controls. (2024)

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Why is blitz rating so low? ›

It is a normal thing: as in classical we are determined to play chess with patience and play the best, in rapid we are determined to play smoothly with much presence of mind, in bullet we are determined to play as fast as we can, but we are stuck in blitz between two minds whether to play good chess slowly or ...

To improve blitz you must first improve your regular chess. Clock management. You must make every move at the rate necessary to finish the game without flagging and never take more time for any move that that average. Learn to move at your time quota and not faster nor slower.

Play blitz with increment (5+3) to increase your rating. As your bullet rating is even lower it indicates that you don't have good equipment like a mouse or you approach blitz chess the wrong way. Try to look for fast, logical moves, do not try to find the best moves in blitz or bullet.

The average blitz rating on chess.com is below 1000. A 1300 is in the upper 20%-- which is NOT normal. This means that if your rating sucks on chess.com-- that is normal. So-- remember while you are getting crushed out there kids, you're not that bad.

The average blitz rating on Chess.com is 645. If you've broken 700, congratulations! You're in the top half of all online chess players in the world! You are better at chess than many millions of possible opponents!

A rating between 800 and 1200 is generally considered a good starting point for novice players. This range indicates that they have a grasp of the fundamental principles and can play competently against other beginners.

it varies for each person because they are not really comparable, but on average someone who is 1000 blitz is 1200 rapid. Chess_Player_lol wrote: it varies for each person because they are not really comparable, but on average someone who is 1000 blitz is 1200 rapid.

A rating between 1500 to 2000 is for considerably experienced and great players.

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.

Good ... Blitz players are rated above 1838. 08348 players rated 1500 in the Bullet category and they are better than 51% of the Bullet Lichess players. 08064 players rated 1600 in the Bullet category and they are better than 60% of the Bullet Lichess players.

How accurate is lichess rating? ›

Lichess ratings predicted 58.423% of decisive game outcomes correctly, Ordo predicted 59.527% correctly. Remember than a coin flip can predict 50% of decisive outcomes correctly, so 58% is already very good.

It's very normal, as we play with different psychologies in different time controls. You have much more time to think, analyze and execute in Rapid, than you have in Blitz and Bullet. I was in your situation once and I'm here to tell you, that all of this will fix itself eventually.

900-1000 is okay. Yet it's still considered amateur. It's about the 40-50 percentile of players.

Playing blitz chess will help you get better at playing under time limits, and will help you develop your natural instincts to think fast and make good choices in high-pressure situations.

1200-1400: a decent chess player. Has played a good amount of chess games, but makes lots of mistakes and still falls on elementary traps. 1400-1700: a proficent chess player, but doesn't know a lot about Chess theory, hasn't studied many openings or end games, and still needs to work on his pattern recognition skills.

1500 on chess.com is indeed a good rating. Your USCF rating would be in the range of 1300 -1700 depends on how you play in the tournaments. I had a blitz rating of 1300 and when I played my first USCF tournament ended up the USCF tournament with a rating of 1380 so yes the chess.com is fairly accurate.