How does chess.com ratings compare with FIDE ratings?

11 months ago · Quote · #41
LegoPirateSenior

raykrish wrote:

imo for lower ratings here on chess.com there is a correlation between FIDE and chess.com ratings but the reason you will find a 2300+ master rated around 1900 here is because there are probably a lot of people who use computers around that rating.I read it somewhere.

Nope, the reason is that he plays simul blitz in online chess. Catch him some day when he's online and keep refreshing the list of his current games every 10 seconds or so -- you'll see that he will typically make his move in one or two games. Quite amazing.
11 months ago · Quote · #42
nameno1had

waffllemaster wrote:

Well I guess it's in the perception. When I play an engine online I think of it as a non-game. Tourney ratings are more reliable IMO (for the reasons you mention, distraction, cheating, etc) so I think 5 random players in my OTB class offer me better competition than 5 random online players, although maybe taken over many games it all sort of evens out.

In big enough tourneys, you'll find dozens if not a hundred or more people in your class. There are also class prizes, often 1st through 3rd at least.

I have so many household distractions that I would probably have more peace at a tourney...
11 months ago · Quote · #43
lefouissimo13

All I am saying is this: cheating, opening books usage, playing much weaker opponents all the time and bullet games aside; you will not find a 1500+ player on chess.com who has a Fide rating of 1200. However you may well find many 1750 chess.com players who have Fide ratings in the 1900s.
11 months ago · Quote · #44
nameno1had

lefouissimo13 wrote:

All I am saying is this: cheating, opening books usage, playing much weaker opponents all the time and bullet games aside; you will not find a 1500+ player on chess.com who has a Fide rating of 1200. However you may well find many 1750 chess.com players who have Fide ratings in the 1900s.

That view point does really encompass the truth.
11 months ago · Quote · #45
PLAVIN79

FIDE RATINGS ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT=ON LINE RATINGS ARE LESS SUPERIOR= FIDE IS ACEPTRD WORLD WIDE
5 months ago · Quote · #46
magfirefox

Well if it helps, my USCF Quick Chess Rating (5 minute) is 2226 yet my Chess.com 3 minute rating is only about 1750. My ICC 3 minute rating is about 1850. My USCF over the board rating for 40 moves in 2 hours is about 2100. I know a guy who is about 2450 in USCF over the board, and in ICC he can only hold about 2250.
5 months ago · Quote · #47
spassky

My estimation is:

Chess.com rating - 400 = USCF rating

Chess.com rating - 500 = FIDE rating
5 months ago · Quote · #48
nameno1had

spassky wrote:
My estimation is:
Chess.com rating - 400 = USCF rating
Chess.com rating - 500 = FIDE rating
My estimation is that it depends on what you are comparing, whether it is live standard or correspondence...or even blitz here to fide....I am sure it varies....I saw one player here who's fide is 120 points lower and anothers who is about the same, but closer to 100 points different...
5 months ago · Quote · #49
waffllemaster

magfirefox wrote:

Well if it helps, my USCF Quick Chess Rating (5 minute) is 2226 yet my Chess.com 3 minute rating is only about 1750. My ICC 3 minute rating is about 1850. My USCF over the board rating for 40 moves in 2 hours is about 2100. I know a guy who is about 2450 in USCF over the board, and in ICC he can only hold about 2250.

Is it annoying to be expert level and be stuck playing 1700s online? I mean the openings and strategies (if they exist at all) aren't very good. I guess you just play off beat stuff or wild attacks and it says interesting? Otherwise I think it would tend to feel like "well they played crap but caught me in a tactic again so I lose"

I'm in the opposite situation BTW, my blitz is higher than my OTB rating.
5 months ago · Quote · #50
magfirefox

I have terrific fun playing online at most levels. It seems that there is always something of interest. Also, the 1700 level players that I play on Chess.com are every bit as tough as the 2000 rated players I play quick chess at "live" tournament sites in the USA.
5 months ago · Quote · #51
magfirefox

spassky wrote:

My estimation is:

Chess.com rating - 400 = USCF rating

Chess.com rating - 500 = FIDE rating

That is sooo wrong. My 2100 USCF over the board rating, and my 2226 (5 minute) Quick Chess rating (USCF) translates to a 1750 rating on chess.com (3 minute). So, you're saying that my 1750 chess.com rating would be 1350 USCF ... and you're wrong! You're about 700 to 800 points off.
5 months ago · Quote · #52
waffllemaster

magfirefox wrote:

I have terrific fun playing online at most levels. It seems that there is always something of interest. Also, the 1700 level players that I play on Chess.com are every bit as tough as the 2000 rated players I play quick chess at "live" tournament sites in the USA.

Maybe I should visit a live tourney someday :p
3 months ago · Quote · #53
KrishnaHarish20

Agree paulgottleib
3 months ago · Quote · #54
Petrosianic

magfirefox wrote:

Well if it helps, my USCF Quick Chess Rating (5 minute) is 2226 yet my Chess.com 3 minute rating is only about 1750. My ICC 3 minute rating is about 1850. My USCF over the board rating for 40 moves in 2 hours is about 2100. I know a guy who is about 2450 in USCF over the board, and in ICC he can only hold about 2250.

strange results happen in some rating pools. not uncommon for some high rated players to do poorly in bullet and vice versa. i play a lot of promising juniors otb and i suspect their uscf ratings have not caught up to their chess.com ratings yet. for some people time management is relevant to their results. for others IDK.