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Yodina
What is the rating for someone to consider you a "good" player? I am not sure what the actuall rating is. Someone once told me that it was 1400+ but i question that opinion.
rooperi
Good is a relative term.
I think a 1200 on this site is probably good enough to beat 80% of all players anywhere who know the rules. Does that make him good? I don't know.
Foxje2003
1800 i think is goood :d
doric1
You are only as good as your opponent lets you be LOL
ichabod801
Someone 200 points higher than you.
Im sure there's no actual rating but what is the average in your opinion?
BigOto
1200 is the average rating, so "Good" in my opinion is anybody above 1200. People above 2000 are usually chess masters.
chessoholicalien
But there's a big difference between chess.com ratings and actual OTB ratings...
Blackadder
no we are not.
Masters, on here, tend to be 2200-2400.
Diet_Coke
I consider 2500+ to be good on this site.
mark_sotto
in my own point of view ....
1200-1600
1601-1800
1801-2000
2001-2300
2301+
thats how i divide and anticipate their strengths...
jchurch5566
Hi guys,
I agree with Ichabod!
Additionally, if there is no one 200 points higher than you, ... then you are good!
Watch your backrank.
Really Yodina? (I'm assuming that's your statement that a 200 point rating difference is meaningless, and not jchurch's as you've attributed it). What's your record against people rated 200 points higher than you?
rich
I think 1550 is good to get around.
pinkpawn97
i think it dosent matter, i mean, anyone can be a good player, it dosent matter how many points they have.... i think. ♪♫♪
Skwerly
i tend to agree that 1800+ is when one starts becoming "good". it's hard to beat an 1800 player if they are on their game. i remember when i was 1800 - i thought was a lot better than i actually was lol. but i was beginning to understand theory, openings, stuff like that. it's fun!
forgive lower case, i'm on my netbook and it's friggin hard to type on lol.
Blitz55
Im going to reach ZERO I just know it.
I agree with pinkpawn97. When my rating was 1100 i was able to beat a player at almost 1800 so it is skill, not r ating that counts
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