whats the best way to figure out elo for yourself personally on turnbased i am unstoppable but on live it is bad and glitchy to play on worst than yahoo i heard.

on yahoo i am in the 1400's so whats my elo about? i only have to double that to beat fischer and kaspy lol.

ya i read that thanks man

whats so different in life that makes you worst its the exact same game on the computer? i guess maybe nerves and stuff

hellrazor wrote: whats so different in life that makes you worst its the exact same game on the computer? i guess maybe nerves and stuff

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 Partly. There are many other things too. In real-life tournaments time controls are typically 45 minutes, 1 hour, or 1.5 hours for each player per game - and a game with time controls shorter than (I think) 29 minutes for each player is considered a "rapid" game. In online chess, a 15 minute game is considered "long" and it's practically impossible to find an opponent willing to play a 1.5 hour game. Most people, generally speaking, are better at longer time controls and worse at shorter time controls - so this may be one reason why you would face better competition in real life.

Visualizing tactics on a 3D chessboard is also different than 2D, so this would have an effect too.

Also, on the internet many of your opponents may be people who only play chess for fun and would never play a tournament in real life. In a real-life tournament, you're likely to encounter a higher percentage of serious players.

There are other factors too, but the above listed ones are some of the major ones.