Are live chess ratings underated?

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30th September 2008, 05:59pm
#1
by firestare500
testlab in Nevada, Tallahassee, Florida United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 1706

    I know that on chess.com CC, the rating is usually inflated by a few hundred points. But in live chess, especally blitz, doesnt it seem that you're under rated?  Im struggling to make 1100-1150, while in CC i am 1300. I know that in quick you're trying not to lose on time, and on long i have almost as much time as i would use in CC.

30th September 2008, 06:29pm
#2
by tactician_prodigy
Port Orange United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 348

I believe in the more players there are the wider range of ratings.

30th September 2008, 07:00pm
#3
by Beelzebub666
Great Britain
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 378

Your long rating is higher than your correspondence rating.  I find I play worse on blitz because of the time pressure - i recently played a great 10 minute limit game with a mate in 4 minutes and had plenty of time to think where i needed to, but if I have 5 I rush it and play a lot worse.  I don't see why you'd expect blitz and CC ratings to equalise.

30th September 2008, 07:18pm
#4
by saponaro
Wilmington Delaware United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 84

I think so too. My CC rating is 2040 and my blitz is around 1750. My USCF is actually in the middle, around 1880.

1st October 2008, 08:51pm
#5
by kdelaney
Dublin Ireland
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 22

Blitz rating on other sites is normally 2200+ but here its only 2000 main problem is theres not enough players and some of the other players who are higher rated i have my doubts!

2nd October 2008, 12:25pm
#6
by firestare500
testlab in Nevada, Tallahassee, Florida United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 1706
Beelzebub666 wrote:

Your long rating is higher than your correspondence rating. I find I play worse on blitz because of the time pressure - i recently played a great 10 minute limit game with a mate in 4 minutes and had plenty of time to think where i needed to, but if I have 5 I rush it and play a lot worse. I don't see why you'd expect blitz and CC ratings to equalise.


good point, same here, but i only play 10 minuite games if i play blitz

 

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