Rating on Chess Mentor

Hi Everyone:

First, thanks for looking at my post. I am brand new to chess. I played my first computer game about a week ago trying to figure out how the pieces move. I then started becomming hooked a few days later. I have a question on the rating system in Chess mentor. First, I have no idea what ratings mean. In the chess mentor it says my rating is

Current: 1513

Lowest: 1100

Can someone give me an idea if this is bad, average or better than average for someone who just started playing a week ago?

Thanks,

Mike

You can't judge anything from chess mentor rating, it depends entirely on what courses you've attempted I think, some seem to be more generous than others. Also, you start on quite a high rating so it might not be stable.

I studied 15 lessons so far and played the computer several times. I just wish I knew where I stood.I did the following:

I would say if you're new and understanding that many lessons, then that's great. But I wouldn't read too much into your rating.

Sometimes you can score 100% even when taking hints, sometimes you will lose points for clicking 'key squares' even when it tells you to.

Just focus on if you're understanding it.

You're new to chess? Some of those lessons seem pretty advanced.

Yes; however, take my time thinking my moves through (and counter moves) before I move a piece.  I love it. It seems to be more than a game to me, almost an art.

The last lesson I played seemed very difficult to me. I dont think I did well.

Impressive, there aren't that many who can do the bishop/knight mate.

Just to add to the topic a bit - I am a 900'ish rated player and my chess mentor rating is about 1400 or so. It is a lie! lol

Makes me feel like there is hope for me yet, though.

Blerkoid:

How did you find out your rating was 900? Does this come from playing online?

Chess mentor ratings are NOT related at all to other ratings. I know a guy who has a 2200 Mentor rating, and a 1400 USCF rating

Yes naturalproduct - my rating online is in the 900's. I also have other chess training software that tells me that my rating is that low too lol.

Chess Mentor ratings are still inflated, although not as bad as they used to be.  A year and a half or so ago they changed the system because patzers like me had ratings in the 2000's.  Now I'm 1800 something which is still hundreds of points high but no longer ludicrous.

Greetings, first forum post. I became a Premuim member fairly recently and am enjoying Chess Mentor. It seems from comments here the rating can be a bit suspect, which I tend to agree. I like to review the lessons and at the end I get told I have got "100%", when my non-review attempt was much less usually. I have "attained" an unusually high rating of over 1700 in Chess Mentor, which I simply am nowhere near in standard. Just a comment and I will disregard the ranking score and concentrate on the learning. Cheers all.