<Notmtwain> fluctuations are part of it... what can you do? You cannot ALWAYS be at your record score - especially when it comes to blitz.
Mind you - 2040 is still better than my all-time record as of two days ago!
My daughter expressed the hope, that instead of being a player who fluctuates between the 1800s and the 1900s - I will now be one who goes between the 1900s and the 2000s...
clever observation! It would be nice to say goodbye to 1800s (I was like 1880 maybe a week ago).
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On another note - page ten of chess.com top blitz rating is under 2400!
This means that anybody hanging out in the 2000s can only look at NINE PAGES of chess.com players whom he can't realistically beat (except very rarely).
Not bad for a simple amateur!
Yes for example GM Simon Williams sometimes drops to 2300 blitz, while 2000 otb amateur reach 2400 blitz and beats a lot title players. But many title players are inactive OTB (or they got their title as a kid and are not actually 2200+ or at Zonals where they have to score 50% with performance 1800-2000) or as GM Simon they are just little slow, probably becouse the more you know the more you look. A lot of them dont play much quick chess OTB and their only experience is online 3-5 min. I noticed they hardly premove and make only 4-5 moves if they have 10-15 seconds left no matter how easy is position, while others could make 20-30 moves.
In my case i have low OTB rating but my blitz and specially bullet online is higher. And thats what i am saying. I could not possible have better calculations, experience and skills than high rated otb experienced player and i should lose a lot in blitz, but i win (on time mostly)
Actually i just made a friend whos fide classic otb is 1900+ and his blitz here is 1550 (bullet 1650) last time i checked if i remember correctly.. so pretty chaostic.
But my point is if one have already high otb rating, there is no reason his online rating should be same - a lot of online players dont play OTB, so in order to win vs them you just have to be faster, becouse you are already stronger, just move quick and thats it. Or maybe some people just cant move quick no matter what.. but why then they play it anyway...