Ratings under 1200 or so on this site are 100% meaningless, pure noise, because of Something That Happens A Lot At This Level That We Aren't Allowed To Mention.
You can see this by looking at the distributions of outcomes of ELO matchups and comparing to expected / OTB / other sites.
Pure Noise.
is it me or chess.com players are getting stronger?
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Jan 4, 2023
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Jan 4, 2023
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(Case in point - 400-500 elo wiping the board up with my face all night long, feels totally frustrating / doing the usual I-get-an-advantage and then opponent is 1s per move perfect defense every game. Get fed up with Live, join an arena. It's rating matched but open to all so I'm playing well above, double ELO and higher that - what I saw earlier. Came in 3rd. No, it's not psychological, you can see the players at much higher rating in the arena clearly making weaker moves. And they feel like OTB games. It's a total joke. At least the tournaments are still somewhat OK to exist in as a real player here. For now.)
Use common sense lol, if <1200 rated people are stronger than >1200 rated people, then how does the latter group consistently beat the former group of players? Don’t blame your tilt on “something that happens a lot at this level”.
I agree. Chess players used to know nothing and 1500 used to be a good elo.
I only write here for the achievement
Jan 5, 2023
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hrarray wrote:
Use common sense lol, if <1200 rated people are stronger than >1200 rated people, then how does the latter group consistently beat the former group of players? Don’t blame your tilt on “something that happens a lot at this level”.
That's not even quality trolling, the Alzheimer's bit was better even.
Nice 600+ elo gain in two months btw, that's Hans-level growth! I'll definitely be checking out your games, very closely, to see what I can learn.
I swear it’s impossible to increase ranking coz 700s are playing like 1000s
Jan 5, 2023
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I don't know about recently, but definitely over the last 20 years, the average level has really improved. Even just the last 10 years. Beginners used to play stuff like 1.e3 2.d3 and never castle. It seems everyone has seen some GM stream or youtube video and knows some basics.
A truly new player who has never studied anything will have a very hard time these days.
I agree.
NasserM48 wrote:
I swear it’s impossible to increase ranking coz 700s are playing like 1000s
Then play like 1200s.
Jan 5, 2023
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llama36 wrote:
A truly new player who has never studied anything will have a very hard time these days.
Wait you mean the "millions of new accounts each month" are all experienced chess players? Huh!
Jan 5, 2023
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TheStankRanger wrote:
llama36 wrote:
A truly new player who has never studied anything will have a very hard time these days.
Wait you mean the "millions of new accounts each month" are all experienced chess players? Huh!
Nah, of course there have been tons of really bad players joining chess over the last few years... but for example, when I was new, there were (basically) no chess websites. I played for a long time before knowing about forks and pins and developing pieces in the opening. New players aren't as bad today as they were long ago.
Jan 9, 2023
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llama36 wrote:
Nah, of course there have been tons of really bad players joining chess over the last few years... but for example, when I was new, there were (basically) no chess websites. I played for a long time before knowing about forks and pins and developing pieces in the opening. New players aren't as bad today as they were long ago.
MLE of 600 elo playing stronger in Live than 1000-1200 in tournaments over that time period is "chess websites" or {that program that got published in that same time period}? Amazing how the websites taught them to get a losing potion literally every game I play them though, then play master level. Seems roundabout, IDK.
Also - even if you know basics, no real beginner I have ever seen OTB plays blitz even slightly well. None, zero. And here Live players are almost all savants (the websites must tell them to never do any puzzles/tactics, also) and tourney/arena are more like I face OTB. Soooooo.... yeah websites.
Lol I’m only having ‘Hans level growth’ because I grinded a ton of blitz and improved slowly, look at my stats
If this is true, maybe Lichess rating is the correct way to calculate the rating
Lichens rating is even more inflated than chess.com ratings I think
Feb 11, 2023
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There's not much diff between 500-1000, just the amount of mistakes made and the ability to see them.
Feb 11, 2023
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rickclimbcaddy wrote:
There's not much diff between 500-1000, just the amount of mistakes made and the ability to see them.
The same can be said for 1500-2000 and 2000-2500
@terminator-T800: i find your answer really unappropriate and disturbing. I'll report it to the admins
BETA! Why would you want to be a snitch you snowflake? You can report me too!
He grassed me up & had me muted for days. Just for maybe speaking the truth & putting it in a joking way.. Thing is though I wasn't joking.