Around 1200–1400, players get dramatically tougher than their rating suggests.
Why is it so hard for decent players to rank up on chess.com when start a new account?
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[All of these elo are rapid elo, I only play rapid.]
hi guys, I just created this new account cause I don't like the information about my 1st one.
at that account, when I first created it (like 3 years ago), I thought I would be a pro and chose "expert". it started me at 2000 elo and I went down like 900 - 1000 elo (a bunch of lost games). I stopped playing chess like 2 years after that moment. I have just played it again, I gained elo and came to the peak at 1500 on that account – but the peak elo on chess.com database is 1700 (when i first created that account at 2000 and lost several games).
after getting the peak at 1500, I spent like 1 month practicing chess and got 1900 elo (lichess) – I thought that is kinda good and came back to chess.com, created this account, chose starting elo level "intermediate".
but..... I have played 13 rapid games since I started this account with 100% win rate, I don't lose or draw any game. after playing 13 games, my elo came from 574 to 1214, and the elo gain after each game goes less and less arrghhhhhhhhhhh.
I feel like with 1900 on lichess, my elo strength on chess.com should be around 1600 or even higher, but with this speed of elo gain (and these 1200–1300 players are stronger and stronger, I don't think I will be able to keep this 100% win rate) I feel like it will take me forever to reach the peak...