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Will accuracy at all correlate to your elo? Is accuracy a better way to determine your skill or is elo still a better tool? What should be my accuracy for my rapid elo? Thanks
“Will accuracy at all correlate to your elo?”
No.
“Is accuracy a better way to determine your skill or is elo still a better tool?”
The accuracy changes depending on the rating of the user, and means next to nothing. Your rating gives you your real skill level.
“What should be my accuracy for my rapid elo?”
No one can answer that.
No.
“Is accuracy a better way to determine your skill or is elo still a better tool?”
The accuracy changes depending on the rating of the user, and means next to nothing. Your rating gives you your real skill level.
“What should be my accuracy for my rapid elo?”
No one can answer that.
Jul 26, 2022
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Accuracy is a measure of how close your play is to 'perfect' play, according to the engine. In very broad terms, over large sample sizes there is a strong correlation between ELO and accuracy. Better players are more likely to find the best move for any given position.
For individual games, inaccuracy can be a wildly misleading statistic. Finding the best move can sometimes be difficult and sometimes it's extremely easy. There are some guidelines to help you interpret accuracy score.
Guideline 1 Easy games
There is an inverse correlation between your accuracy and your opponent's accuracy. They go low, you go high. Practically speaking, the more your opponent blunders, the easier your play becomes. If your opponent hangs a piece every move, you have an easy decision to make every move. Here is one of my games as an example. https://www.chess.com/game/live/27389985223
All my games with an accuracy above 98% are like this game. Against an opponent that blunders in the opening I have a couple of obvious moves to make and then it's mate or they resign. My play is almost perfect, because i couldn't have done better, but it's hardly an indication of skill.
Guideline 2 Standard play vs weird lines
Games that follow know theory score higher as well. If both players are familiar with an opening for the first 6-8 moves and are roughly familiar with the most common moves after that, the accuracy will be higher. Neither player is actively thinking about the game, but the quality of moves is excellent.
The same is true the other way around. When games are derailed out of opening theory immediately (when my opponent opens with d4, instead of normal play I choose e5 (Englund Gambit)), the game will drop in accuracy for both players.
Game score vs Playing ability
I guess the problem with accuracy is that it is based on the game that's played, rather than the ability.
When I'm comparing my accuracy with my peers, it's lower. But, the accuracy of my opponents is also lower. Because the games I play are less in line with perfect play than the games my friends play. They play more accurate games, facing opponents that also play more accurate lines. It says nothing about how challenging each game is.
In the end, an accuracy score alone doesn't say much. ELO is what counts.