Chess Rating 977 Blitz above average?
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GMofAmateurs wrote:
I agree that if you're a weak player, playing against strong opponents are necessary to improve your chess.
If that's a reference to deaf_blue_bottle's last post, I'm afraid he was being sarcastic there. While it's true that playing stronger opponents is a way of improving, playing opponents of similar strength provides the most enjoyable experience, I feel. Regardless, OP, do give the club a try.
I find agdamator to be bad as a coach, lots of mindless comments that may sound good to a 1400 but will hold you back if you ever want to be proper . Go with a GM who teaches at your level , not an 1800 who doesn’t understand positional chess , albeit he is fun to watch for sure
Dec 9, 2021
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lamboption wrote:
I find agdamator to be bad as a coach, lots of mindless comments that may sound good to a 1400 but will hold you back if you ever want to be proper . Go with a GM who teaches at your level , not an 1800 who doesn’t understand positional chess , albeit he is fun to watch for sure
What does this have to do with the OP
Dec 9, 2021
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chessuppes wrote:
I have a blitz rating currently at 977 and it is in the 52.7% percentile... this means I am above average correct? The reason I ask is I would assume average rating (50%) would be at least 100 points higher. Isn’t the starting ranking for most official tournaments 1200 (USCF for example)...
First of all, I don't think blitz ratings here translate to anything related to USCF. Different population pools.
Secondly, I suppose it depends on what kind of tournaments you want to enter. Were you referring to USFC blitz tournaments? I only ask because if you want to play classical chess tournaments, you'd want to practice playing long rapid (30+ minutes) here.
But, in any event, I started playing tournaments in July. I've played in 5 so far. I've had a blast. OTB is *so* much better than playing online. And I got my butt handed to me at first. I'm playing better now, although I'm still only winning 20% of my games. But I'm still having a great time, I'm trusting "the process", and think that I will eventually start to improve.
So, yeah, go out and play OTB!
Dec 10, 2021
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sholom90 wrote:
First of all, I don't think blitz ratings here translate to anything related to USCF. Different population pools.
There is a strong correlation between scores on different platforms, but the numeric values can differ quite a bit. (The reason this is the case is that all these systems are designed to be predictive of win rate between arbitrary match-ups of rated players, which in principle shouldn't differ much for most players depending on whether a game is played over the board or on the computer. I do realize that inexperienced players are likely to have a learning curve when transitioning from one to another that might complicate results.)
These folks have collected actual data from rated players to make a best estimate of how ratings correlate between USCF, FIDE, and online chess platforms.
https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/
Dec 11, 2021
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Paleobotanical wrote:
sholom90 wrote:
First of all, I don't think blitz ratings here translate to anything related to USCF. Different population pools.
There is a strong correlation between scores on different platforms, but the numeric values can differ quite a bit. (The reason this is the case is that all these systems are designed to be predictive of win rate between arbitrary match-ups of rated players, which in principle shouldn't differ much for most players depending on whether a game is played over the board or on the computer. I do realize that inexperienced players are likely to have a learning curve when transitioning from one to another that might complicate results.)
These folks have collected actual data from rated players to make a best estimate of how ratings correlate between USCF, FIDE, and online chess platforms.
Fascinating. Thanks! This actually fits what I"ve seen anecdotally. I've asked folks I've played against in USCF tourneys what their chess.com rapid ratings is, and -- at least among the folks I've been playing -- it seems pretty consistent that chess.com rapid is about 200 points higher than USCF rating.
Thanks again!
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