All chess organizations fall under the same top one percent trash.
And all chess oranizations are where it matters.
For the longest time, OTB is the only thing that has been relevent and that still hasn't changed.
Online chess.com is just practice. It grants no titles and has no affilliaton with OTB.
For 99 percent of the people in this world, your statement is completely wrong.
I think there are actually three grading scales. Non-player, amateur and professional.
To me, it must be taken into consideration that most players in an internet site are equivalent to casual players from the time when there was only OTB, and those weren't rated, or couldn't even be considered "proper" chess players in certain way (I've met many players who didn't even know the rules). But everyone gets a rating in an internet site, and this distorts the evaluations discussed in the op somehow.
Gone are the snobby days of otb chess. It is no longer a gentlema's game. Now the rabble play.
The old titles are meaningless.
There is simply a continuum of people, within a certain range you have an actual competition. Taking all the people who know the rules, that is a lot of people. That is a lot of really bad players.
It seldom was a gentleman's game.
I think we can all agree the internet has changed the game and FIDE or any other chess organizational rating no longer applies, at least outside their organization.
Forget about FIDE, titles and ratings. A player who displays the skill that takes getting 1000 points here is a beginner.
Been playing rapid 10 mins for a while and was stuck at 700 basically the entire time. Started doing more puzzles and reviewing my games more and have now shot up to 1000 elo.
Can I now put "Intermediate Chess Player" in my instagram bio?
I would say yes
Forget about FIDE, titles and ratings. A player who displays the skill that takes getting 1000 points here is a beginner.
You are crazy. A beginner is at 400 or less.
We need a new title, then, between Beginner and Intermediate.
How about Pooch? or Patzer? Duffer? Munchkin? Thud-and-Blunder-Boy?
You can simply be bad and not a beginner. Some people can't see more than 9 squares, others just move too fast or hope the other person plays poorly and imagines it it a good move. Neither of those two people are not necessarily beginners, just are bad.
You can simply be bad and not a beginner. Some people can't see more than 9 squares, others just move too fast or hope the other person plays poorly and imagines it it a good move. Neither of those two people are not necessarily beginners, just are bad.
Most people are beginners their whole lives. It is a consequence of playing a game without ever learning anything about it. It’s true of Monopoly, too. Most people are lousy at the game.
Beginner implies just beginning, not being bad.
To say beginner just means you are terrible requires a name change. It needs to be changed from beginner to terrible.
Beginner implies just beginning, not being bad.
To say beginner just means you are terrible requires a name change. It needs to be changed from beginner to terrible.
What word other than terrible can you use for someone who never gains proficiency at something they’ve done a long time?
Define proficiency in chess.
idk
There is undergrad—those working on a bachelor’s degree.
There is graduate school—those working on graduate degrees.
Postgraduate usually refers to advanced research...
You've forgotten us Nevergrads. Again.
Dropouts like Bill Gates.