I feel like endgames are just a free rating boost for most people because a lot of people barely study endgames.
2000 rapid rating!!!!
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Congrats! I’m trying to get like you
Aug 31, 2022
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Bobloblaw829 wrote:
I also just hit 2000 rapid! It took me a bit over a year and a half to do so, which I thought was very fast. It seems extraordinarily impressive that you achieved it in a year. Congrats man! Also, does anyone know how long it normally takes to go from expert level to national master?
Remember that 2000 rapid on chess.com isn't the same as 2000 USCF. Currently, as an 1800 OTB, I have ratings ranging from 2050 - 2150 across the three time controls.
It really depends on the person
Some people stagnate at 2000 (I know one person who's been at 2100 OTB for 3 years!), and others zoom past it (rare, but possible). In my experience, I go up a couple hundred, stagnate, then go up a couple hundred again.
I would say that the average NM OTB is 2500+ on chess.com.
NMRhino wrote:
I can’t believe it! I finally hit 2000 rapid rating. Originally this was my goal to get to this rating after 5 years of playing, but instead I reached it in less then a year! Now I am going to try and start playing more uscf rated games so I can get my rating up for that. Thanks to everyone in the forums who helped me with suggestions to improve.
Congratulations! Your chess future is bright! After 3 years I am 1900 rapid, 1800 blitz, after a year I was a 1500 player.
EndZoneX wrote:
Bobloblaw829 wrote:
I also just hit 2000 rapid! It took me a bit over a year and a half to do so, which I thought was very fast. It seems extraordinarily impressive that you achieved it in a year. Congrats man! Also, does anyone know how long it normally takes to go from expert level to national master?
Remember that 2000 rapid on chess.com isn't the same as 2000 USCF. Currently, as an 1800 OTB, I have ratings ranging from 2050 - 2150 across the three time controls.
It really depends on the person
Some people stagnate at 2000 (I know one person who's been at 2100 OTB for 3 years!), and others zoom past it (rare, but possible). In my experience, I go up a couple hundred, stagnate, then go up a couple hundred again.
I would say that the average NM OTB is 2500+ on chess.com.
The average NM is rated just under 2300 on chess.com (blitz). There was a thread about it a while ago, you'll find it if you just google it. Remember that the average NM is actually rated around 2000 FIDE, so it would be quite absurd to expect them have an average of 2500+ rating on chess.com. As to legitimate FIDE 2200+ players, yeah, I'd suspect the average to be somewhere between 2400 and 2500.
Sep 2, 2022
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Yes I do realize uscf ratings are way different then chess.com ratings. On average I know uscf rating is typically 400 rating points below chess.com rating.
NMRhino wrote:
Yes I do realize uscf ratings are way different then chess.com ratings. On average I know uscf rating is typically 400 rating points below chess.com rating.
More like 200 points but yeah.
NMRhino skrev:
I feel like endgames are just a free rating boost for most people because a lot of people barely study endgames.
What method did you use to study endgames?
It is really impressive how fast you have climb. I am stuck at 1700 and have been for a while.
Sep 2, 2022
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The difference between 1700 and 2000 surprisingly isn’t that big. It could be just playing better positionally more consistently. Regardless You can get to 2000 quickly from 1700. What I did to get from 1700-2000 was endgames. I wouldjust look at a lot of annotated master endgames. Gm Benjamin Finegold has an entire series on YouTube with going over endgames so those are really helpful. I also read Silman complete endgames course so I can know all of the theoretical endgames I should know for my level. I also have the book mastering endgame strategy by johan hellsten. I’m not done with it yet but that’s what I’m reading to improve my strategy.
Sep 2, 2022
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NMRhino wrote:
The difference between 1700 and 2000 surprisingly isn’t that big. It could be just playing better positionally more consistently. Regardless You can get to 2000 quickly from 1700. What I did to get from 1700-2000 was endgames. I wouldjust look at a lot of annotated master endgames. Gm Benjamin Finegold has an entire series on YouTube with going over endgames so those are really helpful. I also read Silman complete endgames course so I can know all of the theoretical endgames I should know for my level. I also have the book mastering endgame strategy by johan hellsten. I’m not done with it yet but that’s what I’m reading to improve my strategy.
I recently picked up dvoretsky's endgame manual, which has helped tremendously with my understanding of endgames (mostly pawn endgames right now since I'm slowly working my way through the book). A lot of people seem to think that this book is too difficult for non master players, but honestly I think it helps a lot to work through problems that you would consider slightly too difficult for you. It also is very helpful with calculation since a lot of the lines go really deep and there aren't many diagrams. I would highly recommend it to players in the 1800-2000 range.
Sep 2, 2022
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#33
Dvoretskys endgame manual is too advanced for me and probably you too. Their are other books with theoretical endgames and endgame strategy that you should read first. Then you should read dvoretskys endgame manual later.
Sep 3, 2022
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NMRhino wrote:
Dvoretskys endgame manual is too advanced for me and probably you too. Their are other books with theoretical endgames and endgame strategy that you should read first. Then you should read dvoretskys endgame manual later.
Why would I buy multiple books when dvoretskys has all of the theoretical endgames I'm going to need in it already? Seems like a waste of time and money since I'll have to go through the same stuff multiple times
good job
Sep 3, 2022
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NMRhino wrote:
Yes I do realize uscf ratings are way different then chess.com ratings. On average I know uscf rating is typically 400 rating points below chess.com rating.
Really?
I've played in a lot of USCF rated events and I've not seen evidence of this claim. Blitz ratings, in particular, tend to be close to the same. A few people are 100 higher or lower on this site compared to USCF.
Sep 5, 2022
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Ziryab wrote:
NMRhino wrote:
Yes I do realize uscf ratings are way different then chess.com ratings. On average I know uscf rating is typically 400 rating points below chess.com rating.
Really?
I've played in a lot of USCF rated events and I've not seen evidence of this claim. Blitz ratings, in particular, tend to be close to the same. A few people are 100 higher or lower on this site compared to USCF.
I’ve seen on average it’s 400 rating points difference.
Sep 6, 2022
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NMRhino wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
NMRhino wrote:
Yes I do realize uscf ratings are way different then chess.com ratings. On average I know uscf rating is typically 400 rating points below chess.com rating.
Really?
I've played in a lot of USCF rated events and I've not seen evidence of this claim. Blitz ratings, in particular, tend to be close to the same. A few people are 100 higher or lower on this site compared to USCF.
I’ve seen on average it’s 400 rating points difference.
Published data shows +/- 220 with nearly 70% falling within that range.
https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/#Chesscom_Rating_vs_FIDE_and_USCF
I mainly just focused on endgames.