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With all this talk of the Chess.com rating being inflated could anyone help me out and tell me what my real rating might approximate to be. By real i mean by the general rating used in Professional chess. Maybe by taking a quick look at my games and rating could someone give me an idea. My second question would be is the Chessmaster rating accurate. For example if i could regularly beat an opponent rated 1400 or so in Chessmaster does that equate an accurate level in comparison to a professional standard rating. Anyway thanks for any help

I'd peg you around 1400 CFC, but I didn't play through that many games.

- you resigned two games you shouldn't have. Maybe something came up? Winning chess means fighting in bad positions. Don't give up until it's very clear.
- your openings are weak. OTB players generally have a decent opening repetoire. 1400+ OTB players don't develop their Queens early and don't often move pawns twice by move 4. Don't make this a top priority, but work at it.
- endings are tough to guage, but you exchanged down fine to a won ending which is a good sign. Your Rook and pawn ending was abissmal.
- you aren't hanging pieces. You are at least 1200.
- some of your combos were decent. The discovered check to win the Queen wasn't hard to find. You are thinking about your moves.

You need to play some tougher opponents in the 1400-1600 range.

xMenace wrote:

I'd peg you around 1400 CFC, but I didn't play through that many games.

- you resigned two games you shouldn't have. Maybe something came up? Winning chess means fighting in bad positions. Don't give up until it's very clear.
- your openings are weak. OTB players generally have a decent opening repetoire. 1400+ OTB players don't develop their Queens early and don't often move pawns twice by move 4. Don't make this a top priority, but work at it.
- endings are tough to guage, but you exchanged down fine to a won ending which is a good sign. Your Rook and pawn ending was abissmal.
- you aren't hanging pieces. You are at least 1200.
- some of your combos were decent. The discovered check to win the Queen wasn't hard to find. You are thinking about your moves.

You need to play some tougher opponents in the 1400-1600 range.

 Thank you very much, i really appreciate your analysis and will try to work on the points you mentioned :-)

Here's something interesting to think about i know a man who is 1533 Australian Chess Federation (A.C.F.) and 1910 F.I.D.E rating both Over the board style and with major difference in ratings as u see. So u could also say that Fide ratings are inflated compared with Australians ratings. I believe that on chess.com is slightly inflated but a lot of it is due to the time allowed to make ur moves and the resources available to u as well. Just some food for thought.