Am I ready for OTB?

I've been training for a good bit and reached 1000+ ELO on chess.com. I've also been training to have vision OTB and want to start doing tournaments in order to start on my journey to become CM.

Whats the minimum ELO to think about doing FIDE Tournaments and would I fare better or worse?

1700 min'

I made the mistake of doing at 1500

A lot of ppl are rated

@Vertemes Join whenever you want to. There's nothing to lose. If you lose every game, you'll just be unrated again, and can start all over. You can't go below 1400 FIDE, even if you lose every time. I went to a tournament as a 1500-1600, and aside from being extremely nervous, and not used to the over-the-board environment, I wouldn't say I faced much problems. My chess was definitely decent.

The sooner you join over-the-board tournaments, the faster you'll get used to the environment and rules there. If your goal is to become a titled player, I recommend that you start playing over-the-board as soon as possible, and don't worry about losing.

Chess is hard, so make sure you have gotten past a certain mark.

I feel like you could start right now and then practice for some time.

Are you talking about practicing chess for some time?

I mean, you could start, play a few tournaments, then see if you think you're ready.

I'm not available for an OTB tournament at the moment

@Vertemes there’s no “right time” to start otb. At some point you’re going to have to, so it just depends on if you feel ready for it. Just be willing to accept that you might not get a rating- usually performances under 1000 don’t qualify for a rating, and chesscom ratings tend to run a bit higher compared to fide ratings or USCF ratings especially.

But since you asked, I’m assuming you’re willing to give it a go, so why not! Nerves will be normal but just play the game you know how to play and things will be fine.

1000 is just wayy too less for my opinion atleast 1500 min maybe i was harsh

guys keep in mind otb costs money sometimes

@Vertemes if you live in America you can do USCF and get an NM title which I think is slightly easier than Candidate Master, there are like 1900 USCF that are NM. I currently play OTB USCF and I have seen many people with 100 rating, so for USCF there is no minimum rating.

I've never seen or heard about a FIDE rated tournament in my life from where I live, which is in the US.

There is no reason to wait for a certain ELO before beginning OTB play. As someone already asked, what's the worst thing that can happen? If you get crushed, so what? People worry about getting a low rating, but until you have played a certain number of rated games, your rating is very volatile. A couple of decent events and your rating will go up rapidly

You're a chess player! So play chess. You will find that playing rated OTB chess is the quickest way to improve your game

I would start playing in OTB tournaments as soon as you can arrange it.

It's a different world. Your first three or four OTB tournaments will teach you more than a year on chess.com.

Just be prepared for an emotional roller-coaster. You'll lose a LOT of games until you get used to playing OTB, but the occasional victories will be very sweet indeed.