i found an FM with only a 372 rating how?
Are ratings on here really inflated?
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Sep 17, 2021
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#23
1500 is said to be a good baseline rating for "not blundering every game". Even in the 1300 range, I often play against opponents who not only avoid blundering once in the course of an entire game, but also manage to play at over 90% accuracy. Moreover, it seems absurd that the bar for advancement beyond "beginner" level is set as high as the 95th percentile. 19 out of 20 chess players, most with years of experience, are "beginners". Really??
maxkho2 wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
Ratings are bound to be a sort of unhomogeneous continuum or whatever, because of the different entry levels which people can more or less choose. You can enter at 1800 so ratings will tend to be inflated there and you can enter at 1200 so 1300 to 1600 is bound to be a region of deflation.
My rating took a hit recently when I had to change from 10 mins to 5 mins and all of a sudden I find myself playing in the 1500s. The standard often seems better there than in the 1600s and 1700s. When I was in the 1800s, the standard there was not very high, in general. I found it improves a lot in the 1900s. So there definitely isn't uniform rating inflation in blitz.
Same. I am playing at the 1800 Rapid level now, and the ratings seem to be highly inflated. The people there are playing at a roughly 1600 Blitz level. On the other hand, I haven't played Blitz in a while, but the last time I did, the 1600 folk sure played a lot stronger than their rating might have suggested. I think your hypothesis about entry points is entirely correct.
Rapid ratings are inflated compared to blitz ratings. My rapid rating has always been a couple of hundreds of points higher than my blitz rating. At the time of writing this comment my rapid rating is 2016 and my blitz rating is 1809.
dude0812 wrote:
maxkho2 wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
Ratings are bound to be a sort of unhomogeneous continuum or whatever, because of the different entry levels which people can more or less choose. You can enter at 1800 so ratings will tend to be inflated there and you can enter at 1200 so 1300 to 1600 is bound to be a region of deflation.
My rating took a hit recently when I had to change from 10 mins to 5 mins and all of a sudden I find myself playing in the 1500s. The standard often seems better there than in the 1600s and 1700s. When I was in the 1800s, the standard there was not very high, in general. I found it improves a lot in the 1900s. So there definitely isn't uniform rating inflation in blitz.
Same. I am playing at the 1800 Rapid level now, and the ratings seem to be highly inflated. The people there are playing at a roughly 1600 Blitz level. On the other hand, I haven't played Blitz in a while, but the last time I did, the 1600 folk sure played a lot stronger than their rating might have suggested. I think your hypothesis about entry points is entirely correct.
Rapid ratings are inflated compared to blitz ratings. My rapid rating has always been a couple of hundreds of points higher than my blitz rating. At the time of writing this comment my rapid rating is 2016 and my blitz rating is 1809.
I don't know if you can really compare rapid ratings to that of blitz and bullet. I need time to think of the best moves, I struggle to do good in bullet or similar fast-paced games; mostly due to time.
If anything, the ratings on here are DEFLATED compared to OTB or other chess sites. So if you are 1200 on chessdotcom then you are definitely stronger than 1200 in real life.
Apr 21, 2023
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#27
i think that sometimes it is and sometimes its not
there are many people on chess.com who are 1900 who play like a 1300 and only remain 1900 because the play confusing openings that confuse the oppoment or play system openings that have carried them
and there are people who get stuck at a level and will never be able to grow, i think its crucial that a player eventually pairs and practices agianst a titled player. as allways playing agianst some (lets say) 2000 player may never get you anywhere, both of you dont make simple mistakes and actually have to grind eachother down into a winning endgame or find a way to checkmate
Ratings are bound to be a sort of unhomogeneous continuum or whatever, because of the different entry levels which people can more or less choose. You can enter at 1800 so ratings will tend to be inflated there and you can enter at 1200 so 1300 to 1600 is bound to be a region of deflation.
My rating took a hit recently when I had to change from 10 mins to 5 mins and all of a sudden I find myself playing in the 1500s. The standard often seems better there than in the 1600s and 1700s. When I was in the 1800s, the standard there was not very high, in general. I found it improves a lot in the 1900s. So there definitely isn't uniform rating inflation in blitz.
Same. I am playing at the 1800 Rapid level now, and the ratings seem to be highly inflated. The people there are playing at a roughly 1600 Blitz level. On the other hand, I haven't played Blitz in a while, but the last time I did, the 1600 folk sure played a lot stronger than their rating might have suggested. I think your hypothesis about entry points is entirely correct.