Average Move Accuracy - Chess Goals for 2023

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KingDillwad

I have working on my chess goals for 2023.  One I am considering is trying to improve my average move accuracy.    I have noticed,  using the Insight feature, that my move accuracy drops after move 8 then picks up around move 25  This is right when I start to get out of the opening and into the middle game.  So a couple of questions have crossed my mind on this subject.

 I am currently rated around 1200 on chess.com on daily games. and my move accuracy averages about 79% 

What is a good Move accuracy that I should shoot for?

Is the 79%  good or bad for my rating.?

What are your thoughts?

TridentChallenge

So much goes into the accuracy rating that it's hard to definitively answer but I'll try. I think the 79 is a little low.  I think a 1200 should be in the 80's for sure. 

 

Complicating things, we both have an issue with one move blunders, and those can really be undervalued by the accuracy rating. I've had game losing blunders in the first 10 moves and still end up with an 80 something because I play the rest of the game pretty well despite it being a lost cause. But that 80 something would NEVER beat a decent 1200, while the "typical" 80 something would.

 

All that said, I think your game would improve a lot by eliminating the blunders, despite it possibly not showing up in your accuracy rating.