Breaking the 800 (advanced) barrier!

Chess is quite a difficult game, and improving is even harder.

However, there are certain "milestones" players will have in their chess careers.

The first major milestone, in my opinion, distinguishes the advanced players from the good, but not quite so good players. This is the 800 rating barrier. 

I think VladimirHerceg91 was a bit off on his estimation of a milestone of 1200. I hope he finds this enlightening.

At this level, the 800-rated general develops an extraordinary vision - to see the enemy forces and *ALL* their attacking lines. This vision helps them play extremely strong chess, making them very hard to beat. 

For instance, an 800 rated player would almost never do what a 500 rated might do:

These players are very dangerous, as there is hiding nothing from them - they see every move you make, and see every square your pieces control.

Once in a while, they may lapse in concentration and forget to see a square that you control, but if one has to rely upon this to win, we can just say 800 is quite advanced!

What do you have to say about all this? Am I right on the mark? If not, slightly off perhaps? I wanted to be a little generous, so I didn't say 900, for instance. 

800's stink!

So you think it should have been 900 after all? Hmm, interesting...

This topic been locked at the request of the OP - Taurusmale67