Chess rating system

Who cares about ratings, just play chess!!

LIKE!!!

Hi all. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but it seemed related. When playing against the 'computer' here on chess.com how can evaluate my relative playing skill level versus the difficulty level I'm playing against? For example, if it's set at level 5 approximately what level of a player might that represent? Is level 10 hypothetically representative of a 2000 level player? Obviously, a computer isn't the same as playing against an actual living player, but I'm curious to know the ballpark numbers. Thanks for any help.

Actually if one really cares about rating he has to play chess anyway to improve it :d

To answer question above my post:

In v2 computers have rating but.. their rating dont indicate real persons rating. Best way to find out is just to play humans.

I personally prefer the Elo rating.

Hi, I am now about 1500 rating (standard chess). It is possible to say my ELO is 1500 too? Or lower or higher? :-)

It's very difficult to predict with accuracy what your over-the-board (OTB) rating will be based on your online ratings. Many people who have never played serious OTB chess find it much more difficult and perform at a lower level than they do online. 

Also, for various reasons, blitz ratings here have been shown to be better predictors of performance OTB than standard ratings here.

Here's data to give you a rough estimate of your rating.

https://www.chess.com/blog/smarterchess/chesscom-rating-comparison-2015

Your rating is a pretty good indicator of your long-term progress and improvement. You can be pretty sure that if you're studying and your rating is going DOWN, you're doing it wrong.

Def happens to some folks who overstudy the opening. Actually happened to me as well when I studied too many tactics and neglected basic positional concepts, and totally stalled out in improvement for awhile - didn't get better until I watched a lot of youtube videos from St Louis chess and realized how much basic stuff I was messing up (esp developing pieces, not moving piece twice in the opening, centralizing, etc) - only then did my rating start going up again.

Because you lost the game. Starting at 1800 for new players I have always thought to be a mistake.

You may want to review what a win, draw and loss is.

When I go to "About Me" on my profile page, it says I have 8 points. What does that mean?

And when I hover over my name in my forum post, it says I have 9 point. Why the difference?

The first time you hadn't made your first post (two above this one) so you had 8. As soon as you made that post, you had 9. Then when you replied to it, you would have had 10. Has nothing to do with the rating that the topic is about.

Wow OP is an [removed for language -- MOD]

Sorry if i speak bad english.

I have a question: is the level on blitz really harder than otherwhere?

When i strarted chess 2 monthes ago i came here after some weeks, i played 10/15 and won easy, i grown up to 1300 and stopped. Then i started blitz 10 mins and wow, i felt into 900 rank.

I saw 1200 is "beginner" ok, so why is there peoples rated 800 who knows every traps, gambit and more?

This is amazing, im on club i beat 1400 + and here they all play good. What do you think about it?

I grown up to 980 but felt with disconnect everytime (strange disconnection, i ask me if its not my oponent who cheat because everytime im disconnected its when im wining) do you think im right?

Thanks

Hm thanks 😮. Human answer now?

I just want to know if blitz level is higher than 15/10

Not enough moves were made. Essentially, no game was played. I believe each side has to have made 4 moves for a rating change, though I thought that tourney games didn't use that. Was that actually a team match?

How is a rating affected when playing a new player?

Example: a new player signs up with a 1800 rating and plays a 2000 player. Is the same system used for provisional players, points gained and lost?

Will the 2000 lose the normal points? The other side if a 1600 plays a new 1800 and wins, are the same points gained?

Any of these threads on the Glicko rating system should answer your question, but basically playing a new player doesn't affect your score much because his rating is unreliable.

https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=Glicko+RD