In playing my first game on Chess.com, I received a rating of 1200, before I played. Why, and how was that arrived at?
Ditto. I wasn't happy either. I'd much rather start at zero and be rags to riches..
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
Sing we me.
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
What? I started at 900 something!
In playing my first game on Chess.com, I received a rating of 1200, before I played. Why, and how was that arrived at?
Ditto. I wasn't happy either. I'd much rather start at zero and be rags to riches..
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
Sing we me.
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
What? I started at 900 something!
You started at 1000. You chose your "level" when you created your account, which sets a default rating. I don't know what all of them are actually called but the bottom I think is Beginner and you chose the next one up.
In playing my first game on Chess.com, I received a rating of 1200, before I played. Why, and how was that arrived at?
Ditto. I wasn't happy either. I'd much rather start at zero and be rags to riches..
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
Sing we me.
"Started from the bottom...now we here..."
What? I started at 900 something!
You started at 1000. You chose your "level" when you created your account, which sets a default rating. I don't know what all of them are actually called but the bottom I think is Beginner and you chose the next one up.
I chose beginner level.
Oh, I thought beginner was 800. Guess that level is called something else since your ratings started at 1000.
New account signups do ask for a skill level. It doesn't give actual numbers in that section, but will assign the rating based on the selection. My guess is that there is a default choice and if you miss changing it, you get the lowest option.
I will remove this pin personally if I have to.
what pin
like a safety pin
viswanathan wrote:
...turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:
pawn - 1pt.
knight/bishop - 3pts.
rook - 5pts.
queen - 10pts.
of course points are not everything...
Correct me if I'm wrong, some books say the relative strength of the bishop is higher by a fraction of a point (1/4) -- 3 1/4 or whatever fraction, and queen is 9 points, and the king is 3 points.
Shouldn't the king be infinite points?
The relative strength of the pieces is only a rough guide and changes over time.
Testing...
Mznor 1200 is the average chess rating on chess.com. Everyone that is new gets that rating.
That's no longer true. Starting ratings can be between 800 and 1800.
chess rating system is fixed
maybe
https://support.chess.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1444849-why-did-the-clock-times-suddenly-change-the-clocks-seem-broken-