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Correspondence and Live rating differences
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Chess4001 wrote:
Why do so many people on chess.com have high correspondence ratings while having lower live ratings even though they play lots of live chess? I find this weird. Some people have 1700 rating in correspondence while their live standard is like 1400 and blitz 1500 (bullet never counts). I wonder why. Do people try harder at correspondence chess?
Unlike live chess, in correspondence you can have a huge difference between how much time the 2 opponents put into the game.
Also some people just do relatively better at fast speeds than at slow ones and vice-versa. I am slow. My ratings a couple years ago (I dont blitz anymore) was about 1150 for bullet, 1350 for 3 minute, 1500 for 5 minute, and 1700 for one hour time limit.
Other people may have the reverse trend.
I lose a high percentage of my live games (I only play maybe 10-15 games a month) due to time trouble and generally not caring to concentrate very much.
My online rating is 1728, live standard 1430, live blitz 1060 . And to be honest I don't think any of them are close to being an accurate reflection of my true strength
Why do so many people on chess.com have high correspondence ratings while having lower live ratings even though they play lots of live chess? I find this weird. Some people have 1700 rating in correspondence while their live standard is like 1400 and blitz 1500 (bullet never counts). I wonder why. Do people try harder at correspondence chess?