Is chess.com easier than other sites?
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i find the competition on chess.com to be the stiffest (at least in my rating ranges)
Other sites use a different rating system. I'm consistently 200 points higher on other sites than here. I don't think it has anything to do with the competition.
May 9, 2020
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Howhorseymove wrote:
Other sites have less players so more players means more competitive chess. With less players the disparity between levels become wider.
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SupernovaUK wrote:
Been playing chess for about 6 months. Have found that chess.com is quite a bit harder than other sites (i play blitz). Im rated about 150 points higher in other sites (blitz). Is this finding a) true and b) the same with all timestamps. cheers
A rating is only valuable for predicting results in relation to other players on the same site using the same time control.
Different sites use the same Elo Glicko system but have assigned different starting points. Chess.com used to start everyone at 1200 but a couple of years ago started letting people self-assess as to their starting skill level, assigning 800 to self-described beginners and 1800 to advanced players. The theory was that actual game play would soon put people's ratings where they ought to be.