Good player to Strong Player

What is the difference between the two? Are strong players around 1600+?

In general I could say that 1600 players are not strong players.

But of course it depends on which is your reference point.

1600 is strong against somebody that has never read a chess book.

1600 is really weak in a tournament setting.

Agreed. What do you think is the rating that seperates Strong Players from the rest. When I mean strong players, I mean players that can calculate many moves ahead and have high performance in tournaments. Consistent players is another word for Strong Players.

What could you consider a good result? 

In an international open with more than 100 players, maybe the top 30?

We could check some crosstables and see which is the lowest rated player in the top 30 (or the top 20 or 40? it depends on where you want to make the cut for "good result")

For example:

Chennai Grand Master International Open Chess Tournament

http://chess-results.com/tnr117437.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821

It was won by a 2335 FM and places 25 and 27 are rated over 2236 and 2261 respectively.

So I would say that you would need to be at least FM (2300) to have any hope of winning big tournaments and at least 2200 to be competitive.

Thanks for the feedback.