How its possible?

I have seen some accounts with live chess rating 1200 to 1500 and ...........online chess rating 2200 to 2500! hahahahaahhaahahahahahahahahahahahaahaha

just wanted to say this is joke of  the year

Maybe because these guys never play live chess, Lina?

Online chess - 14 days between moves - more think time - better moves - better result - higher rating.

Believe me that when you are over 70 ones brain cannot cope with the faster games. In my last 10 minute game(for example) I missed taking an en prise rook and lost the game.

What i said doesnt refer to you ,your online rating is 200 elo higher than live page one its normal and no need to discuss...i talked about acconuts with 1000 elo difference u can find eg 2400 online  1300standard 1400 blitz !!!!holy crap! ! joke of the internet chess history..may be they have elixir of chess and they use it just in online games!

Did isay bullet or blitz? i said  live page rating and it includes standard   ..also my blitz and specially bullet both are very weak and if u see my games 95% are in standard time 15+10

Bigger urge to cheat in turn based chess

Paul if some of them  dont play live chess at all so nothing to discuss

Well, although I set 14 days - in case I can't play for a week .. work get's busy sometimes - I do often make mutliple moves in a game in an online session of the opponent is online too. That said, I used to play all my games real time but found that stacking the game queue forces you to play 'board position' because as you say - it's difficult to maintain the strategic thread. And that's a good exercise - to come to a board position and make the best move based on that - not knowing past moves. Good brain training - at least for me. I like every one's comments here. It's a good topic and reveals a diverse set of opinions and experiences.

The tendency for a much higher rating when playing 3-days-per-move vs G/15 is easy to explain without accusing people of cheating.  Of course spending more time on a move, especially in combination with use of the analysis board tends to result in higher quality moves (duh).

Now some will object to this reasoning and say "but if everyone playing 3-days-per-move is playing better, then how can the majority of them achieve such high ratings (compared to standard rating) -- wouldn't their mutual improvement lead to the same win/loss rate seen at faster time controls?"

No, because even though most people playing 3-days-per-move spend hours on each move, many think for a only few minutes.  The latter group choose this time control because they are busy and just want to logon once in a while during their rare free moments for a quick move (not using the analysis board at all).  Clearly the players doing serious analysis will usually win more, thereby taking rating points away from those who sign up for 3-days-per-move, but treat it like speed chess.

3-days-per-move is my favorite time control.  So with each new game, when I look at my opponent's profile, and see that they are simultaneously playing 200 games, with an average time-per-move of 4 minutes, I smile.  I will take much more time than that, giving me an advantage, even if they're rated higher than me.

there will always be doubt playing chess online if the opponent is human or computer...

yesterday I lost to a guy rated 591 in bullet, who played a standard live game with each move spaced 20 seconds apart.