Im 1500 at 11 years old. Is that good?

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im 1500 otb and 1800 rapid. is that a good thing?

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It depends, how long have you been playing chess for?
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Anything over 1 1/2 years, then it’s pretty average
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okay, but its weird. im only 1800 rapid but I'm in the 99 percential

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Yeah that’s because a lot of people make multiple accounts that are low rated. The chess.com percentile means nothing, FIDE or USCF means a little more but still not much- just because there are a lot of bad/low rated players doesn’t mean being above most of them is impressive.
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It’s very important to exercise humility, especially in chess.
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Abtectous wrote:
Anything over 1 1/2 years, then it’s pretty average

I have been playing for 5 years but I really got to 1500 1 year ago and 1800 6 months ago

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I think

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thats when I got a coach

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wow you guys are crazy

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yeah, that’s nothing too impressive, but if you keep up the grind you can become high rated
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k

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If you reach a high enough rating it’ll be impressive regardless of how old you are or how long you’ve been playing
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You doing any tournaments?

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im competing in the Washington open

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I think

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I’m going to the Central Florida Sunshine Open in June
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It’ll be my second classical tournament
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nice

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How many tournaments have you gone too?