What's the average Elo rating climb-speed of a novice chess player?

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creatovert
m_connors wrote:

Depends on the player. GM Yasser Seirawan went from novice (age 12) to GM in about 7 years (age 19). Me, I'm still learning to get the pieces out of the box after 50 years!

Good luck either way.

It's amazing that you've continued to play this sport for 50 years happy.png I wish you a long life to enjoy this game for 50 years more ! 

EminemTheMonster
dreonanyday wrote:

wow i think you have the highest ratings ive seen around the forums  r u srs abt that offer? bcs im def up for it! 

Great - send me a private message with a recent game you played. Annotate it using https://www.chess.com/analysis tool. If you don't know how to do this, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tL4rcK9BlE (skip around to the end where then show you how to add text to a move and save the PGN). Do not look at the engine, just write down what you were thinking and some sample variations. Preferably use a long time control game than you lost.

We are in different time zones (I am in EST - i'm in class right), and I have school during the day, so I might not be able to play or respond to a question immediately.

StormCentre3

A rating is about finding a niche. A rating is not necessarily/always an indicator of a players skills. A rating places a value on the end result of the game. 
Players as myself- old and senile can occasionally play brilliant and more often blunder madly- it’s internet chess. A rating is an average of the results.

Some players are consistent - may not play the greatest but make very few mistakes. Others play great and botch everything by one bad move. Mistakes made decide outcomes. So everybody differs - just how representative their rating is. Naturally as ratings reach the expert level- consistency and the lack of mistakes are shown in their rating. Their skill level is represented. But at the lower levels not necessarily so. Rating is a tool used to pair players.

dreonanyday

okay okay, its okay if responses are delayed i dont think itd be easy juggling high level chess and classes happy.png 

EminemTheMonster
llama45 wrote:
dreonanyday wrote:

wow i think you have the highest ratings ive seen around the forums 

2400 is not his real rating... just so you know...

*her, and yeah, bullet isn't real chess.

dreonanyday

ohhhh i see what u mean she plays blitz more than other controls. its still so high for me tongue.png even if her real rating were a few hundred points lower she is still a better player, so her analysis will help mine either way. annotating a game is not a negative for me, and its nice she even offered. thanks for the tip though, llama!

edit for pronouns 

dreonanyday

off topic ive seen many animal themed profiles around the forums. is there an inside joke im not aware of? 

dreonanyday

i will die for my dog dewey so i cant argue with that happy.png

Gimfain

My rating bumps has been about learning something new and not a gradual increase just from playing. If I studied lots and played 100 games I would get a rating bump of around 100, if I played 1000 games without learning anything new I would be stuck around my current rating.

 

EminemTheMonster
Gimfain wrote:

My rating bumps has been about learning something new and not a gradual increase just from playing.

 

I feel like a lot of chess players get this.

One day everything just seems to make a lot of sense, and you gain a ton of rating - even though necessarily nothing much changed. 

Butter_Beanz
llama45 wrote:

A fun user to point out is this guy. Over 300,000 bullet games and is currently below 1100.

That's not a typo. Three hundred thousand games.

https://www.chess.com/member/peacemyfriend

Clicked the link, Clicked on Bullet, Clicked on Full Stats, got the graph for 30 days.

Clicked on All time ... Red banner: There was an error processing the request. Please try again

No surprise there, then.

Averages at about 70 games a day. Every day. For thirteen years.       Gosh.

TestPatzer

Rating jumps can happen fast at the lower levels.

Though, it tends to slow down the higher you get.

As you climb the ladder, your opponents get more and more accurate, and they're more likely to punish you for any mistakes you make.