Is 1000 a good rating?
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Jun 29, 2025
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#302
Fat-PixelRat wrote:
Yeah you will probably see my profile and say “he is only 400 points bruh? Why is he talking about 1000 points..!” Right? Then I am 1000 in lichess I don’t play that much in chess.com but i play many times in lichess so is 1000 points a good rating?
1000 on lichess is so bad it isn’t a rating, it’s a speed bump on the way to real chess.
Jul 2, 2025
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#304
On chess.com at least there is a percentage that tells how many members have a lower rating. If that number is 50 percent, then I guess it means you are an average player. That's my goal 
Jul 28, 2025
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#305
jaro488 wrote:
To be more specific, this is how the chess.com rating system basically works with estimates for years of experience based on someone who spends around 4 hours a week studying chess(my opinion):
100-700: new to chess/absolute novice ~1 month experience
700-1000: beginner ~3-6 months experience
1000-1200: hobbyist ~9-15 months experience
1200-1400 weak intermediate, class “D” level player ~1-2 years experience
1400-1600 strong intermediate, class “C” level player, ~3-4 years experience
1600-1800: advanced, class “B” level player, ~5-6 years experience
1800-2000: very advanced to expert, class “A” player, ~ 7-8 years experience
2000-2100: expert level, ~10 years experience
2100-2200: Candidate Master(CM), ~ 11 years experience
2200-2400 National Masters and Fide Masters, ~12-14 years experience
2400-2500 International Master (IM), ~15 years experience
2500-2650 Grandmaster, ~ 17-20 years experience
2650-2700 Very strong GM, ~20-25 years experience
2700+ Super GM, ~25+ years experience
hope this helps
the description is accurate, however i think that the years, especially in the higher ratings, are fairly innacurate. looking at the top ten in the fide classical leaderboard, all obviously super gms, 5 of them are under 25 and one is 26, so still under 25 years of experiance, so obviously as you go higher up i think your time calculation has gone off.Also me and most of my friends around 1500-2000 have not taken nearly as long as you say
Jul 28, 2025
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#306
jaro488 wrote:
To be more specific, this is how the chess.com rating system basically works with estimates for years of experience based on someone who spends around 4 hours a week studying chess(my opinion):
100-700: new to chess/absolute novice ~1 month experience
700-1000: beginner ~3-6 months experience
1000-1200: hobbyist ~9-15 months experience
1200-1400 weak intermediate, class “D” level player ~1-2 years experience
1400-1600 strong intermediate, class “C” level player, ~3-4 years experience
1600-1800: advanced, class “B” level player, ~5-6 years experience
1800-2000: very advanced to expert, class “A” player, ~ 7-8 years experience
2000-2100: expert level, ~10 years experience
2100-2200: Candidate Master(CM), ~ 11 years experience
2200-2400 National Masters and Fide Masters, ~12-14 years experience
2400-2500 International Master (IM), ~15 years experience
2500-2650 Grandmaster, ~ 17-20 years experience
2650-2700 Very strong GM, ~20-25 years experience
2700+ Super GM, ~25+ years experience
hope this helps
remove the "experience" and you're good, how about the guys that are GMs as children?
Also apparently I'm a strong intermediate with less than a year of experience lol
(check my OTB)
Jul 28, 2025
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#307
chekagain wrote:
jaro488 wrote:
To be more specific, this is how the chess.com rating system basically works with estimates for years of experience based on someone who spends around 4 hours a week studying chess(my opinion):
100-700: new to chess/absolute novice ~1 month experience
700-1000: beginner ~3-6 months experience
1000-1200: hobbyist ~9-15 months experience
1200-1400 weak intermediate, class “D” level player ~1-2 years experience
1400-1600 strong intermediate, class “C” level player, ~3-4 years experience
1600-1800: advanced, class “B” level player, ~5-6 years experience
1800-2000: very advanced to expert, class “A” player, ~ 7-8 years experience
2000-2100: expert level, ~10 years experience
2100-2200: Candidate Master(CM), ~ 11 years experience
2200-2400 National Masters and Fide Masters, ~12-14 years experience
2400-2500 International Master (IM), ~15 years experience
2500-2650 Grandmaster, ~ 17-20 years experience
2650-2700 Very strong GM, ~20-25 years experience
2700+ Super GM, ~25+ years experience
hope this helps
the description is accurate, however i think that the years, especially in the higher ratings, are fairly innacurate. looking at the top ten in the fide classical leaderboard, all obviously super gms, 5 of them are under 25 and one is 26, so still under 25 years of experiance, so obviously as you go higher up i think your time calculation has gone off.Also me and most of my friends around 1500-2000 have not taken nearly as long as you say
fr bro
Jul 28, 2025
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#309
Fat-PixelRat wrote:
Yeah you will probably see my profile and say “he is only 400 points bruh? Why is he talking about 1000 points..!” Right? Then I am 1000 in lichess I don’t play that much in chess.com but i play many times in lichess so is 1000 points a good rating?
better question:
I'm 1000 in lichess, is that good?
I'm not comparing to here, so please answer.
This is worded MUCH BETTER
Jul 28, 2025
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#310
Morlaf_of_Sparta wrote:
No. It's rubbish. 1k to 1.5 is beginner. 1.5k to 2K is strong club player. 2 to 2.5K you are interesting. 2.5k upwards you are a monstrosity.....
[Voted down 51 times at this point. It is his opinion, however, and is not otherwise offensive.- jbf]
bro triggered half of the chess.com community 🗿
Jul 28, 2025
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#311
Morlaf_of_Sparta wrote:
No. It's rubbish. 1k to 1.5 is beginner. 1.5k to 2K is strong club player. 2 to 2.5K you are interesting. 2.5k upwards you are a monstrosity.....
[Voted down 51 times at this point. It is his opinion, however, and is not otherwise offensive.- jbf]
where did the downvotes go? they disappeared
1000 is a really good rating
Jul 29, 2025
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#316
It depends on how long you have played chess, 1000 could be good if you haven’t played for so long.
Jul 29, 2025
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#317
Fat-PixelRat wrote:
I just need the answer 1000 points is good or not..! Just no need to compare
In lichess it is bad
in chess.com it is average
Jul 29, 2025
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#318
jaro488 wrote:
To be more specific, this is how the chess.com rating system basically works with estimates for years of experience based on someone who spends around 4 hours a week studying chess(my opinion):
100-700: new to chess/absolute novice ~1 month experience
700-1000: beginner ~3-6 months experience
1000-1200: hobbyist ~9-15 months experience
1200-1400 weak intermediate, class “D” level player ~1-2 years experience
1400-1600 strong intermediate, class “C” level player, ~3-4 years experience
1600-1800: advanced, class “B” level player, ~5-6 years experience
1800-2000: very advanced to expert, class “A” player, ~ 7-8 years experience
2000-2100: expert level, ~10 years experience
2100-2200: Candidate Master(CM), ~ 11 years experience
2200-2400 National Masters and Fide Masters, ~12-14 years experience
2400-2500 International Master (IM), ~15 years experience
2500-2650 Grandmaster, ~ 17-20 years experience
2650-2700 Very strong GM, ~20-25 years experience
2700+ Super GM, ~25+ years experience
hope this helps
;-; you predicted me
Jul 29, 2025
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#320
jaro488 wrote:
To be more specific, this is how the chess.com rating system basically works with estimates for years of experience based on someone who spends around 4 hours a week studying chess(my opinion):
100-700: new to chess/absolute novice ~1 month experience
700-1000: beginner ~3-6 months experience
1000-1200: hobbyist ~9-15 months experience
1200-1400 weak intermediate, class “D” level player ~1-2 years experience
1400-1600 strong intermediate, class “C” level player, ~3-4 years experience
1600-1800: advanced, class “B” level player, ~5-6 years experience
1800-2000: very advanced to expert, class “A” player, ~ 7-8 years experience
2000-2100: expert level, ~10 years experience
2100-2200: Candidate Master(CM), ~ 11 years experience
2200-2400 National Masters and Fide Masters, ~12-14 years experience
2400-2500 International Master (IM), ~15 years experience
2500-2650 Grandmaster, ~ 17-20 years experience
2650-2700 Very strong GM, ~20-25 years experience
2700+ Super GM, ~25+ years experience
hope this helps
Is this OTB, or chess.com?