is 1400 a good rating?

this is a big thing. as an instructor in a different field, it is important to recognize not everyone will be able to get to level "x" in chess (call it 2000, for example ) just because they think they should be there. i have worked with some that have not attained their goals no matter how much i have tried to help. 

work and effort matter, but there are times when talent usurps those tenets of success. dopolian-a titled player-has written as much. he didn't realize he may have been picking things up subconsciously! 

I AM NOT 1400 I AM 1500

So, you're good!

You're 1442 right now

1400-1600 ELO: Class C Chess Player. Please don't let it go to your head

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  THAT IS BLITZ ON THIS SITE!!!!!!!! I MEANT USCF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1514

USCF 1514 seemed reasonably good to me when I reached it for the first time. Now, I struggle to take such players seriously.

Take a chill pill!

haha lol

I bet I can MURDER you in a chess game. You're trash, don't hype yourself up.

1400? You are a chess GOD!!

no, you couldn't

I have beaten a 1700 in rated and u are a 1600

Not me. My Blitz rating alone pummeled you!

He beats a couple higher rated players and thinks he could beat me. You forgot that I stopped competitive play and jumped 200 in chess.com after. 

To sum it up, you are a terrible chess player.

That is where you are wrong, Valen562, my friend....1400 is well above the average, which is always around the 1000-1020 range. If 1400 is almost 400 points more then the average, how is this NOT a good rating???

it's also quite easy for a 2000+ player to declare that "14xx sucks!"

there is the assumption that the 1400 player could be much better but they must be dumb somehow. i mean, really, who can possibly enjoy chess at such a low level?!? 

except, some 1400 players don't care about rating. some better players here need to understand that. 

I agree.  I think 1400 is a good rating.