Most Chess clubs have at least one person who can run rings around a 1500 online player, in my experience, at least.
is ~1500 ranking on Chess.com good?
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Oct 9, 2021
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#102
Most likely stronger in terms of weightlifting, that or the local clubs Alfonso speaks of are populated by small children and/or dementia ridden senior citizens exclusively.
Most Chess clubs have at least one person who can run rings around a 1500 online player, in my experience, at least.
Most Chess clubs have at least one person who can run rings around a 1500 online player, in my experience, at least.
Nov 16, 2021
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#103
It depends on your chess skill. Go to: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-good-are-you-based-on-your-skill-and-rating
Rule of thumb..don't listen to anyone and I repeat anyone on the internet. Play the game if you enjoy it.
Dec 30, 2021
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#105
This is literally 9 yrs old lol
This person stopped playing in 2019
This person stopped playing in 2019
The rating indicates your level of play. It is used to pair you up with players of similar ability. Whatever your level, you will win about 50% of your games. That's the beauty of the Elo system, it keeps people coming back time and time again by making chess more enjoyable.
Feb 13, 2022
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#107
I just reached 1500 today (Live Chess, Rapid). I feel pretty **** good, actually. I've been playing for 35ish years, never really in clubs or tournaments, and on chess.com for a few years now, esp the last Covid years. After 17000 games (many bullet & blitz), I'm very happy to have reached the 1500 level. I'm sure most of you super serious cats out there would slaughter me, but like someone else said, being in the [96th] percentile feels great, even if the numbers are skewed.
I know I'll probably never be a master, but I think I'm a decent player, and the 1500, I feel, justifies that feeling to some reasonable extent.
So if 1500 feels good, it IS good. But higher's always the goal.................
Good is probably the most subjective word in the english language, and applying that to rating on chess.com which is a very poor indicator of skill gets you nowhere. Personally, I think 1500 on chess.com is decent, but only because I'm not a great player. Its also worth noting that Chess.com rating is based purely on wins and pays almost no regard to higher or lower-rated opponents that can easily beat you or are a free win for you. If you play several games against an alt account and increase your rating that way (this thought experiment excludes the fact that you're going to get caught), then you can pump your rating as high as you want it. This is abusing the system,and you will get banned for it, but there is no actual solution to the abuse of the system. Not to mention that rating itself is a very bad indicator of skill, because someone who is very skilled but has little to no opening repertoire will be rated around 1600 while people that rely solely on rote memorization of openings and endgames and are otherwise weaker players can also be rated 1600. You're clumping people of several skills and strengths into this one massive group and assuming their skill level based on rating.
kudos if u read all that 
Bing bong
Apr 14, 2022
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#114
pfren wrote:
alfonsoespada wrote:
I have played on the Internet exclusively for most of my life and I am stronger than all the people who have USCF ratings at the local chess clubs.
Stronger at what? Weightlifting?
He has the strongest odour out of all the players at the local club.
Apr 15, 2022
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#115
PILOTOXOMXD wrote:
Good is probably the most subjective word in the english language, and applying that to rating on chess.com which is a very poor indicator of skill gets you nowhere. Personally, I think 1500 on chess.com is decent, but only because I'm not a great player. Its also worth noting that Chess.com rating is based purely on wins and pays almost no regard to higher or lower-rated opponents that can easily beat you or are a free win for you. If you play several games against an alt account and increase your rating that way (this thought experiment excludes the fact that you're going to get caught), then you can pump your rating as high as you want it. This is abusing the system,and you will get banned for it, but there is no actual solution to the abuse of the system. Not to mention that rating itself is a very bad indicator of skill, because someone who is very skilled but has little to no opening repertoire will be rated around 1600 while people that rely solely on rote memorization of openings and endgames and are otherwise weaker players can also be rated 1600. You're clumping people of several skills and strengths into this one massive group and assuming their skill level based on rating.
Hey, I think you make a lot of good points. I think your point about people using alt accounts to boost rating is kinda redundant though because if someone is genuinely trying to equate chess rating to skill then they wouldn't be doing those things, and for people who have thousands of games they are most likely playing people +/- 100 points of them and not farming 1200's as a 1500. From my experience there is a significant threshold reached at 1500. There are a lot of really strong 1100's and 1300's who have deep opening line memorizations, and a lot of 1400's who are very tactical beyond their level, but once you reach 1500 there is much more balanced competition. I recently dropped a few hundred points on tilt and got stuck in the 1300's and 1400's for 2 weeks because they are tricky, but once I made it back to 1500, I quickly returned to my peak (1650 ish). Although I do agree chess.com elo isn't a great measure of skill, from my personal experience 1500 is a significant threshold to a more balanced and consistent playing style.
Phem796 wrote:
Rule of thumb. don't listen to anyone and I repeat anyone on the internet...
Some of the most brilliant people in the world routinely post things to the internet.
1500 is a good rating
Who wants my free acc?
lm just joking!
I think 1500 is great because I'm low and I want to feel good about myself but honestly i would consider anyone above 1500 or at 1500 to be advanced not master or an expert but advanced and skilled at the game. I mean when you make a knew account and chose advanced you start out with 1500 so that says something itself
It's better than 1400, but not as good as 1600.