dude thats a good rating ive had an account for a 13 months and my rating is 950 dude your rating is good dont worry about what other people say that is a good rating
Is 1700 a good rating if I've played for 4 months?
Of course it's fast. I think this post is a brag. It would better if you bragged openly: "I just wanted to share my progress and how proud and excited I am to learn this game", etc.
yeebruh21 wrote:
I joined chess.com in November last year, but only really started playing after Christmas. I quickly got better than many of my friends who used to beat me easily. Now, after 4 months and ~850 rapid games, I've reached a 1700 rapid rating. Is this considered fast? (btw I'm a high school junior)
Compared to me, ur a god, I'm only 1540 on rapid 
1700 in 4 months is very impressive, though I suppose it depends on how much chess study you do. If you're playing only a couple games a day, and doing a few tactics here and there, then it's absolutely incredible. If on the other hand you're eating, breathing, and sleeping chess, then I think that it would be strange if you didn't improve to a large degree (I got from 1000 to 1600 in one crazy month).
Keep up the improvement, I will say though that a lot of people find it much harder to take the next step from "strong intermediate" to "advanced/expert" than to merely improve from beginner ratings. So don't get discouraged if your rating stagnates sooner or later, as long as you keep working to improve I'm quite sure you'll be able to get 2000 or even 2200 without all that much trouble.
Edit: I just saw that you've played 850 rapid games in the last 4 months. Wow! That's an incredible amount of effort that you've put in! And here I thought I was doing well with 150 rapid games in that timespan lol (though to be fair I also have almost 1000 blitz games since then.) I am very very impressed.
little_guinea_pig wrote:
Edit: I just saw that you've played 850 rapid games in the last 4 months. Wow! That's an incredible amount of effort that you've put in! And here I thought I was doing well with 150 rapid games in that timespan lol (though to be fair I also have almost 1000 blitz games since then.) I am very very impressed.
Thank you! Admittedly, probably 150 of those games were ones I played with my brother lol.
Yes it is
kudos!
I trust him and its amaizing. I also started in December but Im doing a little bit slower. If its fast 'impossible' progress it doesnt mean it will continue. We dont know, for example maybe I will never reach 1600 and this is my maximum. Try your best and good luck. :)
I started out in October, playing almost exclusively against bots. Before that, I hadn't played in 15 years. I knew how the pieces moved, except for en passant, pawn promotion, and I couldn't remember how to castle. In January, I joined this site to play humans. I'm hovering around 1150, and I'm actually quite proud of my progress. Discovering chess has been great for my mental health.
speeduptheserver wrote:
Even if you've played 4 decades it's pretty damn impressive
Yup.
How are your simple high school class grades? The real life stuff. If you are good at chess but let other things fall, then it probably isn't worth it. The only people impressed by good chess players are other chess players.
It usually takes 2 - 3 years to get to that level so yes its good.
Wow! Just at 922 rating here.
However, you might be correct, if you are that fast, then in a year you should pass 2200 and the next year win the GM title.
Hopefully he'll remember us little people when he does