I think all ratings means the same thing.
is chess.com rating roughly equal to an elo/fide rating?
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No?
I'm bad at chess
Seems legit since I'm 1800 in online rating and 1500 in fide 😲
@garpus:
i know that it s a little bit cliché but i think that you can't compare things that are not the same
If two things are the same, comparing them is useless 
sinits wrote:
I tend to think that chess.com rating minus 300-400 points = FIDE rating.
This is generally correct.
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It varies a lot. I've seen people that are 1 500 something Fide or even a bit more with 1 700 something chess.com rapid, while I've seen people that are 2 000+ on chess.com, and it says their OTB rating is like 1 200. I would say that most of those are younger players whose OTB rating might be somewhat underrated, but it might not be always the case.
So, as I've said, it varies a lot from case to case.
MyRatingIs1523IsBack wrote:
no, chess.com rating - 800 = real rating
That would mean Fabiano Caruana is: 3100 chess.com - 800 = 2300 FIDE.
"Bad news, Fabi ... you have now been demoted to FIDE Master." 
It's really very simple- how can everyone get so confused?
One apple is equivalent to two tangerines and a cherry. You can use this undisputed fact to convert your chess dot com rating to a FIDE one, or you may even play a FIDE rated tournament wich will prove that the apple vs tangerines/cherry formula is 100% correct.
How about puzzle elo? Mine is 2500. My regular elo is 107 off from my regular rating. 918 - 1025
Generally, Chess.com Elo is much easier due to the fact that you can hop on at any given moments and win games online, but the same cannot be said for over the board or FIDE ratings. I know an 8 year old is 1000 over the board, but maintains a rating of 1920 on Chess.com. So to answer your question, yes, Chess.com elo is easier to gain than FIDE. That is why you see some Chess.com users who are 3000+, but the highest over the board elo reached is 2882.
tenzinPumpsGas wrote:
Generally, Chess.com Elo is much easier due to the fact that you can hop on at any given moments and win games online, but the same cannot be said for over the board or FIDE ratings. I know an 8 year old is 1000 over the board, but maintains a rating of 1920 on Chess.com. So to answer your question, yes, Chess.com elo is easier to gain than FIDE. That is why you see some Chess.com users who are 3000+, but the highest over the board elo reached is 2882.
There is no 1000 FIDE rating any more at standard time control ratings. The base rating is 1400.
I found this converter that converts elo from chess.com to FIDE or USCF:
https://chessratings.org/?utm_source=legacy
Maybe this has already been covered, but isn't there a fundamental difference between fide ELO and chess.com ELO in that fide has a floor of 1000 and chess.com has a floor around 0? As of 2025, the average blitz ELO in chess.com is around 900. The AVERAGE, not the minimum. Yes, that reflects that there are a lot more casual players on chess.com, but if one system doesn't even allow players' ratings to drop below the other system's average then I'm surprised the ratings are comparable at all between the systems in the 1000 to 1400 range.
CaptainPoirot wrote:
Maybe this has already been covered, but isn't there a fundamental difference between fide ELO and chess.com ELO in that fide has a floor of 1000 and chess.com has a floor around 0? As of 2025, the average blitz ELO in chess.com is around 900. The AVERAGE, not the minimum. Yes, that reflects that there are a lot more casual players on chess.com, but if one system doesn't even allow players' ratings to drop below the other system's average then I'm surprised the ratings are comparable at all between the systems in the 1000 to 1400 range.
The FIDE floor is at 1400 since last March, for regular time controls. For rapid & blitz it's still at 1000.
Ratings are just to match you against a fairly equal opponent.
The rest is arrogance and pride.