Rating goals?

I just want to make it to 2200 so that I can have the title of "master." I'm at 1742 and 15 years old, so it's defintely not out of the question.

Well, I've got a semi-realistic goal... I want to reach a USCF over the board rating of 2000 by the time I graduate. 2012... if the world doesn't end that year, I'll have a good ole' scholarship!

Here's a big question that I need opinions on, would you classify bullet as a real rating? If so, then I'm sure I can make it to 2200, but if not, well, It'll just be harder for me.

I've never played a tournament or a real OTB timed game etc. I play casually against some of the top boards at my school's chess club and thoroughly dominate them. I don't care so much about my ratings as I do winning (and of course having fun ).

However, I plan to start doing some tournament and find my USCF rating. I'm hoping it will settle in around 1800-1900 and then I'll try to work it up above the 2000 mark before I graduate in 2011. I'd like to become a NM at some point while I'm in college.

It's the same thing. World top events are top men' events since women are allowed to participate in them too. So she means playing against the strongest male grandmasters.

Um...you just repeated what I already said.  They are world events.  Not men's events.  Men's events suggests that women are excluded.  

My short term goal is to prove to myself I'm a class A player. In tournaments it's hard for my rating to go up because most of them are at the mall and there I'm in the open, at about 1650. I usually play two people around 2000 or higher, and two people slightly lower than me, the section usually has mostly both ends of the spectrum, the lowest player around 1500. I almost beat a 2100 and I seem to give them a good match, but since I'm not quite there I'll usually still lose and so my rating will of course not go up. When I beat someone lower it goes up very little and if I get an unlucky loss all progress is lost. I really think I am at least close to class A if not already there, but I wish I could support it with official ratings fast enough (I only have a tournament once a month).

My long term goal (meaning I would be very satisifed with myself if I could do it some point in my lifetime) is to reach 2200 USCF, master level.

I wouldn't mind being about 1650-1700 by the end of the year, but I will be happy to stay above 1600 (which was my goal by Jue 13th [which I met]).

Woo Hoo!  Today I broke through 1700 for the first time!  I expect it to last about 4 more moves, as there is a game I will lose for sure that's closer to finishing than any I might win, but if I've done it once, I can do it again.

--Cystem 

I think my goals are to get to 1900 Chess.com, and 1400 USCF which I am very close to now.

 That's where I'm at.  My goal is to play better each time and get past USCF 1600.

My immediate goal is always the next 00 above where I am. Right now that means getting back above 2100. A realistic longer-range goal is to get to 2200, just above my all-time high on the site. But I tend to think in terms of percentile more than rating number, as it gives a better idea of just where I stand. I want to get back into the top 3 percent, that I am just outside of now, and ultimately into the top 2 percent, where I got to briefly last year. Another number I like to watch is the ratio of wins to losses. I had 3 wins to every loss for a long time, then fell below that ratio largely because of 6 losses in 3 different tournaments to a player that it is obvious to me is using a computer (hundreds of games won with no losses and hundreds being played simultaneously). It would take 18 victories to make up for that, and that annoys me. Now I won't join any tournament that player is in.

But then I am also proud of having a larger percentage of draws than most. A lot of draws to me is an indicator of good chess being played. When people are making a bunch of mistakes, usually somebody loses.

My long and short term goals are not specifically connected to ratings, but rather to improving my positional play, tactics and strategy. If I lose a game and my rating falls, but play better than previously, that's OK with me.

Interesting....... as you know, the highest rated player was Garry Kasparov at 2851, and and the only one that is coming close is Magnus Carlsen. 3000 is a crazy statement, so 9000 is impossible. Happy Dreaming!!

My rating flucuates between the low 1500's to the low 1600's.  I dont get caught up on what my rating is.  I just go to tournaments and have a good time.

2300 FIDE is my goal.

I love watching my ratings, but I can see why you would not want to get caught up in that mess...

What is you rating now ozzie_c?

If everything goes to plan I reckon I've about 20-30 years left on the planet. If I don't ever get any better than this I'd be a little disappointed with myself.

@StupidDrip95 my FIDE rating is in the 2230-2250 range.

My goal is to get to 2000 OTB by 2011.

Haha, I wouldn't mind 2800, but a realistic long term goal for chess would probably be a few hundred lower.