rating of 899

How good is this?

played for six months

great Ive been up to 919 but I keep making stupid moves maybe I should start a tic-tac-toe web page lol

how far above beginner is this?

top man

will reflect on this

In spite of all the  computerized, interactive training available nowadays, I still suggest beginners, under 1000, to get a copy of "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess".

It's set up so you don't even need a chess board, and the book is a fairly lightweight introduction to chess tactics. Also, it gives an overview of the more common types of tactics and positions all chessplayers come across on a regular basis.

thanks very much

not particularly good, not particularly bad either. kind of normal after only 6 months.

"Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders."

"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake"

-Savielly Tartakower (both quotes)

I disagree, I think intermediate/weak intermediate starts around 14 or 1500. even 12 - 1300 players are master of the living room. 

And another tip if you want free tactics go to chesstempo.com or get the chess tempo app. their tactics are personalized to your level but still challenging. they also have tactical motifs and positional motifs listed, as well as endgames. I recommend youtubing endgames. for learning openings go to chessable.com. chessable is very easy just don't take on too many variations in one day or you will have trouble the next time you review.

Please din't hijack the thread talking about FIDE ratings. Sufficiant for the readers to know that in FIDE rated play, if your under 1600 you get a minimum of 60 minutes of play based on 60 moves.

From 1600 to 2199 you get a minimum of 90 minutes, and if your 2200 or higher, you get at least 120 minutes, based on 60 moves.

So in that context, 1599 or under would be the beginners section.

Almost forgot. Some training programs use that as a ballpark for their beginner, intermediate, and advanced lessons. So you'd have to be able to solve 1600 to 2199 level problems to be considered an intermediate level player.

 I think beginner is everything below 2100 FIDE (and so does Peter Svidler).

As far as what is beginner you can go by technical terms defined by a trusted organization, or it can be subjective and trivial. Not something that really matters anyway IMO

Asking this question certainly marks you as a beginner.

Fédération Internationale des Échecs, that is, the World Chess Organization

www.fide.com 

Too funny. 😋

Even if you only play USCF rated games, most training stuff uses FIDE as thier standard for purposes of rating problems. That is, if your solving problems rated between 1200 and 1300, it would be based on a FIDE players rating.

There are too many countries with their own rating systems to base problem difficulty level on anything other than a FIDE rating.

It's a subjective opinion whether it's good or bad. My opinion, not very good after 6 months. But my advice for you to improve would be:

1.Do lots of tactics everyday. Try to be accurate and review the ones you don't get right multiple times. 

2.Study lessons. 

3. Make sure to analyze and learn from the mistakes you make in every game before playing another one. 

There are plenty of defects in the game of players rated 1900 (no matter the category).