U2200 or U2000

I think that just reviewing your games (without and with an engine) and looking for patterns in your loses and bad moves is a good thing to do. You need to know what your weaknesses and strengths are to improve at any level. You should also be careful about playing too much bullet/blitz because they can cause you to play superficially and allow things OTB that you normally wouldn't.

I see someone made a reference to ECF titles!?     Yes, they are a joke, but for some, this may be the only level they might achieve and I guess does give them a sense of accomplishment.

As having a genuine FIDE rating above 2200 in the past (before every man and his dog got one), I qualify for the CM title in the UK!? (apparently I found this out searching my 'name' and 'chess' one time and it was on a chess forum from 2012!?)   However, these titles always come with a catch and I believe it would cost me money....like all the other titles the ECF offer!?

To be honest, it's pretty meanlingless and as I've said before, I class every player as a keen amateur until they reach FM (2300+) and higher.

Yes, players of lower rating can get results against stronger titled players, but not consistently, hence why they are not titled themselves.

regards

i am not good at chess but when i get bored i do other things like spend time with my friends

if thats your fear then its no different than going big or go home in which I mean  play the Open or play the U2000. You should do the U2000 in my opinion.

good to know

The original post sounds similar to a decision I'm currently making. My USCF rating is 1796, and I'm trying to decide whether to play in the under 2100 section or the under 1800 section of the George Washington Open next month.

My inclination is to go for the under 2100, but I haven't played an OTB game in 25 years. Being so out of practice, my playing strength is probably in the 1500-1600 range. Thus, I will probably play in the lower section this time, basically using this tournament as a training ground. 

i think you should die,

i think the original poster might ask his girlfriend for advice

she would tell him if having a chess rating would impress her

i doubt girls care about what your chess rating is

no wonder you are so focused on chess all the time

Why do you keep responding to this old post? I'm not going to share details of my personal life with you

This observation by Yureesystem seems to be confirmed by DPNorman in his post in #87:

"So I have one game left, not really having a very good tournament. I do definitely now regret not having played U2200. Most of the young kids and the people really trying to improve in this tournament are playing up, whether they're 1600s playing U2000 or 1900 in U2200.

And that's probably how they're going to get better. A lot of people gave the advice on this thread that I need to learn to beat lower-rateds before I can play experts, but I think the people playing up are much more likely to have a constructive tournament for their chess than people playing their section. I see that in this tournament, a lot of kids are playing up, whereas the vast majority of adults play their section. And maybe that's not coincidental with the fact that adults improve much less frequently and at much lower rates than kids. If I had played U2200, I would not have had a very high score, obviously, but I would not only have a chance to learn more from the games but I would also have less pressure on myself to win.

In the future, I will definitely play up in open tournaments whenever I reasonably can. I do regret having switched sections in this tournament."

I like these scalp-hunting kids!  They crack me up.  Oh I wish I was happy-go-lucky kid again!  It'd be kinda fun to collect some rating-conscious scalps.  "Oooooh, that dude not happy.  Got crunched and lost 32 rating points.  Heee, heee!"