hey isnt ratings go 100-999 is begginer 1000-1599 is intermediate 1500-1999 is advanced 2000-2499 is expert 2500-2599 is master 2600-2899 is grandmaster and 2900+ is super grandmaster but if your above 3500 not even on chess.com people have that rating so your an engine a strong one
What elo is a good elo to you?
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Mar 13, 2025
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People say 600 is around average, but this doesn't take troll accounts...into account. Besides, if your elo is somehow lower than Martin's, you're obviously not even trying. Anyone can reach 800 if they put in at least a little effort.
The actual average, I'd estimate, is around 1000-1100. Unless you're my very supportive and overly optimistic parents, in which case I am the next Bobby Fischer (their words, not mine).
Mar 13, 2025
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I’m a perfectionist and I never meet my goals. pi without the decimal point
Really the bottom line of my last posting is 2400 is the goal. At that point you may think of trying to compete in real tournaments and get a CM or possibly even FM title.
I'd say a good rating is 200 higher than whatever your current rating is ...
A continual moving target.
Any positive number is ok to me
Almost nobody is good at chess, it's an exercise in futility.
I think it depends on the level.
For beginners: 1000+
For intermediate 2000+
And for advanced players - something like 2800.
Of course there are many more steps on the way...
Kronorus wrote:
Of course it's subjective, but I'd look at the percentile of each rating. If you're in the top 40% (not 50%, to account for throwaway accounts etc) then you're at least above average. You could argue that is "good". Then again, on my ratings I'm in the top 2% of rapid players and top 10% of blitz and in no way would consider myself to be a good player.
I've heard people say that "real chess" begins at around 1500, and that at that rating the games aren't just being won/lost because someone hangs their queen in a single move any more. Sadly, my experience hasn't really aligned with that. Even when I reached 1600 rapid, games were being won/lost based on who blundered a piece first quite often.
It may also make sense to consider your rating in the context of how long you've been playing and how seriously you take the game. If you only learned how the pieces move a week ago and you're 1000, that's very impressive. If you've been playing seriously for years, trying very hard to improve and studying for hours daily and you're 1600, that's pretty bad.
My take on it is that it doesn't really matter. See your rating for what it is: a tool for matching you against similarly skilled players against whom you will have even and fun games. Try not to worry about it too much beyond that.
I'm with you on this one. I watched Eric Rosen's rating climb, and only at 2400 the players actually played decent chess without significant blunders. I thought somebody at 2100-2200 could at least put up a fight, but they didn't do any better than the players 1000 elo below.
I dont even know how I could reach 1300...1400 in bullet and blitz 
Yes, players with 100 rating have nothing to lose 
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Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
People say 600 is around average, but this doesn't take troll accounts...into account. Besides, if your elo is somehow lower than Martin's, you're obviously not even trying. Anyone can reach 800 if they put in at least a little effort.
The actual average, I'd estimate, is around 1000-1100. Unless you're my very supportive and overly optimistic parents, in which case I am the next Bobby Fischer (their words, not mine).
bro wdym im trying my hardest and cant reach 700 with so many lessons and have been studying stockfish for so long I just cant figure out. Well I also dont play many games so
Uh.
No clue.
2000 seems to be a popular goal.
But so far I have only played 32 games and havent reached my natural rating yet, when you are in an equilibrium and have equal amount of wins and losses.
P.s.: Oh and no I dont think I'm 2000.
By the way as I understand it chess.com rapid rating is a bit higher than Fide Elo, so 2000 on chess.com is more like Elo 1800 OTB, and thats really not so impressive.