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What Elo is Good???
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Nov 19, 2025
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LieutenantFrankColumbo wrote:
You don't have an Elo rating here. The site uses Glicko 2.0
did not know that ............Rating then
Nov 19, 2025
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As for what is a "good" rating? It's the usual answer "depends". USCF C class is considered to be the "average" chess player. But "good" will mean different things to different people. IMO when you start considering yourself good. You stop working as hard.
Nov 19, 2025
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USCF ratings are somewhere between 100-200 higher than Elo.
Nov 19, 2025
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CHESSNIC08 wrote:
Basically what Elo is the cut off point to call yourself "good" what is "okay" ect.........On this account I am around 1800~ on others I am 2000~ . but what about a 1500 or 1000, is as low as 700 good, do you have to be 2000+??????
1500+ is good
2500+
Elo introduced his system to the USCF in 1960. For the next several decades, the average USCF rating was about 1500. This is in the Class C category, which runs from 1499-1599. The pool of players being rated were serious chessplayers—those who played actively in tournaments and at clubs.
in the last several decades, there has been a major effort to introduce children to rated events. If you include scholastic players, the average USCF rating is now much lower—perhaps as low as 1100 or 1200. However, the average rating of nonscholastic players remains around 1500.
The chess.com pool is very different from the USCF pool. Chess.com includes scholastic players. it also includes casual players, who have just learned the game and are using the internet to play their first few games. this makes the average chess.com rating even lower.
The OP asked what rating is “good”? It depends on the group to which one is compared. It also depends on how one defines the term.
Nov 19, 2025
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mikewier wrote:
Elo introduced his system to the USCF in 1960. For the next several decades, the average USCF rating was about 1500. This is in the Class C category, which runs from 1499-1599. The pool of players being rated were serious chessplayers—those who played actively in tournaments and at clubs.
in the last several decades, there has been a major effort to introduce children to rated events. If you include scholastic players, the average USCF rating is now much lower—perhaps as low as 1100 or 1200. However, the average rating of nonscholastic players remains around 1500.
The chess.com pool is very different from the USCF pool. Chess.com includes scholastic players. it also includes casual players, who have just learned the game and are using the internet to play their first few games. this makes the average chess.com rating even lower.
The OP asked what rating is “good”? It depends on the group to which one is compared. It also depends on how one defines the term.
So if i am 1800 online what would be a good rating for me OTB
Nov 19, 2025
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I would say a good rating online is like 1700+ because ur otb/uscf is usually 200 points lower then online so 1700 or 1800 online is like 1600 - 1500 otb which is good/fine
Basically what Elo is the cut off point to call yourself "good" what is "okay" ect.........On this account I am around 1800~ on others I am 2000~ . but what about a 1500 or 1000, is as low as 700 good, do you have to be 2000+??????