perhaps only problem was they used FIDE titles as base name ACM, AFM...maybe they should take some as EXPERT, SKILLED or whatever else...
What is FIDE Online Arena? How does it work? Is FIDE Arena Elo = FIDE ELO
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Sep 20, 2022
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ChessBooster wrote:
About ratings, check lichess, some OTB 1800 ELO guys reach 2500 or 2700 there, they are 300-500 pts inflated comparing to the chess.com, and perhaps 1500 points inflated comparing to FOA. If you visit ICC, there are IMs or GMs with normally 2100 or 2200 ICC rating. So no site can be compared with real OTB ratings. But local players like to play lichess and present themselves arround chess clubs, that the are 2400 in blitz or 2600 in rapid or whatever....
I'm a bit confused with the whole "FIDE recognizes FIDE Arena" part - I don't have a FIDE rating and I'm not on FIDE Arena, so, you know, there's that.... But I assume there is some linkage between the two IDs, so that it can say, "Yeah this Chess Booster guy is 1823 FIDE but his Arena rating is 1640"?
With Lichess and chess.com, you don't know who you're playing, or how many accounts they have, so when people say "I'm 2000 on one, and 2200 on another and 1800 FIDE/USCF", you're just taking them at their word, right?
Oct 15, 2022
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I am not sure that it gives FIDE ratings on your profile on the official FIDE page.
In my opinion Fide arena players are stronger than in here. And yes, the FIDE official profiles recognise 
the FIDE arena ratings properly. See the image.
Sí, siempre ha habido una campaña muy muy muy rara (por parte de muchos maestros) contra FIDE OnLine Arena, y desde luego es la casa más seria, con muchísima diferencia. Nada que ver con el cachondeo del resto de casas. En FOA hay que realizar juego coherente, sin las chorradas que se ven en el resto de casas. Un 1500 se deja piezas aquí. Sin embargo para ganar a un 1000 en FOA tienes que hacerlo bien, sin tonterías.
Yes "estoy de acuerdo".
Idk
The only real flaw with online is it's so easy to cheat. If it wasn't easy to cheat it would be the same as OTB.
Are you really going to sit there and try to argue it takes some extra mental ability to be able to deal with the other player sitting in front of you and wooden pieces? Grow up. Chess is chess.
I'm just starting my adventure with chess, so I need to improve myself in the near future
Andrei9360 wrote:
The only reaction one could expect if the opponent "sees AGM or AIM" in a real tournament is laughter.
Arena titles dont actually exist because the rating is not actually displayed as real rating on FIDE. It was a temporary money making machine who has been as of Dec2019 disavowed by FIDE in a press release on their website. So yeah, you can brag with the piece of paper to people unfamiliar with chess but no more than that.
Not really true what you write above and what someone else seem to agree with you on. Here is what FIDE had said about the online arena in a press release on their site (linked in one of the answers): Reply: Not really true what you claim (that they "disavowed" it); here is exactly what was written: 2. FIDE Online Arena was created under the management of private investors according to the agreement with the previous FIDE administration in 2014, without any tender or similar transparent procedure. Later on, World Chess has acquired these rights, and, as approved by the previous administration, it uses the platform to provide online ratings and titles. However, FIDE has no intention to use neither the platform nor its titles and ratings for any official events before conducting a proper examination of the matter and ensuring the proper functioning of the platform.
IMKeto wrote:
JayeshSinhaChess wrote:
I was on the FIDE website and I found this FIDE Online Arena chess room. It promises a few things, but I found I am not fully understanding the concept.
Do the elo earned on FIDE arena count as FIDE elo, or just another online elo like on chess.com.
A FIDE Arena rating/title is kind like getting an online degree in "Life Experiences" yea its a degree, but it doesnt count for anything.
What rating does count for anything? Other than the rating itself....
complete interpretation of FOA is wrong among chess comunity which see only some fake titles, but not seeing just another playzone as it is
the major drawback i see in recent time, there are no stronger opponents, at least in rapid sections, hence for me is useless to subscribe there, also people leaving tournaments after just round 1 or 2 etc...
playonlinesecretly1 wrote
"there are no stronger opponents". try to subscrive one month and play there. you will realize you are still a very weak chess player. do not misinterpret small foa rating numbers as weak players.
I had subscription there, and I moved on.
Interesting
playonlinesecretly1 escribió:
ChessBooster wrote:
complete interpretation of FOA is wrong among chess comunity which see only some fake titles, but not seeing just another playzone as it is
the major drawback i see in recent time, there are no stronger opponents, at least in rapid sections, hence for me is useless to subscribe there, also people leaving tournaments after just round 1 or 2 etc...
"there are no stronger opponents". try to subscrive one month and play there. you will realize you are still a very weak chess player. do not misinterpret small foa rating numbers as weak players.
I totally agree.
You are wrong. Those are not "computer accounts"... I have played against them and they are real people. But the 1200 starting is just for no pro members and that rating is not official, so they have no profile photo, But the true members got to fight for an initial rating and they have a photo profile.
If they have this kind of photo are computers. But the system tells you so "if no real player appeared so you play against a bot"
I disagree. I played hundreds of games in there and i never founded a bot except in the cases of the system tells you so . But I do think you consider a bot what is not a bot. Why I know that? because a bot never changes its rating after a game.
Just some notes from arena experienced player....
I don't see reason for so much noise about such titles. AGM is not GM. AFM is not FM...
these are just one site online titles. chess.com may introduce same like CcomGM or whatver, it does not have same value as OTB title.
Arena titles the one does not just pay for the title (many other sites will suck your money for some other, minor, things too), there are requirements to be met, and trust me, when you start with 900 rating you have to work hard to achieve 1100 or 1400 or whatever, and contain it for further 100 games (for example only). I am OTB Candidate master, I can tell you that I was struggling hard to be just in range 1200-1400 rating there.
Players of rating of 1200 there are of very sold strenght.
The thing, it is private company, tied with contract, so what to expect in the future who knows, but in last two years i can say they really improving the site on monthly basis, they used to be responsive on mails, but who knows.....
Site, or playzone (because they only have play zone and small amount of high rated news) is not worse (for sure) than for example C24 where you have to play just to download your own played pgn games.
About ratings, check lichess, some OTB 1800 ELO guys reach 2500 or 2700 there, they are 300-500 pts inflated comparing to the chess.com, and perhaps 1500 points inflated comparing to FOA. If you visit ICC, there are IMs or GMs with normally 2100 or 2200 ICC rating. So no site can be compared with real OTB ratings. But local players like to play lichess and present themselves arround chess clubs, that the are 2400 in blitz or 2600 in rapid or whatever....