What Playing Level is Respectable?
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Elubas wrote:
I think at 1800 you become respectable. WHen you annotate games, you actually make sense.
1800 FIDE or 1800 online?
Sep 13, 2022
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#104
2000 is around the level you can start calling yourself respectable.
There's no respectable level. Only respectable players.
Wattaguy95 wrote:
2000 is around the level you can start calling yourself respectable.
Do you mean 2000 FIDE or 2000 on this website? On this website I have beaten a 2000 player who blundered a piece in a 3 move tactic, then I have beaten another one who hang his queen in the endgame (he only had like 40 seconds on the clock to be fair) and I played against a 2100+ rated player who blundered an elementary tactic which losses a pawn but he managed to swindle me in the endgame.
Sep 13, 2022
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#107
I respect all my opponents, because it gives me a better chance of winning!
Asking what is a good rating with no reference frame is a pretty bad question, because a rating that's respected by GMs is obviously different than a rating respected by the general public, or among, I don't know, cast-iron frying pans. Still, I'll answer anyway. In my view, a rating between 500 and 1200 is perfect for general respect. It demonstrates a strong enough grip on the game to beat most people in your life, but without giving the impression that you spend all your time on chess and have nothing else to do with your life.
Kernicterus wrote:
I was asking a titled friend of mine about where chess respectability begins...at what rating could one assume they "understand" the facets of chess, where does that level begin?
When I decided to really learn chess six months ago, I remember wistfully staring at the people with 1400's and 1500's thinking they must be so full of themselves with how great they are...let alone higher players. Now that I beat 1500 and 1600 players often enough...I see that it's nothing to write home about. Or...about which to write...(I just read some silly grammar thread in which ending sentences with a preposition was debated) In short...I'm far less impressed and have begun to wonder where the real minimum bar of chess awareness actually sits. Or does it just keep running away?
All this said...what I'd love is for people to divulge where they "think" that rating is...and perhaps include their own rating...as I'm curious to see a correlation.
Maybe like 2300-2400 chess.com? I myself am 1900 rapid, 1800 blitz on this website (at the time of writing this comment).
Respectable is in the eye of the beholder and really boils down to this for most people it seems...if you are not as good as me, you are not respectable.
Deadmanparty wrote:
Respectable is in the eye of the beholder and really boils down to this for most people it seems...if you are not as good as me, you are not respectable.
I put the line of respectable players 400-500 rating points above myself.
Feb 8, 2023
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#113
I can't seem to get past 1200 at chess.com where at Lichess.org I am 1450-1500......
Feb 8, 2023
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#114
800 is a respectable level in chess society , it means now u belong to lower middle class officially and are not a pauper any more
RussPlaysBad wrote:
There's no respectable level. Only respectable players.
This is my favorite comment. Not just in this thread, but since I've been on chess.com.
Feb 8, 2023
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#117
It's interesting to read so many different yet somewhat similar opinions..
I like to think respectable play shouldn't be judged by a certain rating, because one could have 800 and then some player within the 2000s range would assume they are infinitely better. In my opinion rating matters very little, in the sense of judgement vs legitimate skill. I like to think of it similar to rankings in the NSUNS games. I can see that you need a certain rating for titles, but titles > rating. Just because your rating is low doesn't mean you cant give a 2000+ a run for their money FIDE might be an exception to this though compared to the site.
It's funny that most chess players whom I know consider people of the same strength as them or even a bit stronger to be "woodpushers".
Does this include Natalia? :P :-) I'm just trying to get you in trouble here. ;)
back to topic, i think if u play chess at all and come up with your own plans, and open yourself to your opponent's ideas and new ideas, then that is respectable.