What Would My USCF Rating Be?

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HenryUrbanek

I am going to start playing chess events, as there's no point in just playing online, and not playing tournaments.  Anybody have an estimate of what my USCF rating would be based on my chess.com rating?

Advait0007

Usually people are about 200 rating higher on Chess.com. (My coach says im the exception, im 200 lower on chess.com)

Genyewaw_pawn123

I don't play chess in person but I would have a better rating in person than online for some reason I think more in person than online.

Isengard1

1500 seems realistic.

HenryUrbanek

Maybe 1550 based on the estimation then? Any more opinions, I would like to be sure.

1stPlaze

Your a clear 1500-1600. But you haven't played since a while, so I would say 1400-1450

HenryUrbanek
1stPrize wrote:

Your a clear 1500-1600. But you haven't played since a while, so I would say 1400-1450

I will be playing tournaments every week, so you think once I get used to it I'll be that level?

nov04-inactive

maybe 1600 I am an otb player btw

nov04-inactive

have you played an OTb tournament before or is this first time?

HenryUrbanek

Nice

HenryUrbanek

I've played before, but a while ago, and not often.

NoahChessBlue

Around 1400 seems like a good first target

HenryUrbanek

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1stPlaze
HenryUrbanek wrote:
1stPrize wrote:

Your a clear 1500-1600. But you haven't played since a while, so I would say 1400-1450

I will be playing tournaments every week, so you think once I get used to it I'll be that level?

Yeah fs

J-0K-ER

OBT is much more different than online...you will usually have a pretty bad start due to perspective of the board...stuff like that...also sometimes having to hit a physical clock is distracting and takes getting used to

RyanZ_MD

1600-1700, maybe

RakeshMahanti

Im 1900 and my uscf is like 1400...

Kaeldorn
HenryUrbanek a écrit :

Maybe 1550 based on the estimation then? Any more opinions, I would like to be sure.

There is no way to be sure.

Depending upon your style of play and the styles of the set of players you'll confront, your results may vary, that, on top of your shape and the shape of the others, that is an unpredictable thing.

Add to that the various unexplanable blunders that may happen, then the super good moves you'll maybe play (or your opponents...) out of genius or "for the wrong reasons", and you need then to understand and accpet it's a "we'll see" situation.

Yet, I could throw to you like a bone to chew on, that, generally speaking, an OTB rating "should" be somewhere between -200 and -400 compared to a chess.com Rapid rating.

But "sure", no, forget about that.

Kaeldorn

Even OTB players don't know if they'll score any close to their own OTB rating before a tournament.