Why is my chess rating so low? (500-600 usually)

So basically I've been stuck in the 500-600 (sometimes drops lower) range in 10 minute rapids, yet I can easily beat 1300 bots and often draw or beat 1400 rated bots. Also most people I know irl that I've played with say I'm pretty good. What's going on here???

Again, I can easily beat bots with ratings of 1300+.

I looked at a few of your games and here is what I think:

- Your openings are really solid for your rating. You put pawns in the center, develop your pieces, and castle. Keep that up.

- If you want to improve, you must cut down on the blunders. I'm sure you've heard this before but at your level, games are decided by blunders. In just three games, you blundered two rooks, a piece, and mate in one. To stop blundering, here's what you should do:

• After every move your opponent makes, ask yourself what they are trying to do and how it changes the position. If they moved a piece away from the defense of another piece, or opened up the opportunity for a knight fork, you'll want to be aware of that.
• Look for checks, captures, and attacks before every move you make. This will help you catch easy tactics or hanging pieces. 
• If all this takes too much time, try playing a longer time control like 15/10. This is what I did for awhile until I got better at not making blunders and then I went back to 10 minute.

- Side note: Don't resign too early. Even if you're down a full queen, you never know when your opponent is going to make a mistake.

Hope this helps and good luck

Playing longer time formats. Also, consider if you are playing similar time formats with friends and when you play online.

hii

I have the same problem... Even I have defeated a 1600 player in an over-the-board game... My openings are pretty solid, but it's the middle and the end phases where I am at my best

Bot ratings are higly overrated compared to humans. Especially those lower rated bots. So what you describe is common.

Very true.

Additionally, bot "ratings" aren't ratings at all. Those are just numbers written there by some developer.

A real rating changes as the player wins and loses. These thingies never change. If a bot's "rating" is 500 points too high, it doesn't matter, it will stay the same.

You don't even have a regular rating- just a provisional one based on six very short 10-min games. The max time you have spent on a game is 3 minutes, and all of them (excluding one which ended in 3 moves) are full of mutual mistakes/blunders.

Long story short, you have a low provisional rating which won't go up as long as you are playing too fast and missing very simple tactics.

Okay so I guess my main question is that apparently 1000 is a "beginner" rating, but I'm definitely better than a beginner, so why am I 500 points below a beginner? How is that possible?

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"10 minute rapids" ++ Better play 15|10.

"most people I know irl that I've played with say I'm pretty good" ++ That is no measure.

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"1000 is a beginner" ++ Yes

"I'm definitely better than a beginner" ++ So you say yourself.

"why am I 500 points below a beginner?"
++ Because you blunder too much. Blunder check before you move.

Just chomp on those hanging pieces like ur playing pac-man

ok so i should play longer games and avoid blunders right

Advice: EL0 does not matter. What matters is skill accuracy and actual irl chess tournaments and games. Dont worry about your Elo. If you want elo i hear Lichess was a very easy website to get ratings

So how do I know if I'm improving at chess?

Actually 1000 elo isn't begginer level it is somewhere between beginner and intermediate I know your 2000 so you know how bad they are but typically 1000 is medium at chess they can put up a fight accadionaly even if they typically suck usually if your 1000 elo (not otb ) you can beat most people at chess or at least should be able to beat most your family members