Pawnpusher3 wrote:
How severely inflated/deflated are the "online" ratings in comparison to the OTB regular ratings? I personally believe them to be deflated somewhat due to the fact that floors do not exist and the pool is primarily provisional currently.
This question has been asked repeatedly. In fact, you asked it yourself earlier this year- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chesscom-blitz-vs-over-the-board-uscf-rating
The long and short of it is that you cannot directly compare the ratings here, which are primarily blitz and shorter, and have a lot of other unmentionable problems, to over the board ratings, which are longer time controls.
How severely inflated/deflated are the "online" ratings in comparison to the OTB regular ratings? I personally believe them to be deflated somewhat due to the fact that floors do not exist and the pool is primarily provisional currently.