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Why are chess com players stronger than lichess?
chess.com has the better experience for lower players, and so it has a significantly larger population of lower players. You’re not 65\% of the population because of strong players, but rather the lack of lower raters. If there are more lower raters, then you would be higher.
Is 1800 a good rating on lichess?
If by solid you mean, what is considered, “Good”, on lichess, then anything over 1900 is great. 1800, good, but it’s not that impressive.
How good is 2300 Rapid lichess?
2300 rapid is around 1950 – 2040 FIDE, if you are the same strength in classical OTB as in online.
What is a bad lichess rating?
1550 is average by statistic of lichess. Most of beginners will start at maybe 1400 or 1300 on lichess which can still be considered average. Below 1300 and above 1650 starts to get out of the average values.
How do Lichess ratings compare to chess com ratings?
As you can see, lichess.org ratings are a couple of hundred points higher than Chess.com across the board. The (+/-) values represent one standard deviation in the predicted rating. About 68\% of players fall within this range.
What is the average chess rating for beginners?
The average chess.com blitz rating is 913, and the majority of players fall between 400 and 1400. Typically ratings start at 1200 on chess.com and quickly adjust to one’s playing level with the Glicko system. Chess.com ratings tend to follow closely to FIDE and USCF ratings.
What is the difference between rapid and blitz chess ratings?
The recent +150 increase that Chess.com employed helped bring these ratings closer together. Rapid ratings start higher than blitz ratings with a breakeven point around 1650 when blitz ratings begin to be higher. This table also accounts for the change that Chess.com made to move 10+0 games to the rapid category.
What is the difference between USCF rating and chesscom rating?
The Chess.com ratings map pretty closely to USCF and FIDE ratings overall. You can use it generally as a quick mapping to your USCF rating. USCF ratings start at 100 and the Chess.com equivalent is a bit under 500. The gap shrinks up until the breakeven range of 1600-1650. Chess.com ratings become slightly higher again as one’s rating increases.