Then again, we are not at school or at a family event, we are at a huge online chessclub called chess.com. With super GMs playing. From that perspective 1000 is a beginner.
What rapid elo would you consider a beginner to be?
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Apr 11, 2023
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Reaching 1000 is a true milestone. Congrats! To me this ‘beginner’ thing sounds weird and not right. If you are a steady 1000 player you win most of your games at school or at a family event. Your friends will call you a ‘very good chess player’.
Then again, we are not at school or at a family event, we are at a huge online chessclub called chess.com. With super GMs playing. From that perspective 1000 is a beginner.
Then again, we are not at school or at a family event, we are at a huge online chessclub called chess.com. With super GMs playing. From that perspective 1000 is a beginner.
Congrats, at 1000 you are still a beginner, but no longer a novice (or noob as you call it). The difference is meaningless to most players rated above 1800, but us regular folks here see your progress.
Apr 14, 2023
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OTB rating of 1000 is already pretty good at lower scholastic level. You'll w
Apr 14, 2023
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By the time you'll seriously study the game you'll get to 1200 level and should be winning tournaments. At 1400 level you'll be at State or even National scholastics competition. It doesn't take much to achieve 1200 rating. It just takes time and devotion.
Apr 14, 2023
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Rapid rating online will somewhat but not always reflect OTB ratings. Beginner rating level will depend from player to player. From my experience teaching, rating between 600-800 are the most common among scholastics. It's better to focus more on improving your understanding of the game. The rating will follow.
AtaChess68 wrote:
Reaching 1000 is a true milestone. Congrats! To me this ‘beginner’ thing sounds weird and not right. If you are a steady 1000 player you win most of your games at school or at a family event. Your friends will call you a ‘very good chess player’.
Then again, we are not at school or at a family event, we are at a huge online chessclub called chess.com. With super GMs playing. From that perspective 1000 is a beginner.
Then again, we are not at school or at a family event, we are at a huge online chessclub called chess.com. With super GMs playing. From that perspective 1000 is a beginner.
True milestone? I thought it's when you finally start having some chess intuition, although quite rusty in areas. Therefore what chess.com calls a "beginner". Friends may call me that, but really I'm not good at all. It's only 2000+ when you're actually quite good (although some things still rusty)
You're right, 1000 really is a beginner in that perspective. Which I agree with as I keep making inaccuracies and misses. Throwing my advantage away or even running out of time.
h4java wrote:
Congrats, at 1000 you are still a beginner, but no longer a novice (or noob as you call it). The difference is meaningless to most players rated above 1800, but us regular folks here see your progress.
Then when am I no longer a beginner? 1400? (that's what chess.com study planner rates as "Intermediate")
Hopefully I can keep the 1000 steady, and even improve
NewPatzer wrote:
OTB rating of 1000 is already pretty good at lower scholastic level. You'll w
Lower scholastic level? You mean secondary school?
I aim to compete in chess in university though, so maybe I need an OTB rating of 1500+ to actually be sort of solid?
Plus please complete the sentence
NewPatzer wrote:
By the time you'll seriously study the game you'll get to 1200 level and should be winning tournaments. At 1400 level you'll be at State or even National scholastics competition. It doesn't take much to achieve 1200 rating. It just takes time and devotion.
I share your view. But is this rapid rating or OTB rating?
NewPatzer wrote:
Rapid rating online will somewhat but not always reflect OTB ratings. Beginner rating level will depend from player to player. From my experience teaching, rating between 600-800 are the most common among scholastics. It's better to focus more on improving your understanding of the game. The rating will follow.
600-800 rating, rapid or OTB?
If I sustain 1000 rapid rating online, what could be my OTB rating in my 1st tournament? 600-700?
Apr 14, 2023
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t15k wrote:
NewPatzer wrote:
Rapid rating online will somewhat but not always reflect OTB ratings. Beginner rating level will depend from player to player. From my experience teaching, rating between 600-800 are the most common among scholastics. It's better to focus more on improving your understanding of the game. The rating will follow.
600-800 rating, rapid or OTB?
If I sustain 1000 rapid rating online, what could be my OTB rating in my 1st tournament? 600-700?
600-800 OTB
your OTB rating will depend on how strong the event or the players that play in your tournaments. online ratings can be higher or lower depending on different factors. Even if you win for instance majority of the games in a tournament but the players are mostly 800 level then, you'll only be a little higher than 800. Also note that, unless it now changed, scholastics OTB provisionary rating starts at 800 then raises or lowers from there. Regular tournaments starts at 1200 provisionary rating.
Apr 14, 2023
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t15k wrote:
NewPatzer wrote:
OTB rating of 1000 is already pretty good at lower scholastic level. You'll w
Lower scholastic level? You mean secondary school?
I aim to compete in chess in university though, so maybe I need an OTB rating of 1500+ to actually be sort of solid?
Plus please complete the sentence
lower scholastic level is elementary and middle school
competing in university depends on how good the players in that university. For example if you go in Webster University or Saint Louis University, you'll need to be way stronger than that.
Sadlone wrote:
2000 is a good rating for beginner
2000 rapid elo? you're joking
NewPatzer wrote:
600-800 OTB
your OTB rating will depend on how strong the event or the players that play in your tournaments. online ratings can be higher or lower depending on different factors. Even if you win for instance majority of the games in a tournament but the players are mostly 800 level then, you'll only be a little higher than 800. Also note that, unless it now changed, scholastics OTB provisionary rating starts at 800 then raises or lowers from there. Regular tournaments starts at 1200 provisionary rating.
I see. In that case if I start a tournament right now at ~1000 rapid rating, considering the tournament I'd probably only be 600-800 OTB level anyway which is... not good
I think I remember seeing that 1,000 elo was close to top 80% on chess.com, meaning you have a higher elo than close to 80% of all chess.com players. That sounds better than beginner to me.
true but remember some people just get an account and never play
I've come across a study plan by chess.com for varying skill levels.
Link: https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory
A "Total Beginner" is 0-999 rapid elo, while "Beginner" is 1000 to 1399 elo.
Personally I agree with this, 1000 elo is not a good rapid elo at all, I don't really know what I'm doing although I'm at least not a total noob. What do you think?