Chess ratings and what do they mean ?

Hello everybody I have a question. The chess rating system in chess.com. Can someone high up explain what is a strong players rating. For example , would a club player have 1200 rating ? What are strong ratings to have and weak ratings on chess.com. thank you

It's easy enough to compare yourself to other players. Look at the graphs of players by time control. Your rating of 993 in blitz puts you a little below the average of 1104 but pretty close to the median of all blitz players on the site.

In any club, there is a wide range of players. There are usually a few very strong players, expert and master.  Their ratings are 2000 and up for over the board chess. You don't have a rating for over the board chess but as you can see the percentage of blitz players with ratings of 2000 and up is very small. A club will have a large group of players of varying strength. The distribution of ratings probably isn't too far off what is shown in the graph for blitz ratings.

You just started. Your rating will probably fluctuate for a while before settling down.

It's somewhat misleading though. A blitz rating of 900 is beginner level. Showing that it's the median / average makes it seem a lot better.

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U1000 is beginner
1000-1300 casual
1300-1600 club
~1500 average adult tournament player
1600-2100 strong club player
2200+ Close to, or already has, FIDE title

If you began as an adult, 1800 would be impressive.

If you began as pre-teen and had coaching and tournaments, maybe 2300 before it's really impressive.

Thank you everybody I started playing chess 2 months ago so farely new.

Don't forget, playing chess online is very different from playing chess in person. I have seen many players who are exceptional over the board, and simply weaker in faster time controls online. I've seen the inverse as well, strong online players who success doesn't translate in slower over the board settings. 

That's awesome. I started about a year ago myself. I haven't studied in awhile but have been climbing in my tactics ability. Stick with it and you'll most likely be able to beat any of your friends who play casually. And CptObvious is very right. Something about seeing a 2d graphical representation of a board requires a slightly different skill than a 3d board in front of you. I think there's quite a bit more pressure when you're facing a player in person as well, rather than just a username.

Because they can't look at their phone OTB.