1700 about 3 months ago? Thanks website for the encouragement!
How accurate is this test, if at all? ELO Rating Test
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Aug 12, 2014
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#63
I just tried it quite fast and got 1745. maybe I could do better if I spent more than 30 seconds on each.
Aug 12, 2014
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#64
Just tried it got 1735, which is roughly the elo I am. Though maybe between 1750 -1800 max
I had 1490, which is five points off my current online rating but a fair bit higher than all my other ratings.
Aug 12, 2014
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#66
Addendum, on one of the puzzles I moved for white instead of black, final Elo 1815 which I am.
1925, and my real rating is around 1850, so it seems to confirm the tendancy. Btw, this quiz is pure shit (as nobodyreally pointed out, some puzzles actually ask for a move that is not the best one).
I got a 1640 (my rating is currently 959 but it was around 500 a week ago when I started playing so it improved a lot). I guess I just lose focus in games...
nobodyreally wrote:
TheGreatOogieBoogie wrote:
I did 3- 1.Ke5 4- 1.e6 so I can make way for the king and the black bishop would be in the way of the king so I could eventually zugzwang black and either sacrifice on g6 (black will want to keep a bishop on e8 to stop it) or elbow out the black king. I almost rejected because after 2.Bxe6? I couldn't find a way to triangulate after 2...Kxe6 3.Ke4,Kf7 4.Ke5,Ke7
Diagram 5 was hard, there were signs of a kingside attack but wondered if I should consolidate before going for a forced attack and calculated the forcing variations and came up with Bh6 even knowing that capturing or ...g6 aren't forced and black has the resource ...Ng6 I'd have to solve.
Diagram 6 is much easier since it's a battle for d5 and Bxf6 and Nd5 are the only serious candidates. I went with Nd5 to increase the tension and give black more options to go wrong. If my mood were different I might have played Bxf6 but don't really like trading bishops for knights. In any event the bishop doesn't do much after Bxf6 whereas the f6 knight is doing plenty especially regarding a d5 thrust where it coordinates with queen, rook, and bishop.
Diagram 7 was easy since I know the common themes and methods of those opening systems, Nh7 with the idea of ...f5 pressuring e4 and playing for a kingside attack (but only if good defense from white doesn't leave me worse off)
Diagram 8 the king is far more active and close to the passed pawn, but I have a bishop against a knight with pawns on both sides. I played Rxe8 seeing no alternative. Besides with a kingside majority and spare passed c-pawn I think my chances are better even after the obvious move. First order of business is centralizing and activating the white king after Rxe8.
Diagram 9 has two bishops against a rook with far better activity. The black queen coordinates with the Rc8 but the c-pawn is defended well enough and the bishops are geared towards an attack. Considering black's pawn majority white wants to win this strategic endgame. Not an easy position and black is better if white isn't accurate enough, Bg6 looked good though there could be a refutation I overlooked.
Diagram 10 I played ...Ne8 because the knight looks like it could fit well on c7 or depending on what white does ...g6 with the idea of Ng7 and Nf5. The position looks like there's plenty of reasonable moves to choose from for black but ...Ne8 seemed most flexible, and not that it immediately matters but also opens up the diagonal for the queen.
The key to # 5 is the e7 square for the knight. Ne7+, Kh8, Rxf8+ etc. That's why Bc5 is the solution.
In #6 Bxf6 just wins a piece because the black queen is undefended. (Standerd combination in the sicilian.)
In #7 Nh7 or g5 or Nc5 are all about equal moves. For them to give g5 as a clear favorite move is nonsense.
In #8 it's all about the c-pawn. Bd8!! cuts of the black pieces. He can never take on d8 because white promotes on c8 or d8. After Bd8!! white can at his leasure play Rb8 next move followed by c7 etc.
In #9 Bg6 is bad because black just takes it with c2 to follow next move. It's a very unclear position and white has many, more or less equal moves. Therefore a bad puzzle.
# 10 see above.
good luck.
In #7 they give Nxe4 as a slight favorite over g5 (or at least if I enter f6-e4 I score better always than if I enter g6-g5). I'm pretty sure the reason g5 is a clear favorite over the other moves is the idea of Nxe4 still works afterwards.
Aug 12, 2014
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#70
I think a real test should have more than 10 and you should be asked for follow up instead of just 1 move exercise.
Furthermore you should be asked what the theme of the exercise is and so on and more.
Maybe chess.com could make a rating exam like tactic trainer that would be awesome.
Making a 1 move exercise test is more or less pointless as you do not know the motive for making that move. Maybe you made the right move but for the wrong reasons. the plan and intension is more important than a single move. You should be prepared for a follow up or even write your move and the best response for the opponent at the same time.
This test is like an online IQ test. Just bad and unreliable.
Like any test.
I got 1520. My national Elo is 878 and online-chess is 1714. Nationally I feel underrated, so I think a place between is ok.
Aug 13, 2014
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#74
most people I know have higher elo rating than their official danish rating. is elo rating easier to get?
No, I think it is just because the average Danish chess player is stronger than the average FIDE (I assume you mean FIDE Elo) player.
The one with bishops against rook it seems Bd4 keeps things unclear but not losing Bg6 was just a desperate hope chess. I certainly didn't like Rxb7 because I give up my only rook to help him activate his passive Rf8 since Rb8. Then I can play 2.Ra7 but then Rc8 and I still have some problems. Still, Ra7?? helps me win the exchange so 2...Rc8 is to be expected. Shouldn't have eliminated 1.Rxb8 before out of some superficial analysis and assessment. Still, Rxb7 makes the black a-pawn isolated, so that should count for something.
A rook on the seventh won't win itself especially if the opponent has plenty advantages themselves. The pin of the c-pawn against the king is especially nasty. If you don't know how to win a position simply avoiding a loss is probably the best route.
I agree with most here that the test isn't that great and not to be taken seriously.
i got 2040
this is very accurate me thinks
BobbyDK, when you say Elo, do you mean Fide?
In Norway I often see players at 1650 Elo with ca 1850 Fide, but the 2000+ players has Norwegian ELO and Fide at ca the same level.
Aug 14, 2014
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#79
DjonniDerevnja I guess it is because if I heard right that you start with a rating of 800 in norway and in denmark you cannot be lower than 1000.
that means some players with low rating from Norway are quite strong.
so a 1500 from denmark isn't the same as a 1500 from Norway.
I think in scandinavia we should agree on one way to do things.
bobbyDK wrote:
DjonniDerevnja I guess it is because if I heard right that you start with a rating of 800 in norway and in denmark you cannot be lower than 1000.
that means some players with low rating from Norway are quite strong.
so a 1500 from denmark isn't the same as a 1500 from Norway.
I think in scandinavia we should agree on one way to do things.
I am not sure if there is a startrating at all in Norway. I got ny first rating now, based on 10 games / 4 points in the c-group in the clubchampionship this winter, and my rating ended below average for the group, at 878. There are lower rated players in the group, at 500-600. The 11 year old winner started with ca 1060, but has climbed later to 1249 (and rapid 1612).
I've never played competitive chess before, so I don't have an Elo rating, but the test gave me 1360 as my estimated rating, which I think is a little too high, as my CC rating on chess.com averages around 1100. Is the test saying I'm a patzer?