How do I check my chess ELO?

Click on your username, and it's there on the right side of the page.

Also, in the list of your games, you can see it next to your name.

When you play a game, it's still next to your name.

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https://www.chess.com/stats

why can't I get brilliant

because you dont think of sacrificig your peices instead you just keep playing

A better question: why are you throwing away all your pieces?

Example game, where your opponent was doing the same thing, but not as horribly as you did:

https://www.chess.com/game/live/120146993402?username=chessian-ian

I got a brilliant move now but I followed it up with not a good move I should've moved my bishop now that I think about it more for a fork

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/120176447240?tab=analysis&move=17

Yay

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@chekagain This is because the "average" (meaning 50 percentile) is barely scratching the surface of just how much chess there is to learn; it certainly is way more than half of chess left to understand. Chess is a complicated game which has so much to learn. I've been playing chess on chess.com for about years and I'm still learning a lot!

Someone with a rating of 1100 can be 85 percentile because they know more (knowledge or ability) than most players, but most players also don't know that much when it comes to the many concepts left to learn.

Real "positional chess" is one example of something that most chess players under 1400 aren't usually thinking about in the way someone 1800+ rating might (rating many people begin to consider "advanced"). Weak squares (not pieces, or pawns, but squares!), color-complex concepts and holes/outposts are all good examples of things that many 1100 players don't even know about in their games.

When people say "beginner, intermediate, or advanced" then understanding chess as a whole doesn't align perfectly with how the person compares to the global average.

Hopefully, I explained this well enough; it is tough to convey. I love how a lot of these "advanced" chess concepts are becoming more well known at all levels because of so many free resources today like YouTube chess channels, or chess books more beginner-friendly.
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