Is it right that players at 2200-2300 FIDE get as much accuracy as GMs in their games?

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Niska1

Grandmasters get 95-98% accuracy in their games and I see a lot of players between 2200 and 2300 FIDE getting that much accuracy. Is it just something wrong with chess.com?

stregachess
I would not live and die over the accuracy. It is also dependent on the overall quality of of the opposition. 1. e4 e6 2. g4 Qh4 mate and blacks accuracy is near 100% and means nothing regarding skill level.
Rastasouljah

ya, I just got 99% accuracy on a game, & as far as competition on here an not that good

Deranged

I've had 99%+ accuracy games back when my rating was 1700.

The trick is to play simple positions, rather than sharp, tactical positions.

Niska1
Susik_Gaboyan wrote:

The difference is that 2200-2300 players can play some games with 90%+ accuracy, but GMs almost always play with 95%+ accuracy

 

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blueemu
Niska1 wrote:

Grandmasters get 95-98% accuracy in their games and I see a lot of players between 2200 and 2300 FIDE getting that much accuracy. Is it just something wrong with chess.com?

That "accuracy" stat isn't handed down by God. It's calculated by the chess.com engine, which typically looks no deeper than 18 ply (that's 9 moves). So any continuation that takes more than 9 moves to mature will be considered "bad" by the analysis engine, since it can't see to the end of the line and discover the actual point of the move.

Don't treat the "accuracy" stat as if it were gospel truth. It's just the engine's opinion, and not always "informed" opinion.

Imadesigirl

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cheunghim

Besides the points everyone has talked about, it's also worth mentioning that the engine evaluates a position by assuming both sides play perfectly. Using pawnless endgames as examples, rook+bishop vs rook is a draw but difficult to defend endgame, while queen vs rook will be winning but difficult to win endgame, so the engine will favor latter one, but the previous one would probably be better for most human beings.

Also, sometimes you'll have to decide if you're going to play a move that will definitely earn you a small advantage, or play another that will be equal or even slightly bad if your opponent defends correctly, but if they don't defend right they'll have a huge issue.

Stuckfish
Deranged wrote:

I've had 99%+ accuracy games back when my rating was 1700.

The trick is to play simple positions, rather than sharp, tactical positions.

I had them when I was under 1,000- if your opponent just hangs everything in basic positions, finding the best move is not exactly difficult. I killed a 2100 with the blackmar diemer as an 800 because they didn't know the risky but trappy line I chose, and clearly didn't expect me to know what I was doing and assumed I was just hanging everything, so they played natural seeming moves- capturing the gambit pieces, going for a tempting skewer etc. I've had several 100% accuracy games with that line, actually.

But yeah accuracy levels only give you information about that one game, there really isn't a linear correlation to strength. I once had an opponent accuse me of sandbagging because I saw a tactic to win a knight in the opening in advance and baited them into letting me do it- and after the game when it showed an accuracy level in the 90s, he decided that proves it and I'm a candidate master on a second account. If one person plays badly or gets into unfamiliar territory, and the other player is on form that day, seeing the opportunities, then you can see accuracy scores well into the 90s at pretty much any rating level.

DoYouLikeCurry
GMs normally use slightly more complex positions where it’s harder to get high accuracy - this is because otherwise their opps will be able to draw most positions fairly easily