The difference in average player's rating from chess.com to FIDE

The chess.com average player is around 800, but the average FIDE player is around 1600. This is a HUGE difference. Are OTB tournament-going players that will have a FIDE rating generally quite experienced? Whereas chess.com players are generally inexperienced? It seems to me that while chess has had a boom, it hasn't carried over in terms of tournament participation. Can we do more to encourage players to attend OTB?

well, the financial obstacles to playing a lot of over the board FIDE tournaments are quite substantial.

I don't see those going away.

chess.com rating means nothing. it doesnt even use fide system, this is GlickoRD-2.

In glicko your passive times are also involved in math. I mean if you didnt play for too long and win a game, it rewards you much more.. or the opposite.

If you play too often and win, increase is just a little..

OTB rating is the real deal. dont mix these two.

Tournament OTB play is also more sound in the sense of openings chosen. And players are less likely to play risky lines or sacrifices. When you have to pay Tournament fees to play, people tend to play in a more serious way.

I believe the matching system is geared to beat you down and then keep you there. And the rating system is inaccurate at best.... But closer to being out right wrong. Bad enough you have an opponent to worry about and the system is fighting you to. I've seen 1000's playing like 1950 and that shows exactly what I'm saying pretty well.

OTB rating is deflated, this is what FIDE said

Fide Rating deflation

That's interesting too @SnowDae I forgot that the rating-floor for FIDE rating is 1000, that makes a lot of difference too.

@justbefair true... its not cheap to enter actually