1200 is start of intermediate, or in my case appreciating I'm still a beginner 😬 getting my a## handed to me by the Miguel bot, humbling.
The Real Expert’s Rating - 2000
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How would you know if you aren’t even 2000? Perhaps you only think 2000 is expert because that is slightly above your rating, so you consider them to be good. Everyone has different opinions on what elo is an ‘expert’.
Nov 25, 2022
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“Expert” has always meant 2000-2199 in the American and Canadian rating systems, and several other countries. In the U.S. it is interchangeable with “Candidate Master”, with “Master” being 2200+. 1800-1999 is “A Player”, 1600-1799 is “B Player”.
FIDE didn’t have a “Candidate Master” title for decades, because they didn’t rate people under 2200. So the first title was FIDE Master, at 2300. Then they expanded ratings to 2000+, and when they saw the cash rolling in from rating fees, they decided to give ratings to anyone who knew what “en passant” meant (and who could also pronounce it right).
The USCF and CFC may have moved away from letters because, if you go back 20 years or so, it was rare to see official ratings lower than 800 or so, and maybe they only wanted to dig so far down into the alphabet.
FIDE didn’t have a “Candidate Master” title for decades, because they didn’t rate people under 2200. So the first title was FIDE Master, at 2300. Then they expanded ratings to 2000+, and when they saw the cash rolling in from rating fees, they decided to give ratings to anyone who knew what “en passant” meant (and who could also pronounce it right).
The USCF and CFC may have moved away from letters because, if you go back 20 years or so, it was rare to see official ratings lower than 800 or so, and maybe they only wanted to dig so far down into the alphabet.
JeremyCrowhurst wrote:
FIDE didn’t have a “Candidate Master” title for decades, because they didn’t rate people under 2200. So the first title was FIDE Master, at 2300. Then they expanded ratings to 2000+, and when they saw the cash rolling in from rating fees, they decided to give ratings to anyone who knew what “en passant” meant (and who could also pronounce it right).
FIDE didn’t have a “Candidate Master” title for decades, because they didn’t rate people under 2200. So the first title was FIDE Master, at 2300. Then they expanded ratings to 2000+, and when they saw the cash rolling in from rating fees, they decided to give ratings to anyone who knew what “en passant” meant (and who could also pronounce it right).
I think you are confusing "rating" with "title".
Nov 25, 2022
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magipi wrote:
JeremyCrowhurst wrote:
FIDE didn’t have a “Candidate Master” title for decades, because they didn’t rate people under 2200. So the first title was FIDE Master, at 2300. Then they expanded ratings to 2000+, and when they saw the cash rolling in from rating fees, they decided to give ratings to anyone who knew what “en passant” meant (and who could also pronounce it right).
FIDE didn’t have a “Candidate Master” title for decades, because they didn’t rate people under 2200. So the first title was FIDE Master, at 2300. Then they expanded ratings to 2000+, and when they saw the cash rolling in from rating fees, they decided to give ratings to anyone who knew what “en passant” meant (and who could also pronounce it right).
I think you are confusing "rating" with "title".
I don't think so - I'm going by wikipedia, which says it's a title for FIDE but a rating category for USCF. But I'll check the FIDE website for that. Thanks for bringing that up though.
Thank you and Midnight.