yahoo ratings vs. chess.com ratings...

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CerebralAssassin

...are they roughly equivalent?

Niven42

No.  Two different populations of players.  After you play the same number of games on both sites, you could compare them to get an idea of how closely they're rated.

elaw304

I have a higher rating on chess.com live chess than yahoo.  I don't know why.  Surprised

Ziryab

Yahoo is not a chess site. Yahoo's format is designed to encourage csual games, but discourage serious chess players. Moreover, there is no reliable anti-engine monitoring at Yahoo.

Look at Edward Collin's comparisons. These are a decade old, but the only change needed to update is that the servers have gotten much better, while Yahoo continues to revel in its mediocrity.

Spiffe
Ziryab wrote:

Look at Edward Collin's comparisons. These are a decade old, but the only change needed to update is that the servers have gotten much better, while Yahoo continues to revel in its mediocrity.


That comparison chart does not judge Live Chess very positively. Embarassed