Is 1700 chess com blitz good?

This is the way I see it (all ratings are Chess.com ratings for blitz or standard games): 1700-1900: a very good chess player. Makes few mistakes. Has reached a level of mastery that most Chess players will never reach.

Is a 1700 blitz rating good?

A chess rating of 1700 on Chess.com is an advanced rating. It means that you know many openings, you have good end game technique and you spot tactics in the mid game.

What is a decent blitz rating on chess com?

A 25% percentile means your Blitz rating is higher than 25% of the people who play blitz on Ches.com. A 50% percentile means you're better than half of the blitz players, and so on. The median rating on Chess.com is around 1000, I believe. If you are above 400 rating, you are a very good chess player.

What is the average blitz score on chess com?

Chess.com Blitz Ratings

The average chess.com blitz rating is 913, and the majority of players fall between 400 and 1400. Typically ratings start at 1200 on chess.com and quickly adjust to your playing level with the Glicko system.

How hard is it to get a 1700 rating in chess?

Approximately 3 months of hard disciplined training can get you to 1700 ELO/FIDE. Not that it really matters. There are a lot of supposedly high rated players who are just as beatable as 1000 level players. Those who do make it to 1700, I doubt it took so many hours...

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What is a respectable chess rating?

What is a good chess rating? A standard FIDE chess rating begins at 1000 Elo and the highest rating is currently 2851, acquired by World Champion and Grand Master Magnus Carlsen. A rating between 1500 to 2000 is for considerably experienced and great players.

Is 1600 a good blitz rating for chess com?

Anyway, 1600 is very good, but otb ratings are different of chess.com ratings. 1600 is ok in blitz and can be dangerous and talented but they make lots of bad mistakes. 1750 and above is getting towards the category of "strong player".

How good is 1600 blitz on chess com?

It won't be enough. 1600 USCF is better than 83% of rated players, which is already a subset of those who play chess. 1600 Online on Chess.com is closer to better than 89%, and yet is vastly worse than 1600 USCF. 1600 Blitz on Chess.com is better than 94% on this site and is probably better than 1600 USCF.

Why are chess com blitz ratings so low?

The blitz ratings are lower than rapid because blitz has a stronger pool than rapid. I actually considered that. I was finding a player rated 700 in blitz was playing like people rated 1000 in rapid.

Is 1800 a good blitz chess rating?

1800s are half decent players. They are good at tactics, have a basic sense of strategy, know a little opening theory, and have decent endgame knowledge. They still hang pieces occasionally. Not amazing players, but not bad either.

Is 1500 chess com blitz good?

1500 on chess.com is indeed a good rating. Your USCF rating would be in the range of 1300 -1700 depends on how you play in the tournaments. I had a blitz rating of 1300 and when I played my first USCF tournament ended up the USCF tournament with a rating of 1380 so yes the chess.com is fairly accurate.

Is blitz rating harder than rapid on chess com?

Yes blitz is harder. A 1700 rating in blitz puts you in the top 130,000 players, but a 1500 in rapid puts you in the top 50,000. More people play it; plus with less time to think, your pattern recognition and intuition has to be better as there's less time to calculate or come up with new plans and ideas. As for 1.

Is 1700 bullet good chess?

Yes. You are very good at blitz time control, you are in the 96th percentile. Congrats! Ur better than me LOL but it looks like you haven't played many 1500-1700 players in blitz.

Who is the highest rated blitz player ever?

Karpov was by far the best blitz player ever. He would easily crush weaker players like Kasparov, Fischer and Karlsson. Karpov's highest blitz rating is 2644. Carlsen beat him in Blitz at age 13.

How long to reach 1800 chess rating?

Chess takes a lot of time. So for most people I'd guess 3 to 5 years. Depends how long you've been playing as well. If you've not been playing long and are 1250 then you might get to 1800 quite quickly.

Who has the highest rating on chess com blitz?

Since Hikaru has the highest blitz rating on chess.com (3200 ish) the practical answer would be about 3500, and that would assume you were able to beat Hikaru much of the time.

How long does it take to get to 2000 blitz chess com?

More or less the fastest possible is beginner to 2000 in 2 years. I've seen a few do it a little faster... as in 1.75 years or something. Even people like Kasparov took ~2 years (although 2000 FIDE is more impressive than 2000 chess.com). You're not a beginner, but 1200 blitz is still far away from 2000.

Is 2000 a good chess com rating?

It is awarded to chess players rated from 2000 to 2199. Players rated above that are masters, while players below that are class players. Approximately 50,000 chess players have USCF ratings, of which approximately 2,500 are rated 2000 or better.

How many 2000 rated chess players are there?

That's about 2% of all chess players, and about 0.01% of all people on earth. And about 1 million people have a chess rating between 2000 and 2099. In the table below you can read what percentile of people have 2000 elo on Chess.com, Lichess, FIDE and USFC.

Do chess players have high IQ?

A person with average IQ is expected to reach a maximum rating of about 2000 in chess. Strong grandmasters with a rating of around and over 2600 are expected to have an IQ of 160 plus.

What is the 20 40 40 rule in chess?

The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame.

Is chess good for the brain?

Chess has been proven to increase your IQ, improve memory function, help develop higher levels of creativity, simultaneously exercise both sides of the brain, help prevent Alzheimer's and dementia, and increase a child's problem solving skills.