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Is 80% accuracy good chess?

I'd say for me, anything over 80% leaves me feeling pretty good about my play. For a game that is at least 25 moves long where most of the moves were not forced, I would have to say that 90%+ accuracy (expert strength or better) is generally an indicator of a good game.
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Is 82 accuracy good in chess?

Players from 1000 to 1499 have normally 75 to 85 percent accuracy while players from 1500 to 1999 have 80 to 90 percent accuracy. PLayers with a rating of 2000 to 2499 have about 85 to 95 accuracy, while players from 2500 to 2999 have around 85 to 95 accuracy. PLayers beyond 3000 rating have around 93 percent accuracy.
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Is 90% accuracy in chess good?

First of all, 90-95% is not that high. It's an impressive score, especially at your rating, but won't raise alarms. In simple terms, accuracy reflects your play as compared to perfect play. I saw a recent game where you got a 91% score.
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What is 91% accuracy in chess?

A 91% accuracy is nothing out of the ordinary. It leaves space for a dozen or more big mistakes. How many best moves did you have, though? If you have 40 best moves and 3 blunders you'll have a much higher accuracy than 43 good moves and no blunders.
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Is 100% Chess com accuracy possible?

Yes. Here I played 100% accurately!!! I've only been able to get up to about 99.1% no matter the length of the game.
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The perfect chess game (100% accuracy)

Is an 81% accuracy in chess good?

I'd say for me, anything over 80% leaves me feeling pretty good about my play. For a game that is at least 25 moves long where most of the moves were not forced, I would have to say that 90%+ accuracy (expert strength or better) is generally an indicator of a good game.
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Is 99 accuracy cheating chess?

A player that has an accuracy of 99% is not necessarily cheating. But a player that doesn't make any mistakes throughout the game is at least suspicious.
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How bad is 1500 chess rating?

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.
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What is the average Magnus Carlsen accuracy?

Percentage of best move of different players. Carlsen, who is the current world champion, won 4 WCC and achieved the highest Elo in history. He has only 54.2% of best moves.
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Is 1200 an ok chess rating?

1200 – A budding chess player who can understand some basic chess strategies. 1600 – A player among the top scholastic players on a state or national level. 2000 – Expert Level – A milestone hit by a handful of chess players while they are in grade school. 2200 – Minimum rating to be considered a “Chess Master”.
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Is 50% accuracy good?

There is a general rule when it comes to understanding accuracy scores: Over 90% - Very good. Between 70% and 90% - Good. Between 60% and 70% - OK.
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What accuracy do grandmasters play?

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.
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Is a 1000 chess rating ok?

How good is a 1000 rating in chess? A chess player with a rating of 1000 will be placed in the 'Novice' category by the ELO rating system. The USCF rating system will place the same player in the category of 'Class E. ' This means that the player has a low ranking in both approaches.
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How bad is 300 chess rating?

Chess is an extremely difficult game to get "good" at. It takes a long time and a lot of study. I will say straight up 300, 400, 500 etc are all pretty much the very beginning of being a beginner.
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What is the IQ of a 2000 rated chess player?

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.
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What is Hikaru IQ?

It is 102. Levy also scored 102 on his IQ test. IQ is only a small factor in being a good chess player. Much more important are things like determination and perseverance, and of course a love of chess.
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Who is the highest accuracy chess player?

Bobby Fischer (1964 and 1970)

He considered Morphy to be "perhaps the most accurate", writing: "In a set match he would beat anyone alive today." In 1970, Fischer named Morphy, Steinitz, Capablanca, Botvinnik, Petrosian, Tal, Spassky, Reshevsky, Svetozar Gligorić and Bent Larsen the greatest chess players in history.
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Is 3000 chess rating possible?

Is a FIDE rating of 3,000 possible? Yes, it's possible, but extraordinarily difficult and unlikely. Most players will tell you the only way to improve your rating is to play higher rated players. If you're the highest rated player in the world, you can't do that.
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Is 1300 a good chess rating for a 14 year old?

If you are just starting out, 1300 is quite respectable. If your goal is to play chess professionally, you should be +2200 standard time control on this site by the time you're 17! You can play in tournaments now! Beginners are welcome, 1300 is more than enough.
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What percentage of chess players are over 1200?

Approximately 70% of rated tournament adult players fall between 1200-1900. Statistically, 5% of rated players reach the Expert (2000) level, and 1% achieve the Master (2200) level.
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Does chess equate to IQ?

The study found that intelligence was linked to chess skill for the overall sample, but particularly among young chess players and those at lower levels of skill. This may be because the upper-level players represent a winnowed distribution of cognitive ability -- in other words, they all tend to be fairly bright.
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How much does IQ matter in chess?

Chess only depends on some specific talents not general IQ (e.g. memorization and pattern recognition in a very specific form). If your general IQ is high, most likely you will be a good chess player not necessarily outstanding, also if you are a chess genius, it could be that your general IQ is just average.
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What chess accuracy is suspicious?

Constantly playing with an accuracy of 99% + for players below 2900 is an almost certain indication of cheating.
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