What is a mediocre chess rating?

0-1000: either a kid or a beginner. 1000-1200: below average player. 1200: either an average player or a newly registered member. 1200-1400: a decent chess player.

What is a reasonable chess rating?

OTB USCF Standard Ratings of 1200 or higher generally represent a player who has a basic understanding of strategy and tactics plus a little intuition. 1600 generally represents a strong player. 2000 is an excellent player.

Is 400 a bad rating on chess com?

Someone rated 400 points higher will be expected to win 9 out of 10 games against the lower rated player. An absolute beginner may start with a rating as low as 400 here, and most experts consider players rated U1400 to be novices.

Is 250 chess rating bad?

A real beginner rating is about 250. 650 shows significant progress beyond that. The average player on chess.com is about 960, I think.

Is 300 a bad 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.

Chess Ratings: A Deep Dive

Is 1100 ELO good for a beginner?

Is 1100 elo a good chess rating? It depends! If you're a total beginner playing rapid on Chess.com, 1100 is not a bad rating. But if you have some experience, studied some chess courses, and really practiced, you expect to have a higher elo.

Is 900 chess bad?

That varies here because most games are played at a faster than regular rating time limit. Facecrusher has the ranges about right. I coach a high school chess club and my players around 700 were beginners. Those in the 900-1000 range were ok, those in the 1200-1400 range were very good.

How rare is 2000 chess rating?

Approximately 50,000 chess players have USCF ratings, of which approximately 2,500 are rated 2000 or better.

Is 2000 chess rating hard?

The bad news is, 2000 is higher than the vast majority of people make it. The good news is that that alone doesn't mean that you can't. It varies from person to person, depending on how much time and talent they have to dedicate to chess. I would say that 2000 rating doesn't take talent, it takes time and effort.

Is chess rating and IQ correlation?

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.

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.

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. 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.

How smart is Magnus Carlsen?

He played 10 Harvard Lawyers, at the same time blindfolded and absolutely crushed all of them. If you thought that was impressive, be prepared. Magnus played 70 professional chess players (ELO Rating between 1800 to 2000) at once. In the end, he won a staggering 68 games, losing only 2!

How good can you get at chess in 1 year?

If you play constantly for a year and go through chess books on opening/endgame/tactics/etc and study with some diligence and play against GOOD players , not bums that you can easily beat, you will probably get to 70 or 80% of as good as you can ever expect to be.

How good is 1600 FIDE?

Statistically speaking, a 1600 player is playing better than 90+% people who play chess. So, I guess you can consider yourself a good player.

How long does it take to get 1600 in chess?

Around 1000 hours? (10 hours a week, 2 years long). 1600 is so weak its mainly about understanding basic principles and being able to identify weak moves before you play them. Of course playing is best way to gauge your progress.

Is a chess rating of 3000 possible?

General range of ratings

Ratings could range from 100 to nearly 3000. You may lose your rating points or gain them. But you cannot lose your US Chess rating.

Is 2200 a good chess com rating?

If you can keep your rapid rating at 2200 for say, 100 games, you could be anything from 1800 FIDE to 2200 FIDE in over the board slowplay. That's equivalent to a strong club player here in England or the UK. So if you are young, you could become a master.

Is 90% a good accuracy in chess?

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.

Is 1800 a good chess player?

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 1200 average for chess?

1200 is a good achievement for a beginner who has lived in the 900 range for a while. Mathematically, a 300 Elo point gain means you'd be expected to beat your former 900-self about 80-85% of the time now. So it's definitely good improvement.