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Why is my Lichess rating so much higher than chess?

Why is my lichess rating higher than my chess.com
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rating? Because you rating is lower than 2300. Lichess start at 1500, Chess start at 1200. Lichess minimum is 600, chess dot com is 100.
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Is Lichess rating more accurate than chess com?

it an accurate way to calculate fide rating. For example lichess biltz is 2300 chess.com biltz is 2100 and maybe fide rating of 1900. You can find many cheaters in this sites so the rating isn't so accurate. Based on the numbers of games I played, my lichess rating is 200 points higher than my chess.com rating.
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Why is rating on Lichess higher than chess com?

It's a different formula (glicko 1 vs glicko 2). Lichess uses the better model (defined by how accurate it predicts results). In a nutshell Lichess will be higher until rating 2100 or so. After that Lichess will be lower than chess.com.
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Why is Lichess rating so much higher?

Well, first or all, you haven't played that many games - 17 games aren't all that much, thus your rating isn't that stable. It will be stable, when you have played some more games. But: You are higher rated here on lichess as you are OTB, because Lichess does not use the ELO-rating, rather it uses the Glicko2-rating.
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What is 1500 on Lichess compared to chess com?

That's actually crazy since the average 1500 on chess.com is rated around 1850 in Rapid on Lichess. "That's actually crazy since the average 1500 on chess.com is rated around 1850 in Rapid on Lichess."
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What is Lichess 1800 equivalent to?

If you have a lichess rapid rating of 1800, don't expect to score an 1800 performance at your first USCF event. Your rating will map to roughly 1335 USCF. The complete data set below maps all lichess ratings to their OTB averages across our survey results.
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Is 1800 a good Lichess rating?

1800 on lichess would be around 1500 if you're super bad on internet but more like 1400 for a randome player who is fine with otb and online. a 1800 fide would be around 2000-2100 if they're bad online but should be rated 2200.
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How close is Lichess rating to FIDE?

Around 2000 Lichess the difference is around 300, the higher you go, the less difference in ratings, the lower you go, the more difference in ratings, until you reach 1500 Lichess which will be around 1000 FIDE, at which point, lower ratings have the same difference as 1500 Lichess difference.
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Who is the highest rated on Lichess?

If you're talking about how high you can get if you win all your games, it's probably around 3800 because if you go any higher than that you won't get any rating from winning (because you are hundreds of points higher than your opponent). 1. f3 ... A00 Barnes Opening 1. ...
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What is the average Lichess ranking?

Lichess ratings start at 1500, as is recommended by the Glicko system definition. The median player rating of Lichess is close to 1500, and there is no significant deviation of this value over time. The Lichess ratings can often be higher than ratings from other systems that start at 1200, such as FIDE or chess.com.
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Does magnus play on Lichess?

Magnus Carlsen seen playing Lichess Titled Arena on Stream getting help to Trap Naroditsky's Queen. With accusation flying about everywhere. I recall seeing a live stream of Magnus Carlsen surrounded by a group of friends while he playing the Lichess Titled Arena in December 2021.
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Is 1900 a good Lichess rating?

One the most useful data about this is ratings distribution. At 1900 you are "better" than 90% rapid players (even not counting all people playing chess, but not so much to play it online) on Lichess.
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What is 1600 Lichess equivalent to?

1600 here means you are barely above 50% and it should be equivalent to 1100-1200 over there. Lichess starts your rating at 1500, while Chess.com does it at 1200. Also both use different methods to calculate ratings. Lichess uses the Glicko-2 method which is more fit for online chess.
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What is a respectable chess com rating?

The rating should be: under 1200: beginner 1200-1600 =advanced beginner 1600-2000 good tournament player 2000-2200 internationally ranked. 2200-2300 Us life master. 2300-2400 International master. 2400-2500 grand master. 2500-2600 strong grandmaster.
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Is 1600 FIDE good?

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”. 2400 – “Senior Master”.
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Can you have a 100% accuracy in chess com?

I think that 100% accuracy is impossible unless you are using the analysis engine chess.com is using. Or the game lasts 10-15 moves and the opening constitutes 8-10 of them. I've had a few 100% games, but none longer than 12 moves, lol. However, these "100%" games were not even my best games.
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Who is the oldest player in Lichess?

who is the oldest lichess player still playing? Yuri Lvovich Averbakh is the oldest living chess grandmaster.
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Who is the owner of Lichess?

In 2010, Thibault Duplessis began work on Lichess as a hobby project. The site was simple at the beginning, not even checking to see if moves were legal. He made the site open source, which means anyone is free to read the source code and make contributions.
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Which is the longest game in Lichess?

Longest Game Ever Recorded: Nikolić–Arsović, Belgrade 1989 Part 128.
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Does Lichess have the 50 move rule?

50 move rule: If 50 moves pass without a pawn move or a piece capture, the game is declared a draw. Timeout draw: If a person's opponent times out, but the person cannot checkmate the opponent in any conceivable manner, then the game is declared a draw.
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How strong is Lichess level 6?

What is the rating of this level? You can see the rating when you look into your played games. Stockfish 6 is rated at 1900.
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Is a 2300 rating on Lichess good?

A player who is rated 2300 on Lichess is quite strong.
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What percent of chess players are 1800?

In the US Chess Federation, which is not terribly atypical for Elo ratings, an 1800 player stands above 88%-90% of all rated players.
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What chess rating is master?

The English Chess Federation awards the title of National Master to players who achieve an ECF rating of 200 or more (equivalent to a FIDE rating of approximately 2200).
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What is a super GM chess?

"Super grandmaster" is an informal term to refer to the world's elite players. In the past this would refer to players with an Elo rating of over 2600, but as the average Elo rating of the top players has increased it has typically come to refer to players with an Elo rating of over 2700.
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