> New players start at 1500 ELO in both Lichess and FIDE I've never played otb, but on the FIDE website, they have a initial rating calculator (https://ratings

> New players start at 1500 ELO in both Lichess and FIDE I've never played otb, but on the FIDE website, they have a initial rating calculator (https://ratings.fide.com/calc.phtml?page=initial https://ratings.fide.com/calc.phtml?page=initial) which seems to depend on your opponents' ratings and your performance, but not on the number 1500