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Ratings on chess sites are massively inflated compared to USCF/FIDE ratings. 1700 on lichess is probably somewhere around 1200 USCF.
by jmgao 6y ago
Ratings on chess sites are massively inflated compared to USCF/FIDE ratings. 1700 on lichess is probably somewhere around 1200 USCF.
- toolslive 6y agoI bet "The queen's gambit" Netflix series is causing inflation as well.
- ghaff 6y agoI'd guess that's also why this is on the front page.
- jeremysalwen 6y agoActually looks like it's around 1500 USCF. https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/#Lichess_Rating_vs_FIDE_and_USCF https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/#Lichess_Rating_vs_...
- maeln 6y agoIt is not really inflated, they just use a different middle point. Lichess start you at 1500 and therefore, 1500 will be the median point of the distribution, Chess.com start you at 1200 so this will tend to be the median point. It is really obvious when you look at the stats for classical or rapid for example: https://lichess.org/stat/rating/distribution/classical https://lichess.org/stat/rating/distribution/classical