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I just wish Lichess had more accurate ratings

• matsemann 6y ago
  What do you mean by "accurate"? Compared to chess.com? FIDE? USCF? It really makes no sense comparing ratings between different pools. None of them are more accurate, they are just different.
  • rgoulter 6y ago
    https://lichess.org/page/rating-systems https://lichess.org/page/rating-systems Yes, ratings can't be compared between different pools. Different rating systems can perform with different accuracy, though: Which rating system is best? The purpose of rating systems is to predict the outcome of games. Therefore, they can be objectively better or worse, according to their ability to make such predictions. Glicko 1 makes better predictions than Elo, and Glicko 2 makes better predictions than Glicko 1
  • Hammershaft 6y ago
    'accurate' is definitely the wrong term. I just meant I wished Lichess ratings translated more accurately to FIDE ratings.
    • V-2 6y ago
      It's not really feasible though: * Online chess typically uses Glicko ratings (this applies to Lichess and chess.com alike), FIDE ratings are based on Elo * Online ratings are typically blitz ratings - people tend to play fast games online. Obviously FIDE has blitz ratings too, but over the board chess is mostly standard time control, and that's what's typically referred to as a FIDE rating. A lot of people with standard FIDE rating don't even have a blitz one, because OTB blitz tournaments are arguably rare.