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They may be referring to sub-1000 online rated. An 800 FIDE rated player is going to wipe the floor with an 800 chess.com rated player.

anamexis 3y ago
If anything that reinforces my point that low-rated players aren't losing in a series of constant blunders.
- chongli 3y ago
  If you’re 800 FIDE rated over the board you’re not going to be 800 online. You’ll be way above that. I haven’t played in years but I was beating 1200 rated players online as a total beginner. The ratings are not comparable. A sub-1000 online rated player is frankly a very poor, total beginner at chess, not an enthusiastic club player.
  - anamexis 3y ago
    No argument there, but that has nothing to do with my point that novices at chess aren't just playing constant blunders when playing each other.
smatija 3y ago
Minimum FIDE rating is 1400, so you really cannot be 800 FIDE. Also the gap between online and FIDE ratings is closer than people think.
- Retric 3y ago
  That’s not correct, as of 2022: They only publish numbers above 1000, but they still come up with a number before deciding to not publish it. https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/FIDE%20Rating%20Regulations%202022.pdf https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/FIDE%20Rating%20Regula... Not all clubs follow those rules exactly, but you still need to track sub 1000 to know when people cross it.
  - smatija 3y ago
    It is since new rating regulations, which are in effect as of 2024: https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022024 https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022024 See 7.1.2. Ratings aren't tracked by clubs even when players are under this cutoff - all games for rating are submitted to FIDE.
    - Retric 3y ago
      Which only came into effect on March 1 2024, so people still have sub 1400 FIDE rankings from 2024.
      - smatija 3y ago
        They don't - ratings of everyone under 2000 got increased, according to formula: player rating + 0.4 * (2000 - player rating). So everyone now has rating above 1400, except if their rating fell under in meantime, in which case they will be removed from next rating list.

anamexis 3y ago

If anything that reinforces my point that low-rated players aren't losing in a series of constant blunders.

chongli 3y ago
If you’re 800 FIDE rated over the board you’re not going to be 800 online. You’ll be way above that. I haven’t played in years but I was beating 1200 rated players online as a total beginner. The ratings are not comparable. A sub-1000 online rated player is frankly a very poor, total beginner at chess, not an enthusiastic club player.
- anamexis 3y ago
  No argument there, but that has nothing to do with my point that novices at chess aren't just playing constant blunders when playing each other.

smatija 3y ago

Minimum FIDE rating is 1400, so you really cannot be 800 FIDE. Also the gap between online and FIDE ratings is closer than people think.

Retric 3y ago
That’s not correct, as of 2022: They only publish numbers above 1000, but they still come up with a number before deciding to not publish it. https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/FIDE%20Rating%20Regulations%202022.pdf https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/FIDE%20Rating%20Regula... Not all clubs follow those rules exactly, but you still need to track sub 1000 to know when people cross it.
- smatija 3y ago
  It is since new rating regulations, which are in effect as of 2024: https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022024 https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022024 See 7.1.2. Ratings aren't tracked by clubs even when players are under this cutoff - all games for rating are submitted to FIDE.
  - Retric 3y ago
    Which only came into effect on March 1 2024, so people still have sub 1400 FIDE rankings from 2024.
    - smatija 3y ago
      They don't - ratings of everyone under 2000 got increased, according to formula: player rating + 0.4 * (2000 - player rating). So everyone now has rating above 1400, except if their rating fell under in meantime, in which case they will be removed from next rating list.