Take a look at this chart of USCF rating distributions: http://main.uschess.org/datapage/adult_ratings_2007.png http://main.uschess.org/datapage/adult_ratings_

Take a look at this chart of USCF rating distributions: http://main.uschess.org/datapage/adult_ratings_2007.png http://main.uschess.org/datapage/adult_ratings_2007.png 50% of adult chess players with a USCF rating (who already tend to be more dedicated to chess than most chess players, who tend not to have a rating at all) have a rating of only 1400 or below. With a rating of 2400 you're getting up around the 99th percentile. You could easily crush virtually every chess player with a USCF rating. Of course, there are chess players who are even better, but they are the elite of the elite. (Note: I wasn't able to find the equivalent FIDE rating information, so I have to use USCF ratings here. But you can bear in mind that a player with a given FIDE rating is generally stronger than a player with the same USCF rating)