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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by nitendoraku on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:51AM (#25109196)
ELO from IRL tournaments and ELO on these websites is pretty different. Tournament C players can pretty easily have expert ELOs online.
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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by MagnumOpus on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:30AM (#25109420)
At an Elo level of around 2000 they converge. (I.e. both lichess and chesscom calibrate their algorithm to match on-the-board standards around that region.)

For various reasons, online Elos are inflated by 100+ points if you go above 2500+ or below 1500. A progression from zero to 1750 rating is just as instructive if you assume he went from zero to 1650...

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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by burnthrow on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:01AM (#25109256)
The OP feels like clickbait and should include "chess.com Blitz rating" in the title.
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