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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by unholiness on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:14PM (#25114189)
chess.com ratings are much less inflated than lichess ratings (partially because its new users start at 1200 ELO, not 1500). Not sure if there's a more exact conversion to FIDE ratings, especially because it looks like he's playing exclusively 3+0 blitz games, which play out much differently online than they do over the board.
Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by onlyrealcuzzo on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:57PM (#25115536)
Why would new users start at 1200? Aren't most beginners below 900?
Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by unholiness on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:48PM (#25116133)
Not all new users are beginners