What is an average rating in chess?

The average for non-scholastic players was 1198 and the average scholastic player rating was 668.
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What is a good rating in chess?

OTB USCF Standard Ratings of 1200 or higher generally represent a player who has a basic understanding of strategy and tactics plus a little intuition. 1600 generally represents a strong player. 2000 is an excellent player.
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Is a chess rating of 1000 Good?

1k to 1.5 is beginner. 1.5k to 2K is strong club player. 2 to 2.5K you are interesting. 2.5k upwards you are a monstrosity.....
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What is the average chess rating for a beginner?

The general consensus is below 1200= “beginner”, 1200-1800 is “intermediate”, 1800-2000 is “advanced”, 2000-2200 is “expert”, and 2200+ are masters at chess, with FIDE titles being awarded at certain ratings or norms after that.
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What is considered an average chess rating Chess com?

Whether it is bullet, blitz or standard, the average rating on chess.com seems to be about 1200.
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What is a good chess rating for a teen?

Beginners are welcome, 1300 is more than enough. The best 16 year olds are at least master strength already. A competitive rating for a national under 16 tourney would be around class A to expert, lets say 1700-2100. You're not going to win the whole thing but you'll be in the pack somewhere.
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Is 80 accuracy good in chess?

My accuracy in the last 30 days or so is around 72%. I would say anything above 80 on a game that goes deep is pretty good for me! Sometimes I get games as high as 90s - but typically it would be short games where an opponent blunders a piece and I'm able to pounce and put them in a bad spot.
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How long does it take to get to 1200 chess?

About 2.5 months total to break 1200. 3.5 months to break 1300. A total of 5 months to break 1400.
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What is a low chess rating?

The higher the number, the better the player… the lower the number, weaker the player. The lowest possible rating is 100. The highest possible rating (in theory) is 3000, although the highest rating any chess player has managed to achieve was 2851 which was held by the World Champion at the time, Garry Kasparov.
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Is 900 a good rating on chess com?

Those in the 900-1000 range were ok, those in the 1200-1400 range were very good.
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Does chess raise your IQ?

Chess and IQ

A Venezuelan study involving 4,000 second grade students found a significant increase in their IQ scores after only 4.5 months of systematically studying chess.
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What is a good chess rating for a 13 year old?

1300 is a good ratings for a 13 year old. bong711 wrote: 1300 is a good ratings for a 13 year old.
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How good is a 1500 chess player?

1500 on chess.com is indeed a good rating. Your USCF rating would be in the range of 1300 -1700 depends on how you play in the tournaments.
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Is 800 rating good in chess?

A rating of 800 is pretty bad. Though I would differentiate between "You are playing bad" and "You are doing bad". The fact that you are playing pretty bad is obvious as your rating and play are showing this very clearly (went over your last 2 games).
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Is 1900 a good chess rating?

1900-2100: an outstanding chess player. Possesses solid knowledge of chess openings and end games. Probably can play chess with his eyes closed, and win. 2100+: a chess genius.
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What was Bobby Fischer's chess rating?

On the July 1972 FIDE rating list, Bobby Fischer's rating was 2785 - a full 125 points ahead of Boris Spassky, the 2nd highest rated player.
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What rank is Hikaru Nakamura?

Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura is the United States' No. 1 chess player and the leading hopeful to bring America its first World Championship since Bobby Fischer. Born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the 25-year-old is now one of the world's elite, currently ranked seventh on the planet with a FIDE rating of 2774.
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Who is the lowest rated grandmaster?

Lowest rated GM is Bisguier Arthur with 2179 points.
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Why is my chess com rating so low?

Your problem is that you aren't developing fast enough in the opening. You're making a lot of useless pawn moves and you're moving the same piece too many times. Try to develop all of your pieces as fast as possible in the opening, and try to move each piece only once until you've developed everything.
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How many blunders are in a game of chess?

major mistakes, 1 or 2 a game, but smaller tactical errors, usually under five a game! No one plays a "perfect game" with no mistakes, even if you can't even see the mistake. However if you mean blunders that double up my pawns or lose me tempo etc. then I would say about once a game.
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How much does a grandmaster in chess make?

Today, the very top chess players in the world can make good livings from the game. Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand, who will play this month's world chess championship in Russia, made more than $1 million each of the past two years from chess winnings alone. The other top grandmasters in the world do pretty well, too.
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Is 99 accuracy cheating chess?

99% accuracy with 0 mistakes, 0 blunders and 0 inaccuracies is cheating.
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Is 92 accuracy good in chess?

First of all, 90-95% is not that high. It's an impressive score, especially at your rating, but won't raise alarms. In simple terms, accuracy reflects your play as compared to perfect play.
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How accurate is Magnus Carlsen?

So we immediately knew that the accuracy as determined by computer analysis did indeed seem to be really quite low, even by super-GM standards: 2 ACPL for Magnus Carlsen, and 3 ACPL for Ian Nepomniachtchi.
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