How Chess Rating Reflect the Ability of the Player ?

Question

2100+

1800

1500

1200

Answer 1

You start off with a 600, known for Newbie. K?

Then you play Latter matches, otherwise known as rated games.

When someone plays someone with a higher score than himself and WINS he gets a lot of points and the other loses a lot of points. (around 6 ot 7, it depends on difference in points)

When someone LOSES against someone with higher points the winner gets only a little and the one with lower points loses only a little points. (around 1, 2, or 3 ... also depends on difference in points)

When you have a draw a little of points go to the one with the lower score.

So the higher the score the more advanced the player is. The intermediate level is around 1500 and the advanced is around 2000 and higher. But it's really hard.

Hope that answers the Q.

     Sean

Answer 2

Chess ratings roughly reflect the following hierarchy of ability and commitment to the game:

1000-1200. Corresponds to average casual players, for example, players who have never participated in a tournament, or read a chess book.

1200-1400. Corresponds to average players, who occasionaly participate in a tournament or read a chess book.

1400-1600. Corresponds to good players, who occasionaly participate in a tournament or read a chess book.

1600-1800. Corresponds to good players, who regularly participate in tournaments and have studied chess at least one year. These players will always beat casual players who have never studied chess. Level of better High School players.

1800-2000. Corresponds to good players, who regularly participate in tournaments and study chess, but also have real talent. This is the level of top High School players in large cities.

2000-2200. The "expert" level. Corresponds to the players at the local level. Sometimess win local open tournaments. The rating of some master level players with uneven results.

2200-2400. The "national master" level. Reaching the 2200 level is usually considered attaining mastery of chess. It represents consistent good results in strong local and national tournaments. Players will not necessarily devote an enormous amount of time to studying and playing chess.

The International Chess Federation ratings all start at 2200.

2400. The "senior master" level. This is a high ranking at the national level (top 200 in the United States) and usually means that the player is spending most of his energy studying and playingchess.

2500. At this point, it is the international rating which is most meaningful, see the list of the top players (note that a woman is number 20 in the world).

A rating of over 2450 probably means that you are an International Master, and over 2600 an International Grandmaster. However, these titles are earned by achieving good results in international tournaments, not simply by rating points. A rating of 2800 means that you are either the current or former world champion.

The chess rating system is also used on internet Chess servers like Internet Chess Club and the Free Internet Chess Server. People mostly play speed chess on these sites, and the ratings hierarchy roughly corresponds to the one outlined above.

Comparison with Chess

The Yahoo system has a few idiosyncracies which set it apart from chess ratings.

Yahoo ratings are all initialized at 1500, with the ordinary rating method used thereafter.

In Chess, a new player first plays 20 games with a provisional rating. After 20 games, his permanent rating will be computed as a function of his performance against the average rating of his opponents.

Yahoo counts all ties as 0 points.

In Chess, after a tie, each player gets (or loses) 4% of the ratings difference, to reflect the fact that a tie with a better player means you are improving.

The first difference makes a big impact on the significance of ratings, since it basically implies that the average rating will be about 1500. However, the average chess rating is about 1200 to 1300, so this implies that Yahoo Dots ratings are inflated by about 200 to 300 points compared to Chess ratings.

The Yahoo Dots rating hierarchy seems to be roughly consistent with a 500 point inflation with respect to chess. That is, a 2500 Yahoo Dots rating, should reflect a chess ability level of at most a 2000 rated player. In particular, I reached 2500 level within 3 months of my first Dots game, whereas it is not uncommon for players to reach 2000 chess level in one year, but rare for players to get much higher in that short a time.