- Blind mode tutorial
lichess.org
Donate

Anyone else have a puzzle rating WAY higher than their game ratings?

#11

@DerDerDerDerDer no, I don't think the 1000+ gap of points in those ratings this is normal. I think you are doing something terribly wrong and I believe you just told us your mistake. You are playing opponents around 700.

Try watching lichess streams and youtube videos and lichess TV to learn from that the "correct" way of playing chess. You should get at least 500 points from that.

@DerDerDerDerDer no, I don't think the 1000+ gap of points in those ratings this is normal. I think you are doing something terribly wrong and I believe you just told us your mistake. You are playing opponents around 700. Try watching lichess streams and youtube videos and lichess TV to learn from that the "correct" way of playing chess. You should get at least 500 points from that.
#12

I have a puzzle rating that peaked at 2250 and never falls below 1950. My current rapid rating is 1750 - 1800. Technically, the answer could be yes or no, depending on your preference of deviation. Perhaps players make a large amount of blunders in their games and focus more on puzzles. I figured that the lichess.org puzzles are much harder than chess.com puzzles, but I tried some 1950 chess puzzles on chess.com, and it is a nightmare. Anything below 1900 is a guaranteed tactical combination that is all too common. My rapid rating on chess.com is 1110, and I am very confused. Why is the rating deviation so large between chess.com and lichess.org? It makes me feel both smart and dumb at the same time. I am very confused. It makes me think logically: if I were rated 2500 on chess.com, I could be rated 3200 on lichess.org. LoL.

I have a puzzle rating that peaked at 2250 and never falls below 1950. My current rapid rating is 1750 - 1800. Technically, the answer could be yes or no, depending on your preference of deviation. Perhaps players make a large amount of blunders in their games and focus more on puzzles. I figured that the lichess.org puzzles are much harder than chess.com puzzles, but I tried some 1950 chess puzzles on chess.com, and it is a nightmare. Anything below 1900 is a guaranteed tactical combination that is all too common. My rapid rating on chess.com is 1110, and I am very confused. Why is the rating deviation so large between chess.com and lichess.org? It makes me feel both smart and dumb at the same time. I am very confused. It makes me think logically: if I were rated 2500 on chess.com, I could be rated 3200 on lichess.org. LoL.
#13

Everybody's Puzzle Rating is above their game play rating. @DerDerDerDerDer

Everybody's Puzzle Rating is above their game play rating. @DerDerDerDerDer
#14

I am a perfect example.

I am a perfect example.
#16

I have excellent Chess games and a few puzzles. The A.I. will solve them almost instantly yet some humans never. Precise calculations wins in Chess as the ability.

I have excellent Chess games and a few puzzles. The A.I. will solve them almost instantly yet some humans never. Precise calculations wins in Chess as the ability.
#17

Thanks for your responses! Here's the elephant in the room, though - most of the commenters have game ratings in the elevated 1,000's or above. I'm literally a bottom of the barrel player.

It's as if I can't live with my crushing stupidity and I've made a habit out of resigning. I don't know a way out of this pattern psychologically.

I'd be delighted to hear from other players that wrestle with this.

Thanks for your responses! Here's the elephant in the room, though - most of the commenters have game ratings in the elevated 1,000's or above. I'm literally a bottom of the barrel player. It's as if I can't live with my crushing stupidity and I've made a habit out of resigning. I don't know a way out of this pattern psychologically. I'd be delighted to hear from other players that wrestle with this.
#18

@EvilChess said in #11:

" @DerDerDerDerDer no, I don't think the 1000+ gap of points in those ratings this is normal. I think you are doing something terribly wrong and I believe you just told us your mistake. You are playing opponents around 700."

I'm confused...first, as a sub 700 player how can you expect me to do better against higher-ranked opponents? Second, what does the first sentence mean?

@EvilChess said in #11: >" @DerDerDerDerDer no, I don't think the 1000+ gap of points in those ratings this is normal. I think you are doing something terribly wrong and I believe you just told us your mistake. You are playing opponents around 700." I'm confused...first, as a sub 700 player how can you expect me to do better against higher-ranked opponents? Second, what does the first sentence mean?
#19

well, at any low elo, resigning in the opening just two pawns down is definitely way too early.

well, at any low elo, resigning in the opening just two pawns down is definitely way too early.
#20

@Cedur216 but I blew it badly, and that seemed obvious - also Stockfish agreed and gave a -8 advantage to black with only a two pawn advantage.

Perhaps I just don't know how to learn this stuff the right way. I'm not sure simply playing lots of games can help me, either.

(I frequently have to stop myself from expounding on my critical level of self-hatred, and I erased about eight sentences here in the aim of quashing that habit.)

@Cedur216 but I blew it badly, and that seemed obvious - also Stockfish agreed and gave a -8 advantage to black with only a two pawn advantage. Perhaps I just don't know how to learn this stuff the right way. I'm not sure simply playing lots of games can help me, either. (I frequently have to stop myself from expounding on my critical level of self-hatred, and I erased about eight sentences here in the aim of quashing that habit.)

This topic has been archived and can no longer be replied to.