Question re: average player ratings • page 2/2 • General Chess Discussion • lichess.org

The average rating of USCF is something like 1600, which would convert to roughly 1800 on lichess.com. The USCF and lichess use different rating mechanisms, so the conversion is only an estimate.

Timegod edited

#12

I’d be willing to help you @GSP0113. Bottom line all the chess info you hear about improvement is wrong, including most everything posted above, for one reason. You are old. A young kid can become strong, adults never do. GM, IM, MASTERS? Yep if you have a title you learned chess and became a strong player as a kiddo. In fact adult improvement statistics are just bad and your max would be 2000 uscf if you dedicated your life to it. 1800 if you become obsessed. A kid dedicating his life to it is probably a titled player, there is no limit. No one ever talks about what adults really need. What ever you really need has got a lot to do with your raised brain not “seeing” the chess board. You know exactly what I’m talking about, blundering for no reason.

Well there is a reason its called “adult blunder syndrome”, and it’s caused by not seeing what right in front of you. Choose tactics where you can solve 90% of them and at THAT level grind 30 min a day. That helped my old raisined shriveled brain start absorbing patterns. I forgot to mention your progress will be 10 x slower then a younger person. Yep face it. Lastly you will have to fall in love with tactics. If you can’t find a way to love doing simple tactics then your right better quit now. Lastly your training needs to address your old person learning issues. That’s why all the “good” chess advice from GMs and titled players is garbage. Because if you have a titled you learned as a kid. And if you learned as a kid you have no idea what adults go through. That’s why the world of chess improvement is so bad for afults. For older players we need to overcome our biggest issue. Decaying brain cells. Just telling you how it is, since u asked and the best path forward is to grind easy tactics till you either puke or start “seeing”.

I’d be willing to help you @GSP0113. Bottom line all the chess info you hear about improvement is wrong, including most everything posted above, for one reason. You are old. A young kid can become strong, adults never do. GM, IM, MASTERS? Yep if you have a title you learned chess and became a strong player as a kiddo. In fact adult improvement statistics are just bad and your max would be 2000 uscf if you dedicated your life to it. 1800 if you become obsessed. A kid dedicating his life to it is probably a titled player, there is no limit. No one ever talks about what adults really need. What ever you really need has got a lot to do with your raised brain not “seeing” the chess board. You know exactly what I’m talking about, blundering for no reason. Well there is a reason its called “adult blunder syndrome”, and it’s caused by not seeing what right in front of you. Choose tactics where you can solve 90% of them and at THAT level grind 30 min a day. That helped my old raisined shriveled brain start absorbing patterns. I forgot to mention your progress will be 10 x slower then a younger person. Yep face it. Lastly you will have to fall in love with tactics. If you can’t find a way to love doing simple tactics then your right better quit now. Lastly your training needs to address your old person learning issues. That’s why all the “good” chess advice from GMs and titled players is garbage. Because if you have a titled you learned as a kid. And if you learned as a kid you have no idea what adults go through. That’s why the world of chess improvement is so bad for afults. For older players we need to overcome our biggest issue. Decaying brain cells. Just telling you how it is, since u asked and the best path forward is to grind easy tactics till you either puke or start “seeing”.

SakakibaraKun

#13

I randomly picked 11 Lichess players labeled CM and added up all their Blitz ratings, the average was 2351.