I'm interested to find out how your ratings compare as I am unrated and would like to have a rough idea.
Its always difficult to compare online-ratings with OTB-ratings. Online chess is mostly played with short time-controls (bullet/blitz/rapid) and playing on a computer is different from playing on a real chessboard with eye-contact between you and your opponent. These important psychological moments are not given in online chess.
USCF is in general higher than FIDE and DWZ (german rating) higher than FIDE.
For example: A player with 1700 DWZ may have at least 1800 FIDE and probably at least 1900 USCF. Sometimes the differences are even higher.
Lichess rating is a special kind of online rating (glicko) and hard to compare with other ratings. But for me it seems that USCF and Lichess ratings should be relatively similar. But thats only my impression.
Best wishes
Nada
USCF is in general higher than FIDE and DWZ (german rating) higher than FIDE.
For example: A player with 1700 DWZ may have at least 1800 FIDE and probably at least 1900 USCF. Sometimes the differences are even higher.
Lichess rating is a special kind of online rating (glicko) and hard to compare with other ratings. But for me it seems that USCF and Lichess ratings should be relatively similar. But thats only my impression.
Best wishes
Nada
* Sorry of course I want to say that FIDE is higher than DWZ (german rating)!
Nadastar, which Lichess rating? I mean, which time control - bullet, blitz or standard?
@VariantLurker:
Good question. I was thinking about lichess standard rating when I made my suggestion, because bulett and fast blitz has so much to do with fast connection, good technical equipment and of course a good capacity of reaction.
But as I said: Its always spongy to compare OTB with online chess because there are so many differences.
Best wishes
Nada
Good question. I was thinking about lichess standard rating when I made my suggestion, because bulett and fast blitz has so much to do with fast connection, good technical equipment and of course a good capacity of reaction.
But as I said: Its always spongy to compare OTB with online chess because there are so many differences.
Best wishes
Nada
At least I think there can not be a general rule like DWZ is 100 points lower then FIDE-rating, due to the fact (as I know) the distribution of rating points differ. P. e. DWZ looks like an Gaussian above 1000 points whereas FIDE does not.
If one assumes, the mean ability playing chess of all players in different rating systems is the same and so is the distribution of weak, average and strong players, one could transform one rating into another.
But as already mentioned, playing online is something different compared to "real-life" game. So there are some principal problems comparing Glicko2 with FIDE or DWZ. Btw. even the distributions of Glicko2 rating in Bullet, Blitz and "Slow"-chess remarkably differ on lichess.
If one assumes, the mean ability playing chess of all players in different rating systems is the same and so is the distribution of weak, average and strong players, one could transform one rating into another.
But as already mentioned, playing online is something different compared to "real-life" game. So there are some principal problems comparing Glicko2 with FIDE or DWZ. Btw. even the distributions of Glicko2 rating in Bullet, Blitz and "Slow"-chess remarkably differ on lichess.
Actually, bullet here in 200 pts lower than FIDE normally.
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