@oldrusty said in #8:
> Dooey? Right, that is the distinction between an 1800-1900 and a 2000 level player. But the question is the variability of play within the 1800-1900 level.
IMHO it's not that difficult to understand:
Based on the FIDE/DWZ/USCF ratings some player show in their profile and based on my own DWZ and experience from my club mates it seems, that you can have a Lichess blitz rating of about 2000 with "only" having a official FIDE/... rating of a wide range from 1100 to 1850.
This means, that 1800-1900 Lichess level players compared are more on the bottom of the spectrum or even lower.
So in the end the players "chess quality" simply can differ from huge to even non existent - you'll (online) almost never really know.
Imagine: 100 ELO difference OTB is really huge! People, if improving fast, usually improve by only 100 points max. a year (of course there are exceptions). Most players improve slower... Compare this to Lichess.
Ppl also easily overlook that there are lots of different factors in the skills and technology involved to play online chess compared to OTB chess, which is an additional factor that differs from player to player and again causes lots of fluctuation in Lichess rating points.
Have fun!
> Dooey? Right, that is the distinction between an 1800-1900 and a 2000 level player. But the question is the variability of play within the 1800-1900 level.
IMHO it's not that difficult to understand:
Based on the FIDE/DWZ/USCF ratings some player show in their profile and based on my own DWZ and experience from my club mates it seems, that you can have a Lichess blitz rating of about 2000 with "only" having a official FIDE/... rating of a wide range from 1100 to 1850.
This means, that 1800-1900 Lichess level players compared are more on the bottom of the spectrum or even lower.
So in the end the players "chess quality" simply can differ from huge to even non existent - you'll (online) almost never really know.
Imagine: 100 ELO difference OTB is really huge! People, if improving fast, usually improve by only 100 points max. a year (of course there are exceptions). Most players improve slower... Compare this to Lichess.
Ppl also easily overlook that there are lots of different factors in the skills and technology involved to play online chess compared to OTB chess, which is an additional factor that differs from player to player and again causes lots of fluctuation in Lichess rating points.
Have fun!