Over the past few years, I have been meeting more and more chess players who learned the game almost entirely online. They may have 1600, 1800, or even 2000 on Chess.com or Lichess, have played thousands of games, know modern opening variations, solve tactics quickly, and yet have never played …
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My name is Valery Filippov. Some arrive at the playing hall completely calm and treat the whole experience as an adventure. Others start getting nervous several days before the tournament. Sometimes, interestingly enough, the child is perfectly calm while the parents are much more worried. In my opinion, the main …
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If you have been playing chess for some time, you have probably noticed something strange about ratings. You can be 1800 FIDE, 1950 USCF, 2100 on Chess.com, and 2300 on Lichess. So which number tells the truth? What is your actual chess rating? My answer is quite simple: all of …
Chess Rating System Explained: FIDE, USCF, Chess.com & Lichess read more