Originally posted by airborne143rdAt FICS there is a difference in ratings. Are you talking 10 minute blitz games? 20 minute standard games? 5 minute blitz games?
how close are they? if i was 1650 on FICS what would that most likely be equivalent to in USCF?
Different types of games have different pools of players.
Originally posted by airborne143rdWhen you do get your rating let the rest of us know. I've never played OTB, so it would be interesting to see. I'm roughly the same rating as you at FICS.
standard time. im trying to get sn idea of where i will be when i start OTB again soon.
i played 3 tournaments my first year playing chess which was from 05-06 and that gave me a provisional rating of 1525. however, i just started playing again 5 weeks ago and im playing better online than i ever did 4years ago. i might just have to find out the hard way. the 1st otb tourney i plan on playing in is the US class championships in houston. ill post how it goes for sure.
i think its higher than 1400 though..ive never lost to anyone less than 1500 in tournament play before. i have on here but thats because i had a4yr break from playing and was rusty..
No correlation? Nah, there's some. And from what I've seen, your RHP rating will be something like 100 to 200 points higher than than your USCF rating, depending on how much you use opening theory in your RHP games. You obviously can't do that OTB. USCF ratings have gone down - not up since the 1990s. It's a little shocking and humbling. You can be 1800 here, and then get thrashed by a 1600+ rated player OTB within the U.S.
So fair warning!
I just played a USCF Master, friend of mine, over the Labor Day weekend. We were playing blitz at 5 to 1 or 6 to 2 time odds. Out of six games, I won just one - on time. Some ended very early. I have a 1900 rating here. OTB, master means master. I must add, though, that his Fide rating would be under 2200!
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If you don't use openings references or the analysis board and have good time managment skills then you will find OTB to be a pretty easy transition.
I am 1957 fide and tend to find that the main difference between otb and rhp (and other sites) is that people tend to play "book" openings here and in OTB you will see a lot more mediocre stuff that people play to avoid a memory test.
When I go to long playing only CC I find I get in horrible time trouble from trying to play precise chess instead of limiting myself to the best move in say 1 to 2 minutes of thinking. I lost a key game against a 2200 rising star because I used too much time playing precisely in a winning position and then got flagged in the endgame..
The hardest thing for OTB players coming to CC is
1) their openings don't cut it
2) the level of their analysis move to move is too shallow.
but that is a much easier adjustment.
