What is a 2000 rating in chess?

under 200. Chess expert is a title given by the United States Chess Federation (USCF). It is awarded to chess players rated from 2000 to 2199. Players rated above that are masters, while players below that are class players.

What is the difference between chess ratings?

Less obviously, the same rating difference implies the same chance of winning. A player rated 2400 playing against a player rated 2200 has the same chance of winning as a 1400 against a 1200. The rating difference is 200 points in both cases. The most widely used rating system is known as the Elo system.

How strong is a 2000 chess player?

2000+ is 66,611/154,786 FIDE players, so not even close to top few hundreths of a percent, not even top third. Scott, when you consider how few players at chess.com play in official OTB tournaments, astronomer’s figures may not be far off. Once upon a time, it was impossible to get an initial rating below 2000 in FIDE.

Is 1600 a high chess rating?

Anyway, 1600 is very good, but otb ratings are different of chess.com ratings. 1600 is ok in blitz and can be dangerous and talented but they make lots of bad mistakes. 1750 and above is getting towards the category of “strong player”.

How many chess players have 2000 ratings?

SmyslovFan wrote: Scott, when you consider how few players at chess.com play in official OTB tournaments, astronomer’s figures may not be far off. Once upon a time, it was impossible to get an initial rating below 2000 in FIDE. Simply being FIDE rated meant that you were already at that threshold.

How good is a 2000 rated chess player?

2200-2300 are ratings where you’ll find most National Masters (NMs) and FIDE Candidate Masters (CMs). 2000-2200 is considered Expert. 1800-2000 are Class A. In FIDE, anyone under 1200 is simply considered a Novice, although in the USCF, the classes continue.