Lichess Level 6

[Mara Ermogemous]

Bothin rated and non rated the distribution of games does not match the distribution of players. I am not sure if the statistics are published but in short you will find that higher level players more often play many games (I guess practice does make perfecton average). And this is even stronger biased in bullet games.One reason is that on the high level playing bullet reduces the number of secret bots they may face. Another reason is that many weaker players are simply unable to reliably complete games reliably before running out of time, even if they are winning on the board. So many of the low ratings will be based on just a few games per month.

The lack of match making drives up the curve.Given point 1 we would already expect above average opponents. However in rated that would not be much of a problem as you still get reasonable matches towards your own level. However in unrated lower players will find themselves losing a lot, resulting in fewer of them playing.

I have a much higher rating on lichess than here, so I understand some of this. I do like playing on lichess, however. And it's maybe because a lot of players here on chess.com play very aggressive chess that's full of traps, while a lot of my games on lichess are quieter. I do like quieter games more, but this site is helping me learn how to play better defense. It's only when I get to the point of successfully defending against sharp/hustle play that I'll consider myself a really good chess player

Lichess is about 370-400 points higher than chess.com. To me, its due to their rating formula using a higher initial rating than chess.com. They have a superiority complex where they think people will face more similar skill if they raise all the ratings up with their glicko-2 rating system (chess.com apparently uses a glicko-1 rating system), but the ratings look just too high there.

Lichess' rating page says "Lichess ratings start at 1500... The Lichess ratings can often be higher than ratings from other systems that start at 1200, such as FIDE or chess.com."

No , not similar at all ! I went 2400+ on lichess and could continue go up , but lost interest because of inconsistency. Some players hang a rook and some just resign. Another thing I don't see any fighting spirit in endgame like on chess.com

I guess I am the exception to this though, my peak is only 2365 here, but on lichess I am 2472, soon to break 2500. I don't play blitz here seriously though, and haven't played a rated game in something like 6 weeks. I think I would be well over 2450 blitz if I started playing again and took the games as seriously as I do on lichess.

I'm taking it serious on chess.com and barely can achieve 2400+ rating , where's on Lichess I was never serious but then tried it for like couple of days and got 2400+ rating without a sweat, it was easy work , especially as I mentioned before few wins with just knight left.

The Chess.com ratings map pretty closely to USCF and FIDE ratings overall. You can generally use it to map your USCF rating quickly. USCF and chess.com blitz ratings are roughly equivalent for all levels up to about 1900. There is an additional skill gap in blitz for top players as the ratings increase from 1900 to 3000. FIDE recently performed a rating adjustment for players rated below 2000. FIDE ratings are now higher than USCF ratings for players under 2000 and approximately similar to USCF when above the 2000 mark.

Typical bullet ratings on Chess.com are slightly lower than blitz ratings. Rapid ratings start higher than blitz ratings, with a breakeven point around 2000 when blitz ratings begin to be higher. Chess.com to chess.com ratings include over 9000 players, USCF and FIDE over 1700 players. Players must be active in both categories to be included in the analysis. See the complete data below.

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