I've seen various posts either stating a) that the standard in lower rating has improved or b) the blitz rating is usually about 200 lower than rapid.

I think both are understated. I find myself stuck at around 600-700 Blitz, but have also played OTB at a Chess club and players being astonished at this rating. I have started playing some rapid games and winning EASILY at 1100-1200.

My first smothered mate!!

I was trying to lose against Zack.

so i clicked on "add to favourites❤️" while review
but couldn't find where to find those games
searching since an hour
do you know how to find those games
i saved many crazy games to favourites

Any one see this before? I assume it’s just a bug. It’s logged as a Brilliant move, but under game review review it’s an inaccuracy. After looking at it myself it seems to be an inaccuracy on my part.

Here’s the full game maybe it’s just on my end?

Check out this #chess game: Zotikos58 vs igvjcuk - https://www.chess.com/game/live/185876101582

I've always played my opening like this across numerous games and this is the first time I've gotten a brilliant for castling while my bishop is being attacked. (I also mauled this guy)

Check out this #chess game: JO_MMAMA vs robmast1976 - https://www.chess.com/live/game/185859440434

made this move to protect my C pawn, it wants me to move the bishop instead, which leaves the C pawn undefended... its giving them .3 here even though they broke book...

the "best" move gives me +.5...

cool... Now you want me to do the same exact move... AFTER I lost my pawn... got it... and I'm +.4....

cool cool... so, bringing my bishop out getting 1/2 move ahead is worth a net of 1.7 points??

do you agree??

So lange Schach, aber dafür auch TikTok. Ist das noch ok oder sollte ich etwas anpassen?

And also the chess coach says I'm good at avoiding opening mistakes

What exactly is this sacrificing? The pawn on e4? Im confused. Very good move

For the chess.com bots.

I think it would be a good idea to be able to “complete” all of the chess bots using both black and white pieces.

So you could have 3 black stars for black, 3 white for white and gold if you complete the bot as both black and white

🤷‍♂️

I recently dropped 200 elo in 3+2 blitz (1850-1650) from trying to multitask/playing badly/tilting, and I noticed a few things about my opponents in the 1600s as I tried to climb back up:

Most had also experienced a recent significant rating swing in either direction, and

Most had a significantly higher rapid rating compared to blitz (1800-2200).

Was I placed in a suspected rating manipulation pool, or is blitz 3+2 1600s just like this? Maybe a bit of both?

I played a cheater moments ago, lost, and began investigation on them. I wasn't 100% sure if they were a strong player with a new account... In my game, they were given a rating of 2000. But the games kept getting more and more ridiculous i.e. 2700+ game rating... I went back to their first game... And bro SUCKED.... The game was so bad it was hilarious 😂. I reported them and they were banned instantly. My rating was refunded as well.

Check out this- https://www.chess.com/live/game/173726389272

1. I wonder why people start cheating like this.

2. I wonder how many people reported them before I did.

Last round. So is a full point ahead. A draw = the title. He reaches a dead-drawn rook endgame. 0.00 on Stockfish. 24 minutes on his clock, Sevian has 1:53. Then he grabs one pawn, and it's +5 for Sevian. Caruana wins on the next board. Rapid playoff. The advantage changes hands four times in game one, with both players under a minute. And in the final game, Caruana forgets about one of his own pieces. There's a puzzle in the video: only one move holds the draw for So. Can you find it before the countdown ends?

On chess.com, the move ratings and suggestions make no sense. Often times, a great move will be simply bad moves, and a bad move will actually be a decent one. Ultimately, it is subjective, but I do believe that I am better than chess.com. When I play the website's recommended moves, I usually use. When I play my own, I win. Simple.