On top of this, what is the difference you think between a 1900 rated USCF player and a 2200 rated USCF player?
I asked the question to a friend of mine who made the jump towards that rating, and he told me the main difference in his play between those 2 ratings is knowing the structures and having a better plan.
Following the right plan is what makes your pieces end up on the right places in the position which automaticly leads to the tactics working in your favour.
It's something I'm trying to work on now. I think it also goes up for the difference between 1900 rated players and 1500 rated players. When I face a 1500 rated player and I make a slight error, most of the times I can recover because they don't threaten a lot. They don't play the pieces to the right squares. I think it's the same experience a 2200 rated player has agaiinst me.
I asked the question to a friend of mine who made the jump towards that rating, and he told me the main difference in his play between those 2 ratings is knowing the structures and having a better plan.
Following the right plan is what makes your pieces end up on the right places in the position which automaticly leads to the tactics working in your favour.
It's something I'm trying to work on now. I think it also goes up for the difference between 1900 rated players and 1500 rated players. When I face a 1500 rated player and I make a slight error, most of the times I can recover because they don't threaten a lot. They don't play the pieces to the right squares. I think it's the same experience a 2200 rated player has agaiinst me.
How does 1900 USCF translate to FIDE ratings? 'cause 1900 FIDE is close to an expert. Expert level classical chess isn't typically decided by blunders.
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While blunders decide many games, you still have to have a lot of knowledge to select 30-40 good candidate moves in order not to get yourself into a very bad position. It's not like you can make random moves and just do a thorough blunder check and draw every game against a 1900s.
What is USCF compared to FIDE rating? I'm 2000 fide and I don't make such blunders
@IgorKarkaroff03 said in #16:
> What is USCF compared to FIDE rating? I'm 2000 fide and I don't make such blunders
Seems +50/+100 compared to fide, so we're talking about 18xx FIDE range here - sounds about right
On average you get to 2000 fide when you stop dropping pieces as unforced errors and pick up all those that people give you, even if it involves a 2-3 move tactic
> What is USCF compared to FIDE rating? I'm 2000 fide and I don't make such blunders
Seems +50/+100 compared to fide, so we're talking about 18xx FIDE range here - sounds about right
On average you get to 2000 fide when you stop dropping pieces as unforced errors and pick up all those that people give you, even if it involves a 2-3 move tactic
I this article, I think it is for the most part correct. I do have several 1900 friends that make an occasional blunders. But not even close to the amount stated in the article. Most 1900 level games from my experience are decided by opening and then positional play. I myself am 1170, but still new to USCF so I am still gaining rating.
Very nice article thank you
It may be worth noting that most of these positions seem like they are around the stage of the game when time pressure is particularly acute, so some of the takeaway from this could be how to better manage the clock as much as tactical awareness per se (not that the two things aren't related anyhow, of course).