So, I later tried Easy level (~1200) and I won the game. I noticed the computer made some really silly mistakes . So I played another one at this easy level but this time i lost it, but that's because I made some very silly mistakes , like overlooking the capture of my pieces. So anyway but still it was very easy .
I want to ask why this huge difference between Easy and Medium level??? For me, it's like I can win games at easy and most probably i will lose most games against medium
Also, if i'm not mistaken is that the rating (the figures i wrote above)? . And what does ~ sign mean? Does that mean the rating is around that, or it is lower than that??? Like easy has ~1200 against it, what it means????Chess question: Online playing levels with huge difference between easy and medium?
Rating Classes (USCF=United States Chess Federation. FIDE=International Federation).
1199 and below: Class E (from beginner to novice)
1200-1399: Class D (Fair)
1400-1599: Class C (Intermediate/Average)
1600-1799: Class B (Good, Above Average)
1800-1999: Class A (Excellent)
2000-2199: Expert (Candidate Master)
2200-2499: Master (National Masters and FIDE Masters)
2500 %26amp; Up: Senior Master (International and Grand Masters)
The highest USCF rating is (or was) held by Bobby Fischer at 2810, but Hikaru Nakamura may have broken it, I haven't kept up.
The highest FIDE rating I am unsure about at the moment also. Garry Kasparov broke Fischer's record in the year 2000 with a FIDE of 2849, but somebody, perhaps Magnus Carlsen, has broken it again.
No player that I am aware of has achieved a rating of 2900 over the board.
Internet ratings are approximately 200 points inflated to those of over the board ratings. This is why you see 3000 rated players at places like ICC (Internet Chess Club).
However, you played a computer, and a computer rated 1600+ is going to be about that equivalent in over the board rating. Computers do not make the types of mistakes that humans make. Humans may miss losing a piece or pawn or let something go. To beat computers, you have to "force" a win, and you have to learn it's patterns, they will not just "hang" material. The 1200+ computer you beat was probably the equivalent of a 1200 over the board. So you are stronger than a 1200 player, but you may need more training to beat the 1600 computer.
That said, since human ratings tend to be about 200 points inflated on the Internet, but computer ratings are not, you can probably beat humans with 1400 Internet ratings.
Just be patient and practice and learn as best you can. Since you beat the 1200+ computer, you could try to play some 1400 human players, or try a computer between 1200 and 1600, one around 1300 maybe.
EDIT: The average rating is not 1200, it is 1500. Online humans probably 1700. Online computers probably 1500.
Check out "Help Survey" on the Internet Chess Club for a comparison of Internet ratings to Over the board ratings. You can get a free week at http://www.chessclub.com/ and they have computers rated from 800 to 2500 on there, but I suggest you play humans with ratings of about 1400 Internet. They also have teachers.
Thanks a LOT to all answers. All answers helped.
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Chess question: Online playing levels with huge difference between easy and medium?Humans make many small mistakes, which some people can't even pick up on, but a computer can, and exploits easily. A computer uses binary (0 and 1), so it does not know the difference between a small and a big mistake.
The 1200 to 1600 is about the chess federation. The average score is 1200, while the biggest number, held by a Grandmaster (I forget who) has 2500 points roughly.
There is a very big difference between a 1200 and a 1600 rated player. A 1200 player will rarely win against at 1600 level player.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_鈥?/a>
~ means approximately.Chess question: Online playing levels with huge difference between easy and medium?
i'm not sure what brand the computer is ?
...but keep playing at the "medium" level....that's the best advice i have
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