Chess Levels

I hear people on here talking about begginers and advanced chess players etc. etc... but what's the general consensus on what constitutes a beginner? My rating is roughly 1400, and I don't consider myself a beginner, but when i look at other 1400 players games, some players look to me to be closer to 1000 or 1100.

Anyways, this is really just a vote:
At what rating do you go from beginner to advanced beginner to intermediate to expert? Lookin for opinions more than anything (if u wanna look at my games to get a bit of a benchmark for a 1400 go ahead)

I would say in general:

0-1200 is amatuer
1200-1600 is average
1600-2200 is intermediate
2200-2500 is expert
2500 and above is master

wow... i thought 2200 in ELO or FIDE or whatever constituted an international master or something (of course, rhp is probably not THAT accurate)

Originally posted by Zander 88
I would say in general:

0-1200 is amatuer
1200-1600 is average
1600-2200 is intermediate
2200-2500 is expert
2500 and above is master

Ooh, intermediate, I feel so proud. 😏

Here is the USCF Rating Classification:

Senior Master above 2399
Master 2200-2399
Expert 2000-2199
Class A 1800-1999
Class B 1600-1799
Class C 1400-1599
Class D 1200-1399
Class E 1000-1199
Class F 800- 999
Class G 600- 799
Class H 400- 599
Class I 200- 399
Class J Under 200

I'd consider a beginner to be anyone from Class E and under.

Originally posted by ih8sens
I hear people on here talking about begginers and advanced chess players etc. etc... but what's the general consensus on what constitutes a beginner? My rating is roughly 1400, and I don't consider myself a beginner, but when i look at other 1400 players games, some players look to me to be closer to 1000 or 1100.

Anyways, this is really just a vote:
At ...[text shortened]... re than anything (if u wanna look at my games to get a bit of a benchmark for a 1400 go ahead)

You might find the following link of use, ih8sens...

http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/bcftable.html#classes

🙂

Originally posted by 93confirmed
Here is the USCF Rating Classification:

Senior Master above 2399
Master 2200-2399
Expert 2000-2199
Class A 1800-1999
Class B 1600-1799
Class C 1400-1599
Class D 1200-1399
Class E 1000-1199
Class F 800- 999
Class G 600- 799
Class H 400- 599
Class I 200- 399
Class J Under 200

I'd consider a beginner to be anyone from Class E and under.

And if you are in Class J, perhaps chess isn't your game. Competitively speaking, of course.

Originally posted by AlphaAlekhine
And if you are in Class J, perhaps chess isn't your game. Competitively speaking, of course.

Well, some little kids start down there. A coworker of mine has a child who has a provisional rating of 100, even though they won 1 game in their first tournament - just because all the other players were very lowly rated as well. 🙂

I'd say class E is sort of the borderline of respectability, between being a beginner/unskilled player, and starting up the ladder of having some ability.

Originally posted by OrangeKing
Well, some little kids start down there. A coworker of mine has a child who has a provisional rating of 100, even though they won 1 game in their first tournament - just because all the other players were very lowly rated as well. 🙂

I'd say class E is sort of the borderline of respectability, between being a beginner/unskilled player, and starting up the ladder of having some ability.

Well, there are kids; didn't really consider that. But at that level, it's less competition and more fun. Wouldn't you say?

Originally posted by AlphaAlekhine
Well, there are kids; didn't really consider that. But at that level, it's less competition and more fun. Wouldn't you say?

Nope. I was playing properly competitive (team league and cups and individual tournaments) from the age of 7, and it was most definitely competitive.