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

Here is the USCF Rating Classification:

Senior Master above 2399
Master2200-2399
Expert2000-2199
Class A1800-1999
Class B1600-1799
Class C1400-1599
Class D1200-1399
Class E1000-1199
Class F800- 999
Class G600- 799
Class H400- 599
Class I200- 399
Class JUnder 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)

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

Senior Master above 2399
Master2200-2399
Expert2000-2199
Class A1800-1999
Class B1600-1799
Class C1400-1599
Class D1200-1399
Class E1000-1199
Class F800- 999
Class G600- 799
Class H400- 599
Class I200- 399
Class JUnder 200

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

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

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.

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?