What is good yearly improvement?

I've been in the USCF for two years, and I'm just wondering whether my rolling 12 month improvement is better, equal to, or worse than average.

My first supplement was June 05, and my rating was 1147 (P20)
My June 06 supplement was 1083, a drop of 64 points
My June 07 supplement will be 1483, an increase of 400 points.

Am I improving faster than average at this stage, or average, or slower? I'd just like an accurate yardstick to measure my progress.

Originally posted by chesskid001
I've been in the USCF for two years, and I'm just wondering whether my rolling 12 month improvement is better, equal to, or worse than average.

My first supplement was June 05, and my rating was 1147 (P20)
My June 06 supplement was 1083, a drop of 64 points
My June 07 supplement will be 1483, an increase of 400 points.

Am I improving faster tha ...[text shortened]... his stage, or average, or slower? I'd just like an accurate yardstick to measure my progress.

This is about average, relative to mine atleast. I expect to it to be about the same for good juniors anyway.

2003-04 1514 1448 (P20)
2003-02 1476 1448 (P20)
2002-12 1391 1409 (P15)
2002-08 1370 ---
2002-06 1305 ---
2002-02 1117 (P24)

I'll just copy/paste 🙂

02-03 ~500
03-04 ~900
04-05 ~1100
05-06 ~1250
06-07(the year i got shredder, rybka, CMX & fritz) ~1684

when u are under 1400 level, about 150-200 points rating gain per year is good and should be achieved with hard work. when u are over 1600 it slows down, and over 100 points per year can be considered very good. over 2000 level about 100 points per year is an excellent gain.

juniors are of course another matter.

My quick rating has also followed a similar pattern (as one would imagine)

June 05 ---
June 06 974
June 07 1425, and improvement of 451 points.

I started RHP at mid-low 1500's.

roughly a year later, low 1800.

2-300 pts....



FICS ---

1600 2 yrs later 1900 (almost!)

2-300 pts....