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ELO from IRL tournaments and ELO on these websites is pretty different. Tournament C players can pretty easily have expert ELOs online.



At an Elo level of around 2000 they converge. (I.e. both lichess and chesscom calibrate their algorithm to match on-the-board standards around that region.)

For various reasons, online Elos are inflated by 100+ points if you go above 2500+ or below 1500. A progression from zero to 1750 rating is just as instructive if you assume he went from zero to 1650...


The OP feels like clickbait and should include "chess.com Blitz rating" in the title.




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