Is is possible to see the average rating on the server?
yes just click ur profile, then choose the specific time control, and there will be sth like " u r better than how many percents of players". just click that and a cumulative frequency graph will be shown
Found it. Thanks.
I'm not good with statistics, but when it says that you are a better player than 7% of the players, are you then a good player?
See. 48 thousand players. You are better than 93 percent. So 48000 divided by 100 is 480 players. is 1 percent. Now 480 multiplied by 7 is equal to 3360 players. You in 3000 of the best players.
Grandpatzer13 asked what it meant if the stats rated you as being better than 7% of players. By my reckoning that means 93% of players would be higher rated. Now looking at this player's stats, it seems the rating is 1986 or ranked 3923 out of about 48,000. I think what Grandpatzer13 meant to ask was "if the site rating stats show that 7% of players are better than you, then are you a good player?
Good is highly subjective as a 1,300 rated player would regard you as a chess God but a 2,600 player would say you were an easy beat pleb. IMO, it's not the rating that really counts but if you are pleased with your effort and enjoy playing chess. I don't think preoccupation with rating will improve play but may actually distract from better play and concentration. Focus on improving game play and the ratings will come.
Good is highly subjective as a 1,300 rated player would regard you as a chess God but a 2,600 player would say you were an easy beat pleb. IMO, it's not the rating that really counts but if you are pleased with your effort and enjoy playing chess. I don't think preoccupation with rating will improve play but may actually distract from better play and concentration. Focus on improving game play and the ratings will come.
When it says: "You are better than x% of the players", does it mean then the players then on the server, or everybody who ever made a handle, played a few games, and disappeared?
Obvioulsly, I guess it's about players having a rating on the site.
>> Obvioulsly, I guess it's about players having a rating on the site.
## That's the point, many patzers come on the site, play a few games, get a very low rating, and disappear. But they still have a rating, and they drag down the average rating, and then the message: "You are better than x% of the players" doesn't mean very much.
## That's the point, many patzers come on the site, play a few games, get a very low rating, and disappear. But they still have a rating, and they drag down the average rating, and then the message: "You are better than x% of the players" doesn't mean very much.
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