chess.com humbled me so quick
was just thinking about how funny it is that i used to think i was a “good” chess player prior to playing online because i played frequently (5-10x/week with my friends who also didn’t play online) and would usually win.
i made a chess.com account about 3 months ago and forced myself to get used to the online format that had put me off from using the app for so long because i wanted to get better/play more often. prior to this, i estimated i was about 1000 elo… 💀💀💀 wrong. absolutely not.
my rating quickly PLUMMETED to ~430 at the lowest. the shame. the embarrassment. the horror. i was absolutely not having this though, so i deleted all social media and spent an ungodly amount of time playing chess instead (almost 900 games in the last 90 days). im proud to say that im now TRULY slightly above average, ranking anywhere from 810-850 (i believe this puts me in like the top ~35% or so of all chess.com players according to the stats that i’ve seen posted on reddit).
so is this a universal experience among online chess players? or am i on my own here? hahaha