How good is a 100 chess player?
Rates are per 100 live moves: moves played while the game is not already decided.
What the terms meanShow less
- Centipawn.
- A hundredth of a pawn, the unit a chess engine scores a position in. Giving up a pawn for nothing costs about 100.
- Centipawn loss.
- How much worse a move is than the best move in the position. The average (ACPL) counts every move a player makes.
- Blunder, mistake, inaccuracy.
- A move that loses at least 150 centipawns is a blunder, at least 70 a mistake and at least 40 an inaccuracy. Only live moves are counted.
- Only move.
- A position where one move is clearly better than every other. “Finds the only move” is how often a player plays it.
- Time trouble.
- Less than a tenth of the starting time left on the clock. “Games in time trouble” is the share of games in which a player's clock got that low on any move, however the game stood.
- Winning, better, balanced, worse.
- How the engine scores the position for the player about to move. Balanced is within half a pawn either way, better is up to a pawn and a half ahead, winning is from there up to three pawns ahead, and worse is up to a pawn and a half behind.
- +1, +2, +4.
- A lead of at least one, two or four pawns by the engine's score. A lost position is one that has fallen two pawns behind or worse.
- Percentile.
- The share of a site's players who are rated lower. Blitz and rapid players are ranked separately.
How strong is 100 Elo?
15%of Chess.com blitz players are rated 100 to 199
It is the lowest rating Chess.com gives.
37.3blunders per 100 live moves
9.7inaccuracies per 100 live moves
49%of only moves found
35%of games reach time trouble
Chess.com blitz 3+0Chess.com blitz players at each rating
Chess.com blitz 3+0Chess.com blitz players at each rating
Chess.com blitz 3+0Chess.com blitz players at each rating
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What a 100 actually does
| Measure | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 37.3 | 31.6 |
| Mistakes | 17.4 | 17.1 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| Average centipawn loss | 114.3 | 101.3 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 23% | 25% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 49% | 54% |
| Game length | 24.8 | 26.8 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 8.1 | 9.4 |
| How they use the clock | ||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 35% | 31% |
| Seconds per move | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 28% | 31% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 79% | 82% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 55% | 60% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 25% | 27% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 14% | 16% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 4.1% | 3.3% |
| What the game looks like | ||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 98% | 97% |
| Reaches an endgame | 18% | 21% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 27.2 | 27.8 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 9.1 | 10.1 |
How others play against a 100
| Measure | 100vs 100 | 200vs 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Score against them | 50.0% | 66.3% |
| Score after reaching +1 | 58% | 72% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 59% | 73% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 35% | 20% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 35% | 49% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 100.
Where a 100 blunders
| Measure | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| When in the game | ||
| Opening | 30.6 | 24.5 |
| Middlegame | 47.2 | 40.9 |
| Endgame | 38.0 | 34.9 |
| In what kind of position | ||
| Winning | 34.4 | 31.1 |
| Better | 30.3 | 23.9 |
| Balanced | 26.9 | 21.3 |
| Worse | 30.2 | 24.8 |
| With how much clock left | ||
| Over half | 33.7 | 28.4 |
| 25 to 50% | 46.3 | 41.2 |
| 10 to 25% | 49.7 | 43.5 |
| Under 10% | 55.9 | 52.2 |
| With which piece | ||
| Queen | 44.2 | 35.9 |
| Rook | 47.5 | 38.3 |
| Knight | 37.8 | 32.6 |
| Bishop | 34.2 | 29.4 |
| Pawn | 33.2 | 28.9 |
| King | 34.0 | 29.3 |
The four rows under “In what kind of position” leave out positions that are already won or already lost. Throwing away a won game still counts in the overall blunder rate, which is why that rate can be higher than all four.
When a 100 blunders most
Blunders per 100 live moves
When in the game
Most in the middlegame: 54% more often than in the opening.
- 100, Opening: 30.6
- 100, Middlegame: 47.2
- 100, Endgame: 38.0
In what kind of position
Most when winning: 28% more often than in a balanced game.
- 100, Winning: 34.4
- 100, Better: 30.3
- 100, Balanced: 26.9
- 100, Worse: 30.2
With how much clock left
Most with under 10% of the clock: 66% more often than with over half the clock.
- 100, Over half: 33.7
- 100, 25 to 50%: 46.3
- 100, 10 to 25%: 49.7
- 100, Under 10%: 55.9
With which piece
Most on rook moves: 43% more often than on pawn moves.
- 100, Queen: 44.2
- 100, Rook: 47.5
- 100, Knight: 37.8
- 100, Bishop: 34.2
- 100, Pawn: 33.2
- 100, King: 34.0
How much 100-rated players differ
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 28.0 | 34.1 | 42.6 | 49.3 |
| Mistakes | 14.8 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 20.4 |
| Inaccuracies | 7.0 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 12.5 |
| Finds the only move | 35% | 43% | 55% | 62% |
| Seconds per move | 4.1s | 4.9s | 6.3s | 7.6s |
| Games in time trouble | 11% | 22% | 45% | 59% |
Each column is a share of 100-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
The move quality range a 100 plays in
100 or lower to 150is how half of 100-rated players play, going by how often they blunder
Nine in ten: 100 or lower to 350.
Of 100 players rated 100, how many blunder
- like a 10083
- like a 200 or higher17
What separates a 100 from a 400
| Skill, and what trains it | 100 | 400 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 15% | 28% | +13 pts |
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 30.6 | 18.3 | 40% lower |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 32% | 44% | +12 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 34% | 46% | +12 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 33% | 44% | +11 pts |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 47.2 | 32.8 | 30% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 12.4% | 8.7% | 30% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 38.0 | 27.1 | 29% lower |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 62% | 75% | +13 pts |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 30% | 34% | +4 pts |
What a 100 plays
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn 61.0%, scores 35.3%
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn 18.4%, scores 38.5%
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs 5.9%, scores 31.0%
- every other move 15%
Against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game 55.4%, scores 34.6%
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense 13.6%, scores 35.4%
- 1...e6 French Defense 7.3%, scores 38.6%
- every other move 24%
Against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game 42.1%, scores 37.3%
- 1...e5 Englund Gambit 16.6%, scores 30.1%
- 1...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit 10.9%, scores 30.6%
- every other move 30%
100 on each site and time control
| Played on | Blunders | Mistakes | Inaccs | ACPL | Only move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess.com blitz 3+0 | 37.3 | 17.4 | 9.7 | 114.3 | 49% |
| Chess.com blitz 5+0 | 37.4 | 16.7 | 9.5 | 113.3 | 48% |
| Chess.com rapid 10+0 | 41.4 | 17.1 | 9.2 | 118.0 | 45% |
| Lichess blitz 3+0 | ladder starts at 600 | ||||
| Lichess blitz 5+0 | ladder starts at 600 | ||||
| Lichess rapid 10+0 | ladder starts at 600 | ||||
A rating number only means something inside one pool. Chess.com 100 in blitz 3+0 is about 552 on Lichess. Full conversion tables
What punishes a 100
Share of all blunders, by the idea that refuted them
Most often a piece left hanging: 32% of all blunders, against 26% at 400.
- 100, Piece left hanging: 32%
- 100, Discovered attack: 12%
- 100, Fork: 11%
- 100, Losing exchange: 11%
- 100, Pin or skewer: 7%
Frequently asked about 100-rated players
Answered for Chess.com blitz 3+0, the choice at the top of the page.
Is 100 a good chess rating?
100 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. It is the lowest rating Chess.com gives, and the middle player there is rated about 485. The word is for how a 100 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 100 on Chess.com plays like a 552 on Lichess, where 0.5% of blitz players are rated lower.
What percentile is 100 Elo?
A 100 rating is the bottom of the scale on Chess.com: it is the lowest rating the site gives. 15% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 100 to 199. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
How accurate is a 100 rated chess player?
A 100-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 23% of moves in Chess.com blitz 3+0 and loses 114.3 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 95 centipawns a move at 300.
How many blunders does a 100 make per game?
A 100-rated player makes about 3.0 blunders per game in Chess.com blitz 3+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. A 400 makes about 2.9.
Do 100 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 100-rated player blunders 1.7 times as often as with more than half of it. A 100 gets that low on time in 35% of games in Chess.com blitz 3+0. The effect is about the same for a 400.
What mistakes do 100 rated players make?
32% of the blunders a 100-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 3+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 26% at 400. Next come blunders involving a discovered attack, at 12%.
When in the game do 100 rated players blunder most?
A 100-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 3+0: on 47.2 of every 100 live moves there, against 38.0 in the endgame and 30.6 in the opening.
What openings do 100 rated players play?
As White in Chess.com blitz 3+0, 61.0% of players rated around 100 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 18.4% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 400, e4 is opened by 63.6%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 55.4% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 13.6%.
How does a 100 do against a 200?
A 100 scores 33.7% against a 200 in Chess.com blitz 3+0.
What is 100 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
A 100 on Chess.com is about 552 on Lichess in blitz 3+0, 452 points higher. The gap between the two sites changes with rating, so no single number converts every rating. Every rating converted, both ways: Chess.com vs Lichess ratings.
Is a 100 in blitz as strong as a 100 in rapid?
No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 100 in blitz 3+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 170 in rapid 10+0. That compares the quality of the moves, not what one player would be rated at both speeds. Every rating at both speeds: blitz vs rapid ratings.
100 rating everywhere else
This page opens on Chess.com blitz 3+0, and the choice at the top changes every table on it. The same tables and answers for the other two are below.
Chess.com blitz 5+0
What a 100 actually does in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 37.4 | 30.9 |
| Mistakes | 16.7 | 17.2 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.5 | 10.2 |
| Average centipawn loss | 113.3 | 98.4 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 23% | 26% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 48% | 56% |
| Game length | 26.1 | 27.9 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 8.5 | 9.6 |
| How they use the clock | ||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 20% | 19% |
| Seconds per move | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 20% | 22% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 84% | 86% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 65% | 68% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 34% | 36% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 20% | 22% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 2.8% | 2.2% |
| What the game looks like | ||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 97% | 97% |
| Reaches an endgame | 21% | 24% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 26.8 | 27.3 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 10.1 | 11.1 |
How others play against a 100 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Result | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | ||
| Score against them | 50.0% | 64.9% |
| Converting and defending | ||
| Score after reaching +1 | 61% | 76% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 63% | 77% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 29% | 18% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 36% | 43% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 100.
Where a 100 blunders in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| When in the game | ||
| Opening | 30.5 | 24.3 |
| Middlegame | 47.2 | 39.4 |
| Endgame | 38.3 | 32.5 |
| In what kind of position | ||
| Winning | 35.5 | 30.1 |
| Better | 29.6 | 24.1 |
| Balanced | 27.0 | 21.0 |
| Worse | 28.6 | 23.4 |
| With how much clock left | ||
| Over half | 34.8 | 28.8 |
| 25 to 50% | 48.6 | 40.9 |
| 10 to 25% | 49.5 | 40.2 |
| Under 10% | 52.8 | 48.1 |
| With which piece | ||
| Queen | 42.5 | 36.1 |
| Rook | 45.7 | 38.4 |
| Knight | 39.0 | 31.7 |
| Bishop | 33.8 | 27.9 |
| Pawn | 34.1 | 28.4 |
| King | 35.1 | 28.1 |
The four rows under “In what kind of position” leave out positions that are already won or already lost. Throwing away a won game still counts in the overall blunder rate, which is why that rate can be higher than all four.
How much 100-rated players differ in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 29.6 | 34.2 | 41.7 | 47.9 |
| Mistakes | 14.5 | 15.6 | 17.7 | 19.3 |
| Inaccuracies | 7.0 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
| Finds the only move | 35% | 42% | 54% | 61% |
| Seconds per move | 5.1s | 6.4s | 8.5s | 10.1s |
| Games in time trouble | 3% | 10% | 26% | 41% |
Each column is a share of 100-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 100 from a 400 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 100 | 400 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 20% | 38% | +18 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 31% | 48% | +17 pts |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 21% | 31% | +10 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 31% | 45% | +14 pts |
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 30.5 | 17.0 | 44% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 47.2 | 30.7 | 35% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 12.6% | 8.3% | 35% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 38.3 | 26.5 | 31% lower |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 61% | 76% | +15 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 39% | 45% | +6 pts |
What a 100 plays in Chess.com blitz 5+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 60.3% | 37.4% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 18.9% | 37.8% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 5.8% | 35.8% |
| Every other move | 15% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 58.1% | 35.8% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 13.2% | 37.5% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 5.8% | 37.7% |
| Every other move | 23% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 49.2% | 34.9% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 11.8% | 33.9% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 11.2% | 38.8% |
| Every other move | 28% | n/a |
What punishes a 100 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 31% |
| Fork | 11% |
| Discovered attack | 11% |
| Losing exchange | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 7% |
Questions about a 100 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Is 100 a good chess rating?
- 100 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. It is the lowest rating Chess.com gives, and the middle player there is rated about 485. The word is for how a 100 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 100 on Chess.com plays like a 562 on Lichess, where 0.6% of blitz players are rated lower.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What percentile is 100 Elo?
- A 100 rating is the bottom of the scale on Chess.com: it is the lowest rating the site gives. 15% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 100 to 199. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How accurate is a 100 rated chess player?
- A 100-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 23% of moves in Chess.com blitz 5+0 and loses 113.3 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 100 centipawns a move at 200.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How many blunders does a 100 make per game?
- A 100-rated player makes about 3.2 blunders per game in Chess.com blitz 5+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. The first rating to average under 3 blunders a game is 300.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Do 100 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 100-rated player blunders 1.5 times as often as with more than half of it. A 100 gets that low on time in 20% of games in Chess.com blitz 5+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 1.7 times as often for a 400.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What mistakes do 100 rated players make?
- 31% of the blunders a 100-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 5+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 25% at 400. Next come blunders involving a fork, at 11%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: When in the game do 100 rated players blunder most?
- A 100-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 5+0: on 47.2 of every 100 live moves there, against 38.3 in the endgame and 30.5 in the opening.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What openings do 100 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com blitz 5+0, 60.3% of players rated around 100 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 18.9% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 400, e4 is opened by 66.2%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 58.1% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 13.2%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How does a 100 do against a 200?
- A 100 scores 35.1% against a 200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What is 100 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 100 on Chess.com is about 562 on Lichess in blitz 5+0, 462 points higher. The gap between the two sites changes with rating, so no single number converts every rating. Every rating converted, both ways: Chess.com vs Lichess ratings.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Is a 100 in blitz as strong as a 100 in rapid?
- No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 100 in blitz 5+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 190 in rapid 10+0. That compares the quality of the moves, not what one player would be rated at both speeds. Every rating at both speeds: blitz vs rapid ratings.
Chess.com rapid 10+0
What a 100 actually does in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 41.4 | 37.1 |
| Mistakes | 17.1 | 16.7 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| Average centipawn loss | 118.0 | 106.6 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 21% | 24% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 45% | 50% |
| Game length | 27.3 | 29.5 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 7.8 | 8.9 |
| How they use the clock | ||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 6% | 6% |
| Seconds per move | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 15% | 16% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 90% | 90% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 78% | 78% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 55% | 54% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 39% | 36% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| What the game looks like | ||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 95% | 95% |
| Reaches an endgame | 26% | 29% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 25.4 | 26.1 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 9.7 | 11.6 |
How others play against a 100 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Result | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | ||
| Score against them | 50.0% | 67.7% |
| Converting and defending | ||
| Score after reaching +1 | 63% | 80% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 64% | 82% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 25% | 11% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 35% | 48% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 100.
Where a 100 blunders in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|
| When in the game | ||
| Opening | 34.2 | 30.8 |
| Middlegame | 51.6 | 45.9 |
| Endgame | 40.3 | 31.9 |
| In what kind of position | ||
| Winning | 37.0 | 33.2 |
| Better | 34.1 | 29.5 |
| Balanced | 29.1 | 25.3 |
| Worse | 33.6 | 29.0 |
| With how much clock left | ||
| Over half | 40.3 | 36.3 |
| 25 to 50% | 52.8 | 43.7 |
| 10 to 25% | 51.6 | 41.5 |
| Under 10% | 51.1 | 46.0 |
| With which piece | ||
| Queen | 48.6 | 43.3 |
| Rook | 48.5 | 44.6 |
| Knight | 41.5 | 36.7 |
| Bishop | 37.8 | 34.9 |
| Pawn | 37.5 | 34.2 |
| King | 39.8 | 32.5 |
The four rows under “In what kind of position” leave out positions that are already won or already lost. Throwing away a won game still counts in the overall blunder rate, which is why that rate can be higher than all four.
How much 100-rated players differ in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 33.0 | 38.3 | 45.6 | 51.0 |
| Mistakes | 14.6 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 20.1 |
| Inaccuracies | 6.5 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 11.6 |
| Finds the only move | 33% | 41% | 51% | 59% |
| Seconds per move | 5.2s | 7.3s | 10.6s | 13.0s |
| Games in time trouble | 0% | 1% | 8% | 17% |
Each column is a share of 100-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 100 from a 400 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 100 | 400 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 21% | 36% | +15 pts |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 19% | 30% | +11 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 30% | 43% | +13 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 30% | 42% | +12 pts |
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 34.2 | 22.7 | 34% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 13.9% | 9.6% | 31% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 40.3 | 28.2 | 30% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 51.6 | 36.5 | 29% lower |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 33% | 42% | +9 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 59% | 73% | +14 pts |
What a 100 plays in Chess.com rapid 10+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 60.1% | 37.1% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 18.6% | 38.0% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 4.7% | 30.1% |
| Every other move | 17% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 57.2% | 34.6% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 10.0% | 33.0% |
| 1...Nf6Alekhine Defense | 7.8% | 34.4% |
| Every other move | 25% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 43.6% | 37.3% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 15.6% | 31.4% |
| 1...Nc6Mikenas Defense | 10.8% | 40.8% |
| Every other move | 30% | n/a |
What punishes a 100 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 35% |
| Discovered attack | 11% |
| Fork | 10% |
| Losing exchange | 9% |
| Pin or skewer | 7% |
Questions about a 100 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: Is 100 a good chess rating?
- 100 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. It is the lowest rating Chess.com gives, and the middle player there is rated about 498. The word is for how a 100 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 100 on Chess.com plays like a 512 on Lichess, where 0.7% of rapid players are rated lower.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What percentile is 100 Elo?
- A 100 rating is the bottom of the scale on Chess.com: it is the lowest rating the site gives. 13% of Chess.com rapid players are rated 100 to 199. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How accurate is a 100 rated chess player?
- A 100-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 21% of moves in Chess.com rapid 10+0 and loses 118.0 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 100 centipawns a move at 300.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How many blunders does a 100 make per game?
- A 100-rated player makes about 3.2 blunders per game in Chess.com rapid 10+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. A 400 makes about 2.9.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: Do 100 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- A little. With under 10% of the clock left, a 100-rated player blunders 27% more often than with more than half of it. A 100 gets that low on time in 6% of games in Chess.com rapid 10+0. The effect is smaller higher up: 12% more often for a 400.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What mistakes do 100 rated players make?
- 35% of the blunders a 100-rated player makes in Chess.com rapid 10+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 26% at 400. Next come blunders involving a discovered attack, at 11%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: When in the game do 100 rated players blunder most?
- A 100-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com rapid 10+0: on 51.6 of every 100 live moves there, against 40.3 in the endgame and 34.2 in the opening.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What openings do 100 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com rapid 10+0, 60.1% of players rated around 100 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 18.6% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 400, e4 is opened by 67.7%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 57.2% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 10.0%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How does a 100 do against a 200?
- A 100 scores 32.3% against a 200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What is 100 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 100 on Chess.com is about 512 on Lichess in rapid 10+0, 412 points higher. The gap between the two sites changes with rating, so no single number converts every rating. Every rating converted, both ways: Chess.com vs Lichess ratings.