How good is a 1200 chess player?

Rates are per 100 live moves: moves played while the game is not already decided.

What the terms mean

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.

Rating

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How strong is 1200 Elo?

91%of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 1200

The top 9%. 2.2% are rated 1200 to 1299.

14.6blunders per 100 live moves

Chess.com blitz 3+0Chess.com blitz players at each rating

What a 1200 actually does

Measure	1100	1200	1300
Blunders
Blunders	15.6	14.6	14.0
Mistakes
Mistakes	15.3	14.9	14.6
Inaccuracies
Inaccuracies	12.1	12.0	12.0
Average centipawn loss
Average centipawn loss	67.6	65.5	64.0
Plays the engine's top move
Plays the engine's top move	32%	32%	33%
Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer
Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer	71%	73%	74%
Game length
Game length	34.4	35.4	35.8
Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided
Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided	17.5	18.4	18.9
How they use the clock
Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock
Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock	23%	24%	23%
Seconds per move
Seconds per move	3.7	3.6	3.6
Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less
Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less	47%	48%	49%
Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock
Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock	91%	92%	92%
Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock
Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock	76%	77%	78%
Clock left at move 30in games that get there
Clock left at move 30in games that get there	41%	41%	42%
Clock left at move 50in games that get there
Clock left at move 50in games that get there	20%	19%	20%
Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth
Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth	2.7%	3.2%	2.9%
What the game looks like
Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn
Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn	97%	97%	96%
Reaches an endgame
Reaches an endgame	31%	32%	33%
Capturesper 100 own moves
Capturesper 100 own moves	25.4	25.2	25.0
Checksper 100 own moves
Checksper 100 own moves	8.2	8.0	7.9

How others play against a 1200

Measure	1100vs 1200	1200vs 1200	1300vs 1200
Score against them
Score against them	45.4%	50.0%	55.0%
Score after reaching +1
Score after reaching +1	59%	63%	65%
Score after reaching +2
Score after reaching +2	63%	68%	72%
Ever loses from +4
Ever loses from +4	26%	21%	18%
Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two
Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two	27%	32%	33%

Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 1200.

Where a 1200 blunders

Measure	1100	1200	1300
When in the game
Opening
Opening	8.3	7.3	7.0
Middlegame
Middlegame	20.3	18.9	18.0
Endgame
Endgame	19.9	19.0	17.5
In what kind of position
Winning
Winning	18.3	17.1	17.1
Better
Better	11.1	10.4	9.7
Balanced
Balanced	9.4	8.7	8.2
Worse
Worse	12.7	11.2	11.4
With how much clock left
Over half
Over half	13.4	12.5	12.0
25 to 50%
25 to 50%	24.4	22.1	20.8
10 to 25%
10 to 25%	24.0	22.4	22.2
Under 10%
Under 10%	28.7	27.3	27.7
With which piece
Queen
Queen	19.7	18.5	18.2
Rook
Rook	19.0	18.6	17.4
Knight
Knight	14.8	14.3	13.4
Bishop
Bishop	13.9	12.6	12.0
Pawn
Pawn	14.2	12.8	12.8
King
King	14.2	13.1	11.9

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 1200 blunders most

Blunders per 100 live moves

When in the game

Most in the endgame: 2.6 times as often as in the opening.

1200, Opening: 7.3
1200, Middlegame: 18.9
1200, Endgame: 19.0

In what kind of position

Most when winning: 2.0 times as often as in a balanced game.

1200, Winning: 17.1
1200, Better: 10.4
1200, Balanced: 8.7
1200, Worse: 11.2

With how much clock left

Most with under 10% of the clock: 2.2 times as often as with over half the clock.

1200, Over half: 12.5
1200, 25 to 50%: 22.1
1200, 10 to 25%: 22.4
1200, Under 10%: 27.3

With which piece

Most on rook moves: 48% more often than on bishop moves.

1200, Queen: 18.5
1200, Rook: 18.6
1200, Knight: 14.3
1200, Bishop: 12.6
1200, Pawn: 12.8
1200, King: 13.1

How much 1200-rated players differ

Measure	5%	25%	75%	95%
Blunders	11.5	13.5	16.3	18.5
Mistakes	12.8	14.0	15.8	17.3
Inaccuracies	10.6	11.4	12.5	13.4
Finds the only move	65%	70%	76%	80%
Seconds per move	2.6s	3.1s	3.9s	4.6s
Games in time trouble	5%	14%	32%	44%

Each column is a share of 1200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.

The move quality range a 1200 plays in

1050 to 1400is how half of 1200-rated players play, going by how often they blunder

Nine in ten: 850 to 1700.

Of 100 players rated 1200, how many blunder

like an 1100 or lower33
like a 120029
like a 1300 or higher38

What separates a 1200 from a 1500

Skill, and what trains it	1200	1500	Gap
Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings	7.3	5.6	23% lower
Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move	18.9	16.5	13% lower
Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity	19.0	17.3	9% lower
Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something	5.7%	5.3%	9% lower
Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing	55%	58%	+3 pts
Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line	34%	36%	+2 pts
Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating	52%	54%	+2 pts
Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions	47%	49%	+2 pts
Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing	56%	57%	+1 pt
Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else	85%	87%	+2 pts

What a 1200 plays

As White

1.e4 King's Pawn 61.2%, scores 48.4%
1.d4 Queen's Pawn 23.4%, scores 48.7%
1.e3 Van't Kruijs 3.3%, scores 50.0%
every other move 12%

Against 1.e4

1...e5 Open Game 41.4%, scores 47.4%
1...d5 Scandinavian Defense 13.0%, scores 49.7%
1...c5 Sicilian Defense 11.9%, scores 52.2%
every other move 34%

Against 1.d4

1...d5 Closed Game 45.2%, scores 43.3%
1...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit 11.8%, scores 36.1%
1...e5 Englund Gambit 9.0%, scores 50.8%
every other move 34%

1200 on each site and time control

Played on	Blunders	Mistakes	Inaccs	ACPL	Only move
Chess.com blitz 3+0	14.6	14.9	12.0	65.5	73%
Chess.com blitz 5+0	13.1	14.3	12.1	61.1	74%
Chess.com rapid 10+0	14.4	14.6	11.8	62.2	74%
Lichess blitz 3+0	18.9	16.0	11.7	74.3	69%
Lichess blitz 5+0	17.3	15.4	11.9	69.9	71%
Lichess rapid 10+0	18.2	15.7	11.5	69.7	70%

A rating number only means something inside one pool. Chess.com 1200 in blitz 3+0 is about 1520 on Lichess. Full conversion tables

What punishes a 1200

Share of all blunders, by the idea that refuted them

Most often a piece left hanging: 23% of all blunders, against 25% at 900.

1200, Piece left hanging: 23%
1200, Losing exchange: 14%
1200, Discovered attack: 10%
1200, Fork: 9%
1200, Quiet move: 8%

Frequently asked about 1200-rated players

Answered for Chess.com blitz 3+0, the choice at the top of the page.

Is 1200 a good chess rating?

1200 is a decent chess rating, a little above the middle. 91% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 1200, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 1200 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 1200 on Chess.com plays like a 1520 on Lichess, where 56% of blitz players are rated lower.

What percentile is 1200 Elo?

A 1200 rating is about the 91st percentile on Chess.com. 9% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 1200 or higher. On Lichess, 28% of blitz players are rated below 1200. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.

How accurate is a 1200 rated chess player?

A 1200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 32% of moves in Chess.com blitz 3+0 and loses 65.5 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 65 centipawns a move at 1300.

How many blunders does a 1200 make per game?

A 1200-rated player makes about 2.7 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 900 makes about 2.8 and a 1500 about 2.5. The count barely moves between them, although a 1200 blunders on 14.6 of every 100 live moves and a 900 on 17.4: a 1200's games stay undecided for longer, so there are more moves to get wrong.

Do 1200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?

Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 1200-rated player blunders 2.2 times as often as with more than half of it. A 1200 gets that low on time in 24% of games in Chess.com blitz 3+0. The effect is about the same for a 1500.

What mistakes do 1200 rated players make?

23% of the blunders a 1200-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 3+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 25% at 900 and 21% at 1500. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 14%.

When in the game do 1200 rated players blunder most?

A 1200-rated player blunders about as often in the endgame as in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 3+0: on 19.0 and 18.9 of every 100 live moves, against 7.3 in the opening. It takes until 1200 for the rate in the middlegame to drop under 20 in every 100 live moves.

What openings do 1200 rated players play?

As White in Chess.com blitz 3+0, 61.2% of players rated around 1200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 23.4% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. The King's Pawn is opened less as ratings rise: 63.8% around 900, 59.2% around 1500. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 41.4% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 13.0%.

How does a 1200 do against a 1300?

A 1200 scores 45.0% against a 1300 in Chess.com blitz 3+0. Against an 1100 they score 54.6%.

What is 1200 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?

A 1200 on Chess.com is about 1520 on Lichess in blitz 3+0, 320 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 1200 in blitz as strong as a 1200 in rapid?

No, the blitz players are the weaker. On Chess.com, players rated 1200 in blitz 3+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 1104 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.

1200 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 five are below.

Chess.com blitz 5+0

What a 1200 actually does in Chess.com blitz 5+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
Blunders	13.9	13.1	12.3
Mistakes	14.7	14.3	14.0
Inaccuracies	12.0	12.1	11.8
Average centipawn loss	62.6	61.1	59.3
Plays the engine's top move	33%	34%	34%
Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer	74%	74%	76%
Game length	35.0	34.9	35.4
Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided	18.2	18.8	19.6
How they use the clock
Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock	17%	18%	18%
Seconds per move	5.5	5.6	5.5
Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less	34%	34%	34%
Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock	92%	92%	93%
Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock	79%	79%	79%
Clock left at move 30in games that get there	46%	46%	46%
Clock left at move 50in games that get there	25%	25%	25%
Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth	2.6%	2.4%	2.8%
What the game looks like
Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn	97%	96%	96%
Reaches an endgame	31%	30%	30%
Capturesper 100 own moves	24.9	24.7	24.5
Checksper 100 own moves	8.2	7.8	7.7

How others play against a 1200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0

Result	1100	1200	1300
How the game goes
Score against them	45.2%	50.0%	55.1%
Converting and defending
Score after reaching +1	61%	66%	68%
Score after reaching +2	68%	71%	74%
Ever loses from +4	20%	19%	17%
Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two	27%	30%	32%

Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 1200.

Where a 1200 blunders in Chess.com blitz 5+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
When in the game
Opening	7.5	6.8	6.2
Middlegame	18.0	16.8	15.8
Endgame	16.1	15.6	14.4
In what kind of position
Winning	16.5	15.9	15.3
Better	9.9	9.7	9.1
Balanced	8.3	7.8	7.3
Worse	11.4	10.5	9.9
With how much clock left
Over half	12.4	11.5	10.7
25 to 50%	20.3	19.7	18.7
10 to 25%	21.4	19.9	18.9
Under 10%	23.9	23.9	21.0
With which piece
Queen	17.9	16.6	16.0
Rook	17.7	16.2	15.0
Knight	13.5	12.9	11.8
Bishop	12.2	11.3	10.7
Pawn	12.5	12.0	11.1
King	11.9	10.9	10.8

How much 1200-rated players differ in Chess.com blitz 5+0

Measure	5%	25%	75%	95%
Blunders	10.4	12.0	14.5	16.6
Mistakes	12.6	13.5	15.1	16.3
Inaccuracies	10.9	11.5	12.4	13.1
Finds the only move	69%	72%	77%	81%
Seconds per move	3.5s	4.5s	6.3s	7.7s
Games in time trouble	0%	7%	24%	40%

Each column is a share of 1200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.

What separates a 1200 from a 1500 in Chess.com blitz 5+0

Skill, and what trains it	1200	1500	Gap
Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings	6.8	4.9	29% lower
Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity	15.6	13.3	15% lower
Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move	16.8	14.6	13% lower
Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something	5.3%	4.8%	10% lower
Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing	57%	61%	+4 pts
Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing	58%	62%	+4 pts
Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else	85%	88%	+3 pts
Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions	49%	53%	+4 pts
Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line	40%	43%	+3 pts
Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating	56%	54%	no gain

What a 1200 plays in Chess.com blitz 5+0

As White

First move	Share	Score
1.e4King's Pawn	63.6%	49.2%
1.d4Queen's Pawn	23.7%	50.9%
1.c4English Opening	3.0%	44.1%
Every other move	10%	n/a

Against 1.e4

Reply	Share	Score
1...e5Open Game	44.0%	45.7%
1...c5Sicilian Defense	14.6%	48.0%
1...d5Scandinavian Defense	10.6%	46.5%
Every other move	31%	n/a

Against 1.d4

Reply	Share	Score
1...d5Closed Game	47.7%	45.2%
1...Nf6Indian Defense	12.6%	41.6%
1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit	10.2%	46.2%
Every other move	30%	n/a

What punishes a 1200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0

The idea that refuted the blunder	Share of blunders
Piece left hanging	23%
Losing exchange	12%
Fork	10%
Discovered attack	9%
Pin or skewer	7%

Questions about a 1200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0

Chess.com blitz 5+0: Is 1200 a good chess rating?: 1200 is a decent chess rating, a little above the middle. 91% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 1200, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 1200 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 1200 on Chess.com plays like a 1538 on Lichess, where 58% of blitz players are rated lower.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: What percentile is 1200 Elo?: A 1200 rating is about the 91st percentile on Chess.com. 9% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 1200 or higher. On Lichess, 28% of blitz players are rated below 1200. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: How accurate is a 1200 rated chess player?: A 1200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 34% of moves in Chess.com blitz 5+0 and loses 61.1 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 60 centipawns a move at 1300.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: How many blunders does a 1200 make per game?: A 1200-rated player makes about 2.5 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 2.5 blunders a game is 1300.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: Do 1200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?: Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 1200-rated player blunders 2.1 times as often as with more than half of it. A 1200 gets that low on time in 18% of games in Chess.com blitz 5+0. The effect is about the same for a 1500.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: What mistakes do 1200 rated players make?: 23% of the blunders a 1200-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 5+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 25% at 900 and 20% at 1500. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 12%.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: When in the game do 1200 rated players blunder most?: A 1200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 5+0: on 16.8 of every 100 live moves there, against 15.6 in the endgame and 6.8 in the opening.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: What openings do 1200 rated players play?: As White in Chess.com blitz 5+0, 63.6% of players rated around 1200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 23.7% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. The King's Pawn is opened less as ratings rise: 65.7% around 900, 62.6% around 1500. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 44.0% of games, ahead of c5, the Sicilian Defense, at 14.6%.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: How does a 1200 do against a 1300?: A 1200 scores 44.9% against a 1300 in Chess.com blitz 5+0. Against an 1100 they score 54.8%.
Chess.com blitz 5+0: What is 1200 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?: A 1200 on Chess.com is about 1538 on Lichess in blitz 5+0, 338 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 1200 in blitz as strong as a 1200 in rapid?: No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 1200 in blitz 5+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 1298 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 1200 actually does in Chess.com rapid 10+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
Blunders	15.2	14.4	13.3
Mistakes	15.0	14.6	14.2
Inaccuracies	11.8	11.8	11.9
Average centipawn loss	63.7	62.2	59.6
Plays the engine's top move	33%	34%	34%
Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer	73%	74%	75%
Game length	33.6	34.4	34.8
Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided	16.2	17.0	17.8
How they use the clock
Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock	7%	8%	8%
Seconds per move	8.6	8.4	8.4
Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less	22%	23%	23%
Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock	93%	94%	94%
Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock	83%	83%	84%
Clock left at move 30in games that get there	58%	58%	58%
Clock left at move 50in games that get there	38%	39%	38%
Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth	1.4%	1.4%	1.6%
What the game looks like
Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn	97%	96%	96%
Reaches an endgame	30%	31%	30%
Capturesper 100 own moves	25.6	25.1	25.0
Checksper 100 own moves	9.2	9.1	8.7

How others play against a 1200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0

Result	1100	1200	1300
How the game goes
Score against them	44.9%	50.0%	54.8%
Converting and defending
Score after reaching +1	63%	64%	70%
Score after reaching +2	69%	71%	76%
Ever loses from +4	17%	17%	12%
Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two	26%	28%	31%

Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 1200.

Where a 1200 blunders in Chess.com rapid 10+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
When in the game
Opening	9.5	8.5	7.3
Middlegame	19.5	18.3	17.2
Endgame	15.1	16.8	14.8
In what kind of position
Winning	17.1	16.8	15.8
Better	10.9	10.7	10.0
Balanced	9.2	8.5	8.0
Worse	12.8	11.7	10.6
With how much clock left
Over half	14.5	13.5	12.6
25 to 50%	22.0	21.2	19.0
10 to 25%	20.1	22.6	19.7
Under 10%	18.8	23.5	21.8
With which piece
Queen	18.7	18.2	16.3
Rook	18.5	17.1	16.4
Knight	15.2	14.0	12.8
Bishop	13.8	13.3	12.5
Pawn	13.9	12.9	11.7
King	12.8	12.8	12.3

How much 1200-rated players differ in Chess.com rapid 10+0

Measure	5%	25%	75%	95%
Blunders	11.9	13.5	15.6	17.2
Mistakes	12.4	13.5	15.5	17.3
Inaccuracies	10.5	11.1	12.2	13.0
Finds the only move	68%	72%	77%	81%
Seconds per move	4.7s	6.7s	9.7s	11.9s
Games in time trouble	0%	0%	10%	26%

Each column is a share of 1200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.

What separates a 1200 from a 1500 in Chess.com rapid 10+0

Skill, and what trains it	1200	1500	Gap
Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings	8.5	6.3	26% lower
Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity	16.8	13.1	22% lower
Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move	18.3	14.9	18% lower
Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something	5.5%	4.8%	14% lower
Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing	57%	63%	+6 pts
Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing	57%	59%	+2 pts
Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else	86%	88%	+2 pts
Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions	51%	57%	+6 pts
Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating	54%	57%	+3 pts
Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line	44%	39%	no gain

What a 1200 plays in Chess.com rapid 10+0

As White

First move	Share	Score
1.e4King's Pawn	66.1%	48.9%
1.d4Queen's Pawn	22.1%	50.9%
1.Nf3Réti / Zukertort	2.7%	51.7%
Every other move	9%	n/a

Against 1.e4

Reply	Share	Score
1...e5Open Game	53.7%	46.8%
1...c5Sicilian Defense	10.4%	48.6%
1...e6French Defense	8.4%	48.2%
Every other move	28%	n/a

Against 1.d4

Reply	Share	Score
1...d5Closed Game	48.6%	42.3%
1...Nf6Indian Defense	11.9%	41.4%
1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit	10.1%	44.5%
Every other move	29%	n/a

What punishes a 1200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0

The idea that refuted the blunder	Share of blunders
Piece left hanging	23%
Losing exchange	12%
Fork	10%
Discovered attack	9%
Pin or skewer	7%

Questions about a 1200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0

Chess.com rapid 10+0: Is 1200 a good chess rating?: 1200 is a decent chess rating, a little above the middle. 93% of Chess.com rapid players are rated below 1200, but the middle player there is rated only about 498. The word is for how a 1200 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 1200 on Chess.com plays like a 1454 on Lichess, where 57% of rapid players are rated lower.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: What percentile is 1200 Elo?: A 1200 rating is about the 93rd percentile on Chess.com. 7% of Chess.com rapid players are rated 1200 or higher. On Lichess, 33% of rapid players are rated below 1200. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: How accurate is a 1200 rated chess player?: A 1200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 34% of moves in Chess.com rapid 10+0 and loses 62.2 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 60 centipawns a move at 1300.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: How many blunders does a 1200 make per game?: A 1200-rated player makes about 2.4 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. 1200 is the first rating to average under 2.5 blunders a game.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: Do 1200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?: Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 1200-rated player blunders 1.7 times as often as with more than half of it. A 1200 gets that low on time in 8% of games in Chess.com rapid 10+0. The effect is about the same for a 1500.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: What mistakes do 1200 rated players make?: 23% of the blunders a 1200-rated player makes in Chess.com rapid 10+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 22% at 900 and 21% at 1500. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 12%.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: When in the game do 1200 rated players blunder most?: A 1200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com rapid 10+0: on 18.3 of every 100 live moves there, against 16.8 in the endgame and 8.5 in the opening.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: What openings do 1200 rated players play?: As White in Chess.com rapid 10+0, 66.1% of players rated around 1200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 22.1% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. The King's Pawn is opened less as ratings rise: 68.4% around 900, 65.0% around 1500. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 53.7% of games, ahead of c5, the Sicilian Defense, at 10.4%.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: How does a 1200 do against a 1300?: A 1200 scores 45.2% against a 1300 in Chess.com rapid 10+0. Against an 1100 they score 55.1%.
Chess.com rapid 10+0: What is 1200 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?: A 1200 on Chess.com is about 1454 on Lichess in rapid 10+0, 254 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 rapid 10+0: Is a 1200 in rapid as strong as a 1200 in blitz?: No, the rapid players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 1200 in rapid 10+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 1306 in blitz 3+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.

Lichess blitz 3+0

What a 1200 actually does in Lichess blitz 3+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
Blunders	20.6	18.9	17.3
Mistakes	16.2	16.0	15.4
Inaccuracies	11.6	11.7	12.0
Average centipawn loss	79.3	74.3	71.4
Plays the engine's top move	30%	31%	31%
Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer	66%	69%	69%
Game length	31.2	31.6	32.7
Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided	13.4	14.3	15.5
How they use the clock
Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock	26%	23%	24%
Seconds per move	4.3	4.2	4.0
Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less	48%	50%	51%
Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock	88%	89%	90%
Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock	70%	71%	73%
Clock left at move 30in games that get there	35%	37%	37%
Clock left at move 50in games that get there	18%	20%	20%
Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth	3.0%	2.7%	3.0%
What the game looks like
Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn	97%	96%	97%
Reaches an endgame	28%	27%	29%
Capturesper 100 own moves	27.2	27.0	26.2
Checksper 100 own moves	9.8	9.4	9.0

How others play against a 1200 in Lichess blitz 3+0

Result	1100	1200	1300
How the game goes
Score against them	42.2%	50.0%	58.0%
Converting and defending
Score after reaching +1	56%	62%	69%
Score after reaching +2	61%	66%	73%
Ever loses from +4	28%	24%	18%
Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two	27%	33%	39%

Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 1200.

Where a 1200 blunders in Lichess blitz 3+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
When in the game
Opening	13.2	11.9	10.0
Middlegame	26.9	24.8	22.7
Endgame	26.3	22.2	22.0
In what kind of position
Winning	22.3	20.4	19.9
Better	14.6	13.6	12.5
Balanced	12.3	11.3	10.4
Worse	16.0	14.6	13.4
With how much clock left
Over half	17.7	16.5	14.9
25 to 50%	30.7	27.5	26.0
10 to 25%	32.2	30.0	27.0
Under 10%	37.5	34.9	31.5
With which piece
Queen	25.2	23.7	21.5
Rook	26.1	22.8	22.1
Knight	20.8	18.5	17.2
Bishop	17.9	17.3	14.8
Pawn	18.4	17.1	15.6
King	19.5	17.2	15.7

How much 1200-rated players differ in Lichess blitz 3+0

Measure	5%	25%	75%	95%
Blunders	14.3	16.9	20.7	23.5
Mistakes	13.3	14.7	16.9	19.0
Inaccuracies	9.9	10.9	12.3	13.3
Finds the only move	59%	65%	74%	80%
Seconds per move	2.7s	3.4s	4.6s	5.8s
Games in time trouble	3%	12%	31%	46%

Each column is a share of 1200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.

What separates a 1200 from a 1500 in Lichess blitz 3+0

Skill, and what trains it	1200	1500	Gap
Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings	11.9	8.2	31% lower
Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move	24.8	19.7	21% lower
Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something	7.0%	5.9%	15% lower
Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity	22.2	19.5	12% lower
Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing	50%	54%	+4 pts
Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing	50%	53%	+3 pts
Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else	81%	85%	+4 pts
Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions	42%	44%	+2 pts
Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating	48%	50%	+2 pts
Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line	37%	35%	no gain

What a 1200 plays in Lichess blitz 3+0

As White

First move	Share	Score
1.e4King's Pawn	63.9%	51.6%
1.d4Queen's Pawn	22.0%	52.2%
1.e3Van't Kruijs	3.1%	48.7%
Every other move	11%	n/a

Against 1.e4

Reply	Share	Score
1...e5Open Game	51.2%	48.2%
1...d5Scandinavian Defense	11.3%	49.0%
1...e6French Defense	9.0%	48.9%
Every other move	28%	n/a

Against 1.d4

Reply	Share	Score
1...d5Closed Game	50.6%	44.4%
1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit	9.9%	49.2%
1...e5Englund Gambit	9.1%	50.0%
Every other move	30%	n/a

What punishes a 1200 in Lichess blitz 3+0

The idea that refuted the blunder	Share of blunders
Piece left hanging	27%
Losing exchange	12%
Discovered attack	10%
Fork	10%
Quiet move	8%

Questions about a 1200 in Lichess blitz 3+0

Lichess blitz 3+0: Is 1200 a good chess rating?: 1200 is in the lower part of the range of chess ratings. 28% of Lichess blitz players are rated below 1200, and the middle player there is rated about 1447. On Chess.com, the same standard of play is rated about 754.
Lichess blitz 3+0: What percentile is 1200 Elo?: A 1200 rating is about the 28th percentile on Lichess. 72% of Lichess blitz players are rated 1200 or higher. On Chess.com, 91% of blitz players are rated below 1200. Every rating side by side: the Lichess rating guide.
Lichess blitz 3+0: How accurate is a 1200 rated chess player?: A 1200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 31% of moves in Lichess blitz 3+0 and loses 74.3 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 1200 is where the average loss first drops under 75 centipawns a move.
Lichess blitz 3+0: How many blunders does a 1200 make per game?: A 1200-rated player makes about 2.7 blunders per game in Lichess blitz 3+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. A 900 makes about 2.9 and a 1500 about 2.6.
Lichess blitz 3+0: Do 1200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?: Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 1200-rated player blunders 2.1 times as often as with more than half of it. A 1200 gets that low on time in 23% of games in Lichess blitz 3+0. The effect is about the same for a 1500.
Lichess blitz 3+0: What mistakes do 1200 rated players make?: 27% of the blunders a 1200-rated player makes in Lichess blitz 3+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 29% at 900 and 24% at 1500. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 12%.
Lichess blitz 3+0: When in the game do 1200 rated players blunder most?: A 1200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Lichess blitz 3+0: on 24.8 of every 100 live moves there, against 22.2 in the endgame and 11.9 in the opening. It takes until 1200 for the rate in the middlegame to drop under 25 in every 100 live moves.
Lichess blitz 3+0: What openings do 1200 rated players play?: As White in Lichess blitz 3+0, 63.9% of players rated around 1200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 22.0% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. The King's Pawn is opened less as ratings rise: 64.7% around 900, 60.7% around 1500. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 51.2% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 11.3%.
Lichess blitz 3+0: How does a 1200 do against a 1300?: A 1200 scores 42.0% against a 1300 in Lichess blitz 3+0. Against an 1100 they score 57.8%.
Lichess blitz 3+0: What is 1200 on Lichess in Chess.com rating?: A 1200 on Lichess is about 754 on Chess.com in blitz 3+0, 446 points lower. 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.
Lichess blitz 3+0: Is a 1200 in blitz as strong as a 1200 in rapid?: No, the blitz players are the weaker. On Lichess, players rated 1200 in blitz 3+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 1132 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.

Lichess blitz 5+0

What a 1200 actually does in Lichess blitz 5+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
Blunders	19.3	17.3	16.0
Mistakes	15.5	15.4	15.1
Inaccuracies	11.7	11.9	11.8
Average centipawn loss	73.9	69.9	67.1
Plays the engine's top move	31%	32%	32%
Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer	67%	71%	72%
Game length	32.0	32.6	33.0
Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided	14.1	15.3	16.0
How they use the clock
Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock	17%	16%	17%
Seconds per move	6.1	6.0	5.8
Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less	36%	37%	38%
Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock	90%	91%	91%
Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock	75%	76%	77%
Clock left at move 30in games that get there	42%	44%	44%
Clock left at move 50in games that get there	25%	26%	25%
Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth	2.3%	2.4%	2.1%
What the game looks like
Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn	96%	96%	96%
Reaches an endgame	28%	29%	29%
Capturesper 100 own moves	26.7	26.3	25.8
Checksper 100 own moves	10.2	9.4	8.8

How others play against a 1200 in Lichess blitz 5+0

Result	1100	1200	1300
How the game goes
Score against them	42.9%	50.0%	56.6%
Converting and defending
Score after reaching +1	60%	64%	69%
Score after reaching +2	65%	69%	74%
Ever loses from +4	24%	20%	16%
Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two	27%	31%	35%

Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 1200.

Where a 1200 blunders in Lichess blitz 5+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
When in the game
Opening	12.8	10.7	9.5
Middlegame	24.7	22.2	20.7
Endgame	22.1	20.8	18.1
In what kind of position
Winning	21.3	19.3	18.5
Better	13.8	12.4	12.1
Balanced	11.7	10.4	9.2
Worse	15.2	13.5	12.4
With how much clock left
Over half	17.6	15.5	14.3
25 to 50%	26.9	25.2	23.3
10 to 25%	28.3	27.0	23.2
Under 10%	30.8	29.4	30.1
With which piece
Queen	23.1	21.2	20.7
Rook	23.6	21.0	19.6
Knight	19.5	17.1	15.5
Bishop	16.9	15.6	13.9
Pawn	17.7	15.7	14.4
King	17.6	15.7	14.5

How much 1200-rated players differ in Lichess blitz 5+0

Measure	5%	25%	75%	95%
Blunders	10.4	14.8	19.7	24.2
Mistakes	13.6	14.7	16.3	17.7
Inaccuracies	10.2	11.2	12.7	13.8
Finds the only move	62%	68%	75%	82%
Seconds per move	4.0s	5.1s	6.7s	8.0s
Games in time trouble	2%	8%	22%	34%

Each column is a share of 1200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.

What separates a 1200 from a 1500 in Lichess blitz 5+0

Skill, and what trains it	1200	1500	Gap
Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings	10.7	7.0	35% lower
Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move	22.2	17.5	21% lower
Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions	44%	53%	+9 pts
Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity	20.8	17.4	16% lower
Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something	6.4%	5.4%	16% lower
Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing	52%	58%	+6 pts
Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing	54%	59%	+5 pts
Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating	49%	54%	+5 pts
Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else	83%	87%	+4 pts
Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line	36%	37%	+1 pt

What a 1200 plays in Lichess blitz 5+0

As White

First move	Share	Score
1.e4King's Pawn	66.5%	51.7%
1.d4Queen's Pawn	22.1%	52.8%
1.Nf3Réti / Zukertort	2.8%	52.8%
Every other move	9%	n/a

Against 1.e4

Reply	Share	Score
1...e5Open Game	53.6%	50.6%
1...d5Scandinavian Defense	11.1%	50.2%
1...c5Sicilian Defense	9.0%	51.3%
Every other move	26%	n/a

Against 1.d4

Reply	Share	Score
1...d5Closed Game	51.7%	46.3%
1...Nf6Indian Defense	10.7%	44.5%
1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit	10.6%	43.9%
Every other move	27%	n/a

What punishes a 1200 in Lichess blitz 5+0

The idea that refuted the blunder	Share of blunders
Piece left hanging	26%
Losing exchange	12%
Fork	10%
Discovered attack	10%
Quiet move	7%

Questions about a 1200 in Lichess blitz 5+0

Lichess blitz 5+0: Is 1200 a good chess rating?: 1200 is in the lower part of the range of chess ratings. 28% of Lichess blitz players are rated below 1200, and the middle player there is rated about 1447. On Chess.com, the same standard of play is rated about 761.
Lichess blitz 5+0: What percentile is 1200 Elo?: A 1200 rating is about the 28th percentile on Lichess. 72% of Lichess blitz players are rated 1200 or higher. On Chess.com, 91% of blitz players are rated below 1200. Every rating side by side: the Lichess rating guide.
Lichess blitz 5+0: How accurate is a 1200 rated chess player?: A 1200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 32% of moves in Lichess blitz 5+0 and loses 69.9 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 1200 is where the average loss first drops under 70 centipawns a move.
Lichess blitz 5+0: How many blunders does a 1200 make per game?: A 1200-rated player makes about 2.6 blunders per game in Lichess blitz 5+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. A 900 makes about 2.8 and a 1500 about 2.5.
Lichess blitz 5+0: Do 1200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?: Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 1200-rated player blunders 1.9 times as often as with more than half of it. A 1200 gets that low on time in 16% of games in Lichess blitz 5+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 2.2 times as often for a 1500.
Lichess blitz 5+0: What mistakes do 1200 rated players make?: 26% of the blunders a 1200-rated player makes in Lichess blitz 5+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 26% at 900 and 22% at 1500. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 12%.
Lichess blitz 5+0: When in the game do 1200 rated players blunder most?: A 1200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Lichess blitz 5+0: on 22.2 of every 100 live moves there, against 20.8 in the endgame and 10.7 in the opening.
Lichess blitz 5+0: What openings do 1200 rated players play?: As White in Lichess blitz 5+0, 66.5% of players rated around 1200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 22.1% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. The King's Pawn is opened less as ratings rise: 68.0% around 900, 63.5% around 1500. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 53.6% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 11.1%.
Lichess blitz 5+0: How does a 1200 do against a 1300?: A 1200 scores 43.4% against a 1300 in Lichess blitz 5+0. Against an 1100 they score 57.1%.
Lichess blitz 5+0: What is 1200 on Lichess in Chess.com rating?: A 1200 on Lichess is about 761 on Chess.com in blitz 5+0, 439 points lower. 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.
Lichess blitz 5+0: Is a 1200 in blitz as strong as a 1200 in rapid?: Yes, about the same. On Lichess, players rated 1200 in blitz 5+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 1240 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.

Lichess rapid 10+0

What a 1200 actually does in Lichess rapid 10+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
Blunders	20.8	18.2	17.1
Mistakes	15.7	15.7	15.0
Inaccuracies	11.1	11.5	11.4
Average centipawn loss	75.4	69.7	68.3
Plays the engine's top move	31%	32%	33%
Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer	67%	70%	70%
Game length	30.4	31.4	32.0
Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided	12.5	13.5	14.8
How they use the clock
Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock	6%	6%	7%
Seconds per move	8.9	8.8	8.8
Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less	26%	27%	27%
Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock	92%	93%	93%
Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock	81%	81%	82%
Clock left at move 30in games that get there	57%	57%	57%
Clock left at move 50in games that get there	41%	40%	39%
Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%
What the game looks like
Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn	96%	96%	96%
Reaches an endgame	26%	28%	28%
Capturesper 100 own moves	27.2	26.9	26.4
Checksper 100 own moves	11.2	10.6	9.9

How others play against a 1200 in Lichess rapid 10+0

Result	1100	1200	1300
How the game goes
Score against them	41.0%	50.0%	58.4%
Converting and defending
Score after reaching +1	59%	66%	74%
Score after reaching +2	64%	70%	77%
Ever loses from +4	24%	19%	13%
Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two	24%	29%	36%

Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 1200.

Where a 1200 blunders in Lichess rapid 10+0

Measure	1100	1200	1300
When in the game
Opening	14.9	12.5	11.0
Middlegame	26.8	23.5	22.2
Endgame	20.4	18.7	18.0
In what kind of position
Winning	21.3	19.7	19.2
Better	15.2	13.2	12.4
Balanced	12.5	11.1	10.4
Worse	16.9	14.5	14.0
With how much clock left
Over half	20.1	17.4	16.3
25 to 50%	27.1	26.0	24.4
10 to 25%	24.8	24.5	25.4
Under 10%	31.1	31.2	28.8
With which piece
Queen	25.0	21.8	20.9
Rook	23.8	21.6	20.2
Knight	20.8	18.6	17.1
Bishop	19.2	17.0	15.5
Pawn	19.6	16.7	15.9
King	18.0	15.4	15.2

How much 1200-rated players differ in Lichess rapid 10+0

Measure	5%	25%	75%	95%
Blunders	13.2	16.2	20.0	22.9
Mistakes	13.0	14.6	16.7	18.4
Inaccuracies	9.7	10.7	12.0	13.1
Finds the only move	63%	67%	75%	81%
Seconds per move	4.6s	6.7s	10.3s	12.7s
Games in time trouble	0%	1%	8%	19%

Each column is a share of 1200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.

What separates a 1200 from a 1500 in Lichess rapid 10+0

Skill, and what trains it	1200	1500	Gap
Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings	12.5	8.1	35% lower
Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move	23.5	17.5	26% lower
Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something	6.6%	5.3%	19% lower
Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity	18.7	15.7	16% lower
Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing	52%	59%	+7 pts
Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing	54%	59%	+5 pts
Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating	49%	54%	+5 pts
Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else	83%	87%	+4 pts
Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line	33%	39%	+6 pts
Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions	54%	55%	+1 pt

What a 1200 plays in Lichess rapid 10+0

As White

First move	Share	Score
1.e4King's Pawn	71.2%	53.9%
1.d4Queen's Pawn	20.1%	52.4%
1.Nf3Réti / Zukertort	2.2%	53.0%
Every other move	6%	n/a

Against 1.e4

Reply	Share	Score
1...e5Open Game	61.7%	50.4%
1...d5Scandinavian Defense	8.2%	48.0%
1...c5Sicilian Defense	8.1%	50.8%
Every other move	22%	n/a

Against 1.d4

Reply	Share	Score
1...d5Closed Game	55.8%	47.2%
1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit	9.4%	47.8%
1...Nf6Indian Defense	9.0%	49.0%
Every other move	26%	n/a

What punishes a 1200 in Lichess rapid 10+0

The idea that refuted the blunder	Share of blunders
Piece left hanging	24%
Losing exchange	12%
Discovered attack	10%
Fork	10%
Pin or skewer	8%

Questions about a 1200 in Lichess rapid 10+0

Lichess rapid 10+0: Is 1200 a good chess rating?: 1200 is a little below the middle as chess ratings go. 33% of Lichess rapid players are rated below 1200, and the middle player there is rated about 1379. On Chess.com, the same standard of play is rated about 845.
Lichess rapid 10+0: What percentile is 1200 Elo?: A 1200 rating is about the 33rd percentile on Lichess. 67% of Lichess rapid players are rated 1200 or higher. On Chess.com, 93% of rapid players are rated below 1200. Every rating side by side: the Lichess rating guide.
Lichess rapid 10+0: How accurate is a 1200 rated chess player?: A 1200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 32% of moves in Lichess rapid 10+0 and loses 69.7 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 1200 is where the average loss first drops under 70 centipawns a move.
Lichess rapid 10+0: How many blunders does a 1200 make per game?: A 1200-rated player makes about 2.5 blunders per game in Lichess rapid 10+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. The first rating to average under 2.5 blunders a game is 1400.
Lichess rapid 10+0: Do 1200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?: Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 1200-rated player blunders 1.8 times as often as with more than half of it. A 1200 gets that low on time in 6% of games in Lichess rapid 10+0. The effect is smaller higher up: 1.5 times as often for a 1500.
Lichess rapid 10+0: What mistakes do 1200 rated players make?: 24% of the blunders a 1200-rated player makes in Lichess rapid 10+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 26% at 900 and 21% at 1500. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 12%.
Lichess rapid 10+0: When in the game do 1200 rated players blunder most?: A 1200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Lichess rapid 10+0: on 23.5 of every 100 live moves there, against 18.7 in the endgame and 12.5 in the opening. It takes until 1200 for the rate in the middlegame to drop under 25 in every 100 live moves.
Lichess rapid 10+0: What openings do 1200 rated players play?: As White in Lichess rapid 10+0, 71.2% of players rated around 1200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 20.1% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. The King's Pawn is opened less as ratings rise: 71.8% around 900, 65.8% around 1500. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 61.7% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 8.2%.
Lichess rapid 10+0: How does a 1200 do against a 1300?: A 1200 scores 41.6% against a 1300 in Lichess rapid 10+0. Against an 1100 they score 59.0%.
Lichess rapid 10+0: What is 1200 on Lichess in Chess.com rating?: A 1200 on Lichess is about 845 on Chess.com in rapid 10+0, 355 points lower. 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.
Lichess rapid 10+0: Is a 1200 in rapid as strong as a 1200 in blitz?: No, the rapid players are the stronger. On Lichess, players rated 1200 in rapid 10+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 1283 in blitz 3+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.