How good is a 200 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 200 Elo?
15%of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 200
85% are rated 200 or higher.
31.6blunders per 100 live moves
10.5inaccuracies per 100 live moves
54%of only moves found
31%of games reach time trouble
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What a 200 actually does
| Measure | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 37.3 | 31.6 | 28.3 |
| Mistakes | 17.4 | 17.1 | 17.4 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.7 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| Average centipawn loss | 114.3 | 101.3 | 94.3 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 23% | 25% | 27% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 49% | 54% | 60% |
| Game length | 24.8 | 26.8 | 28.0 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 35% | 31% | 28% |
| Seconds per move | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 79% | 82% | 84% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 55% | 60% | 63% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 25% | 27% | 30% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.5% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 98% | 97% | 98% |
| Reaches an endgame | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 27.2 | 27.8 | 28.5 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 9.1 | 10.1 | 11.0 |
How others play against a 200
| Measure | 100vs 200 | 200vs 200 | 300vs 200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score against them | 33.7% | 50.0% | 61.5% |
| Score after reaching +1 | 45% | 58% | 67% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 46% | 60% | 70% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 47% | 34% | 24% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 25% | 35% | 44% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 200.
Where a 200 blunders
| Measure | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 30.6 | 24.5 | 21.1 |
| Middlegame | 47.2 | 40.9 | 36.7 |
| Endgame | 38.0 | 34.9 | 29.3 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 34.4 | 31.1 | 26.5 |
| Better | 30.3 | 23.9 | 21.4 |
| Balanced | 26.9 | 21.3 | 17.9 |
| Worse | 30.2 | 24.8 | 22.3 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 33.7 | 28.4 | 25.4 |
| 25 to 50% | 46.3 | 41.2 | 38.5 |
| 10 to 25% | 49.7 | 43.5 | 38.9 |
| Under 10% | 55.9 | 52.2 | 41.9 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 44.2 | 35.9 | 34.0 |
| Rook | 47.5 | 38.3 | 34.7 |
| Knight | 37.8 | 32.6 | 28.5 |
| Bishop | 34.2 | 29.4 | 25.3 |
| Pawn | 33.2 | 28.9 | 25.9 |
| King | 34.0 | 29.3 | 25.7 |
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 200 blunders most
Blunders per 100 live moves
When in the game
Most in the middlegame: 67% more often than in the opening.
- 200, Opening: 24.5
- 200, Middlegame: 40.9
- 200, Endgame: 34.9
In what kind of position
Most when winning: 46% more often than in a balanced game.
- 200, Winning: 31.1
- 200, Better: 23.9
- 200, Balanced: 21.3
- 200, Worse: 24.8
With how much clock left
Most with under 10% of the clock: 84% more often than with over half the clock.
- 200, Over half: 28.4
- 200, 25 to 50%: 41.2
- 200, 10 to 25%: 43.5
- 200, Under 10%: 52.2
With which piece
Most on rook moves: 33% more often than on pawn moves.
- 200, Queen: 35.9
- 200, Rook: 38.3
- 200, Knight: 32.6
- 200, Bishop: 29.4
- 200, Pawn: 28.9
- 200, King: 29.3
How much 200-rated players differ
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 23.2 | 28.7 | 36.4 | 42.4 |
| Mistakes | 14.6 | 16.0 | 18.2 | 20.0 |
| Inaccuracies | 8.0 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 13.1 |
| Finds the only move | 42% | 49% | 60% | 65% |
| Seconds per move | 3.4s | 4.3s | 5.7s | 7.0s |
| Games in time trouble | 7% | 19% | 41% | 56% |
Each column is a share of 200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
The move quality range a 200 plays in
150 to 300is how half of 200-rated players play, going by how often they blunder
Nine in ten: 100 or lower to 550.
Of 100 players rated 200, how many blunder
- like a 100 or lower18
- like a 20055
- like a 300 or higher27
What separates a 200 from a 500
| Skill, and what trains it | 200 | 500 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 24.5 | 16.1 | 34% lower |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 23% | 31% | +8 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 35% | 47% | +12 pts |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 30% | 40% | +10 pts |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 34.9 | 25.2 | 28% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 40.9 | 30.5 | 25% lower |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 36% | 45% | +9 pts |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 10.6% | 8.2% | 23% lower |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 39% | 46% | +7 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 68% | 77% | +9 pts |
What a 200 plays
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn 62.0%, scores 40.6%
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn 18.7%, scores 41.9%
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs 5.7%, scores 37.8%
- every other move 14%
Against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game 55.5%, scores 38.4%
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense 14.2%, scores 40.3%
- 1...e6 French Defense 7.8%, scores 42.1%
- every other move 22%
Against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game 44.1%, scores 40.9%
- 1...e5 Englund Gambit 14.8%, scores 35.2%
- 1...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit 11.7%, scores 40.7%
- every other move 29%
200 on each site and time control
| Played on | Blunders | Mistakes | Inaccs | ACPL | Only move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess.com blitz 3+0 | 31.6 | 17.1 | 10.5 | 101.3 | 54% |
| Chess.com blitz 5+0 | 30.9 | 17.2 | 10.2 | 98.4 | 56% |
| Chess.com rapid 10+0 | 37.1 | 16.7 | 9.4 | 106.6 | 50% |
| 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 200 in blitz 3+0 is about 704 on Lichess. Full conversion tables
What punishes a 200
Share of all blunders, by the idea that refuted them
Most often a piece left hanging: 29% of all blunders, against 26% at 500.
- 200, Piece left hanging: 29%
- 200, Discovered attack: 11%
- 200, Losing exchange: 11%
- 200, Fork: 11%
- 200, Pin or skewer: 8%
Frequently asked about 200-rated players
Answered for Chess.com blitz 3+0, the choice at the top of the page.
Is 200 a good chess rating?
200 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 15% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 200, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 200 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 200 on Chess.com plays like a 704 on Lichess, where 2% of blitz players are rated lower.
What percentile is 200 Elo?
A 200 rating is about the 15th percentile on Chess.com. 85% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 200 or higher. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
How accurate is a 200 rated chess player?
A 200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 25% of moves in Chess.com blitz 3+0 and loses 101.3 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 95 centipawns a move at 300.
How many blunders does a 200 make per game?
A 200-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 500 makes about 3.0. The count barely moves between them, although a 500 blunders on 23.5 of every 100 live moves and a 200 on 31.6: a 500's games stay undecided for longer, so there are more moves to get wrong.
Do 200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 200-rated player blunders 1.8 times as often as with more than half of it. A 200 gets that low on time in 31% of games in Chess.com blitz 3+0. The effect is about the same for a 500.
What mistakes do 200 rated players make?
29% of the blunders a 200-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 3+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. At 200 that share falls under 30% for the first time. Next come blunders involving a discovered attack, at 11%.
When in the game do 200 rated players blunder most?
A 200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 3+0: on 40.9 of every 100 live moves there, against 34.9 in the endgame and 24.5 in the opening.
What openings do 200 rated players play?
As White in Chess.com blitz 3+0, 62.0% of players rated around 200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 18.7% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 500, e4 is opened by 63.5%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 55.5% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 14.2%.
How does a 200 do against a 300?
A 200 scores 38.5% against a 300 in Chess.com blitz 3+0. Against a 100 they score 66.3%.
What is 200 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
A 200 on Chess.com is about 704 on Lichess in blitz 3+0, 504 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 200 in blitz as strong as a 200 in rapid?
No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 200 in blitz 3+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 284 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.
200 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 200 actually does in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 37.4 | 30.9 | 26.6 |
| Mistakes | 16.7 | 17.2 | 17.1 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| Average centipawn loss | 113.3 | 98.4 | 89.7 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 23% | 26% | 28% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 48% | 56% | 61% |
| Game length | 26.1 | 27.9 | 28.5 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 8.5 | 9.6 | 10.6 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Seconds per move | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 84% | 86% | 87% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 65% | 68% | 69% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 34% | 36% | 38% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.4% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Reaches an endgame | 21% | 24% | 24% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 26.8 | 27.3 | 27.6 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 10.1 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
How others play against a 200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Result | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 35.1% | 50.0% | 62.9% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 50% | 63% | 74% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 53% | 65% | 76% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 37% | 26% | 17% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 24% | 35% | 43% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 200.
Where a 200 blunders in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 30.5 | 24.3 | 19.8 |
| Middlegame | 47.2 | 39.4 | 34.2 |
| Endgame | 38.3 | 32.5 | 29.4 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 35.5 | 30.1 | 25.4 |
| Better | 29.6 | 24.1 | 19.8 |
| Balanced | 27.0 | 21.0 | 17.3 |
| Worse | 28.6 | 23.4 | 20.5 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 34.8 | 28.8 | 24.4 |
| 25 to 50% | 48.6 | 40.9 | 37.2 |
| 10 to 25% | 49.5 | 40.2 | 37.2 |
| Under 10% | 52.8 | 48.1 | 40.7 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 42.5 | 36.1 | 30.7 |
| Rook | 45.7 | 38.4 | 32.3 |
| Knight | 39.0 | 31.7 | 27.0 |
| Bishop | 33.8 | 27.9 | 23.8 |
| Pawn | 34.1 | 28.4 | 24.9 |
| King | 35.1 | 28.1 | 25.1 |
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 200-rated players differ in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 24.3 | 28.2 | 34.5 | 39.8 |
| Mistakes | 14.9 | 16.1 | 18.2 | 19.8 |
| Inaccuracies | 8.1 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 12.0 |
| Finds the only move | 45% | 52% | 62% | 68% |
| Seconds per move | 4.8s | 6.0s | 7.9s | 9.4s |
| Games in time trouble | 2% | 9% | 24% | 39% |
Each column is a share of 200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 200 from a 500 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 200 | 500 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 24.3 | 14.8 | 39% lower |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 25% | 32% | +7 pts |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 39.4 | 28.1 | 29% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 32.5 | 23.8 | 27% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 10.4% | 7.6% | 27% lower |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 39% | 48% | +9 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 40% | 48% | +8 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 70% | 79% | +9 pts |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 34% | 39% | +5 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 41% | 45% | +4 pts |
What a 200 plays in Chess.com blitz 5+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 62.9% | 41.9% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 18.6% | 42.6% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 5.5% | 38.1% |
| Every other move | 13% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 58.0% | 38.0% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 13.6% | 40.8% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 5.9% | 39.8% |
| Every other move | 22% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 49.3% | 36.4% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 11.6% | 45.0% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 11.5% | 35.1% |
| Every other move | 28% | n/a |
What punishes a 200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 29% |
| Losing exchange | 13% |
| Fork | 11% |
| Discovered attack | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 7% |
Questions about a 200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Is 200 a good chess rating?
- 200 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 15% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 200, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 200 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 200 on Chess.com plays like a 692 on Lichess, where 2% of blitz players are rated lower.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What percentile is 200 Elo?
- A 200 rating is about the 15th percentile on Chess.com. 85% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 200 or higher. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How accurate is a 200 rated chess player?
- A 200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 26% of moves in Chess.com blitz 5+0 and loses 98.4 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 200 is where the average loss first drops under 100 centipawns a move.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How many blunders does a 200 make per game?
- A 200-rated player makes about 3.0 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 200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 200-rated player blunders 1.7 times as often as with more than half of it. A 200 gets that low on time in 19% of games in Chess.com blitz 5+0. The effect is about the same for a 500.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What mistakes do 200 rated players make?
- 29% of the blunders a 200-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 5+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. At 200 that share falls under 30% for the first time. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 13%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: When in the game do 200 rated players blunder most?
- A 200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 5+0: on 39.4 of every 100 live moves there, against 32.5 in the endgame and 24.3 in the opening.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What openings do 200 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com blitz 5+0, 62.9% of players rated around 200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 18.6% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 500, e4 is opened by 65.5%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 58.0% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 13.6%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How does a 200 do against a 300?
- A 200 scores 37.1% against a 300 in Chess.com blitz 5+0. Against a 100 they score 64.9%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What is 200 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 200 on Chess.com is about 692 on Lichess in blitz 5+0, 492 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 200 in blitz as strong as a 200 in rapid?
- No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 200 in blitz 5+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 326 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 200 actually does in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 41.4 | 37.1 | 33.0 |
| Mistakes | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.9 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Average centipawn loss | 118.0 | 106.6 | 98.4 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 21% | 24% | 26% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 45% | 50% | 53% |
| Game length | 27.3 | 29.5 | 29.4 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 7.8 | 8.9 | 9.5 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Seconds per move | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 78% | 78% | 78% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 55% | 54% | 54% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 39% | 36% | 37% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Reaches an endgame | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 25.4 | 26.1 | 27.2 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 9.7 | 11.6 | 12.6 |
How others play against a 200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Result | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 32.3% | 50.0% | 63.2% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 48% | 63% | 75% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 50% | 66% | 78% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 39% | 24% | 15% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 21% | 34% | 44% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 200.
Where a 200 blunders in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 100 | 200 | 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 34.2 | 30.8 | 26.3 |
| Middlegame | 51.6 | 45.9 | 41.5 |
| Endgame | 40.3 | 31.9 | 31.0 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 37.0 | 33.2 | 30.6 |
| Better | 34.1 | 29.5 | 26.6 |
| Balanced | 29.1 | 25.3 | 22.0 |
| Worse | 33.6 | 29.0 | 24.8 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 40.3 | 36.3 | 32.0 |
| 25 to 50% | 52.8 | 43.7 | 42.2 |
| 10 to 25% | 51.6 | 41.5 | 40.1 |
| Under 10% | 51.1 | 46.0 | 41.1 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 48.6 | 43.3 | 38.2 |
| Rook | 48.5 | 44.6 | 39.3 |
| Knight | 41.5 | 36.7 | 33.8 |
| Bishop | 37.8 | 34.9 | 30.7 |
| Pawn | 37.5 | 34.2 | 30.1 |
| King | 39.8 | 32.5 | 29.5 |
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 200-rated players differ in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 30.7 | 34.7 | 40.3 | 44.4 |
| Mistakes | 14.4 | 15.6 | 17.6 | 19.4 |
| Inaccuracies | 7.3 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 11.4 |
| Finds the only move | 38% | 46% | 55% | 62% |
| Seconds per move | 5.4s | 7.5s | 10.7s | 13.0s |
| Games in time trouble | 0% | 1% | 8% | 19% |
Each column is a share of 200-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 200 from a 500 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 200 | 500 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 19% | 29% | +10 pts |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 29% | 45% | +16 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 34% | 47% | +13 pts |
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 30.8 | 19.5 | 37% lower |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 35% | 47% | +12 pts |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 12.3% | 8.6% | 30% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 45.9 | 32.7 | 29% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 31.9 | 23.4 | 27% lower |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 63% | 77% | +14 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 36% | 41% | +5 pts |
What a 200 plays in Chess.com rapid 10+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 62.5% | 41.7% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 17.9% | 41.5% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 5.1% | 39.9% |
| Every other move | 15% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 58.6% | 38.5% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 10.9% | 39.2% |
| 1...Nf6Alekhine Defense | 7.1% | 40.3% |
| Every other move | 23% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 45.0% | 39.1% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 14.1% | 35.4% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 11.3% | 38.6% |
| Every other move | 30% | n/a |
What punishes a 200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 29% |
| Fork | 11% |
| Losing exchange | 11% |
| Discovered attack | 11% |
| Pin or skewer | 8% |
Questions about a 200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: Is 200 a good chess rating?
- 200 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 13% of Chess.com rapid players are rated below 200, but the middle player there is rated only about 498. The word is for how a 200 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 200 on Chess.com plays like a 626 on Lichess, where 2% of rapid players are rated lower.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What percentile is 200 Elo?
- A 200 rating is about the 13th percentile on Chess.com. 87% of Chess.com rapid players are rated 200 or higher. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How accurate is a 200 rated chess player?
- A 200-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 24% of moves in Chess.com rapid 10+0 and loses 106.6 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 200 make per game?
- A 200-rated player makes about 3.3 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. The first rating to average under 3 blunders a game is 400.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: Do 200 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- A little. With under 10% of the clock left, a 200-rated player blunders 27% more often than with more than half of it. A 200 gets that low on time in 6% of games in Chess.com rapid 10+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 1.6 times as often for a 500.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What mistakes do 200 rated players make?
- 29% of the blunders a 200-rated player makes in Chess.com rapid 10+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. At 200 that share falls under 30% for the first time. Next come blunders involving a fork, at 11%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: When in the game do 200 rated players blunder most?
- A 200-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com rapid 10+0: on 45.9 of every 100 live moves there, against 31.9 in the endgame and 30.8 in the opening.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What openings do 200 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com rapid 10+0, 62.5% of players rated around 200 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 17.9% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 500, e4 is opened by 68.8%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 58.6% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 10.9%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How does a 200 do against a 300?
- A 200 scores 36.8% against a 300 in Chess.com rapid 10+0. Against a 100 they score 67.7%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What is 200 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 200 on Chess.com is about 626 on Lichess in rapid 10+0, 426 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.