How good is a 300 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 300 Elo?
28%of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 300
72% are rated 300 or higher.
28.3blunders per 100 live moves
10.7inaccuracies per 100 live moves
60%of only moves found
28%of games reach time trouble
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What a 300 actually does
| Measure | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 31.6 | 28.3 | 25.3 |
| Mistakes | 17.1 | 17.4 | 16.9 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
| Average centipawn loss | 101.3 | 94.3 | 87.7 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 25% | 27% | 28% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 54% | 60% | 62% |
| Game length | 26.8 | 28.0 | 29.3 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 9.4 | 10.3 | 11.3 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 31% | 28% | 28% |
| Seconds per move | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 82% | 84% | 86% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 60% | 63% | 66% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 27% | 30% | 31% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 16% | 17% | 16% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 97% | 98% | 97% |
| Reaches an endgame | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 27.8 | 28.5 | 28.2 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 10.1 | 11.0 | 10.6 |
How others play against a 300
| Measure | 200vs 300 | 300vs 300 | 400vs 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score against them | 38.5% | 50.0% | 58.8% |
| Score after reaching +1 | 46% | 59% | 65% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 48% | 61% | 68% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 45% | 32% | 26% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 26% | 35% | 42% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 300.
Where a 300 blunders
| Measure | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 24.5 | 21.1 | 18.3 |
| Middlegame | 40.9 | 36.7 | 32.8 |
| Endgame | 34.9 | 29.3 | 27.1 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 31.1 | 26.5 | 25.3 |
| Better | 23.9 | 21.4 | 18.7 |
| Balanced | 21.3 | 17.9 | 15.7 |
| Worse | 24.8 | 22.3 | 19.8 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 28.4 | 25.4 | 22.5 |
| 25 to 50% | 41.2 | 38.5 | 35.5 |
| 10 to 25% | 43.5 | 38.9 | 35.5 |
| Under 10% | 52.2 | 41.9 | 40.4 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 35.9 | 34.0 | 30.5 |
| Rook | 38.3 | 34.7 | 30.0 |
| Knight | 32.6 | 28.5 | 26.0 |
| Bishop | 29.4 | 25.3 | 22.7 |
| Pawn | 28.9 | 25.9 | 23.4 |
| King | 29.3 | 25.7 | 22.5 |
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.
When a 300 blunders most
Blunders per 100 live moves
When in the game
Most in the middlegame: 74% more often than in the opening.
- 300, Opening: 21.1
- 300, Middlegame: 36.7
- 300, Endgame: 29.3
In what kind of position
Most when winning: 48% more often than in a balanced game.
- 300, Winning: 26.5
- 300, Better: 21.4
- 300, Balanced: 17.9
- 300, Worse: 22.3
With how much clock left
Most with under 10% of the clock: 65% more often than with over half the clock.
- 300, Over half: 25.4
- 300, 25 to 50%: 38.5
- 300, 10 to 25%: 38.9
- 300, Under 10%: 41.9
With which piece
Most on rook moves: 37% more often than on bishop moves.
- 300, Queen: 34.0
- 300, Rook: 34.7
- 300, Knight: 28.5
- 300, Bishop: 25.3
- 300, Pawn: 25.9
- 300, King: 25.7
How much 300-rated players differ
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 20.6 | 25.6 | 32.6 | 38.1 |
| Mistakes | 15.0 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 20.3 |
| Inaccuracies | 8.4 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 13.0 |
| Finds the only move | 48% | 54% | 64% | 70% |
| Seconds per move | 3.1s | 4.0s | 5.4s | 6.6s |
| Games in time trouble | 4% | 16% | 38% | 53% |
Each column is a share of 300-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
The move quality range a 300 plays in
200 to 400is how half of 300-rated players play, going by how often they blunder
Nine in ten: 100 to 650.
Of 100 players rated 300, how many blunder
- like a 200 or lower26
- like a 30046
- like a 400 or higher28
What separates a 300 from a 600
| Skill, and what trains it | 300 | 600 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 21.1 | 14.0 | 34% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 36.7 | 27.0 | 26% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 9.6% | 7.4% | 23% lower |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 40% | 48% | +8 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 42% | 50% | +8 pts |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 29.3 | 24.0 | 18% lower |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 41% | 46% | +5 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 72% | 80% | +8 pts |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 27% | 28% | +1 pt |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 36% | 36% | no gain |
What a 300 plays
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn 63.5%, scores 45.9%
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn 18.8%, scores 47.9%
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs 5.5%, scores 45.3%
- every other move 12%
Against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game 55.8%, scores 45.0%
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense 14.8%, scores 46.4%
- 1...e6 French Defense 7.8%, scores 45.6%
- every other move 22%
Against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game 46.1%, scores 46.9%
- 1...e5 Englund Gambit 13.2%, scores 39.4%
- 1...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit 11.8%, scores 45.1%
- every other move 29%
300 on each site and time control
| Played on | Blunders | Mistakes | Inaccs | ACPL | Only move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess.com blitz 3+0 | 28.3 | 17.4 | 10.7 | 94.3 | 60% |
| Chess.com blitz 5+0 | 26.6 | 17.1 | 10.8 | 89.7 | 61% |
| Chess.com rapid 10+0 | 33.0 | 16.9 | 9.7 | 98.4 | 53% |
| 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 300 in blitz 3+0 is about 815 on Lichess. Full conversion tables
What punishes a 300
Share of all blunders, by the idea that refuted them
Most often a piece left hanging: 28% of all blunders, against 26% at 600.
- 300, Piece left hanging: 28%
- 300, Fork: 12%
- 300, Losing exchange: 11%
- 300, Discovered attack: 10%
- 300, Pin or skewer: 7%
Frequently asked about 300-rated players
Answered for Chess.com blitz 3+0, the choice at the top of the page.
Is 300 a good chess rating?
300 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 28% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 300, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 300 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 300 on Chess.com plays like an 815 on Lichess, where 5% of blitz players are rated lower.
What percentile is 300 Elo?
A 300 rating is about the 28th percentile on Chess.com. 72% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 300 or higher. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
How accurate is a 300 rated chess player?
A 300-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 27% of moves in Chess.com blitz 3+0 and loses 94.3 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 300 is where the average loss first drops under 95 centipawns a move.
How many blunders does a 300 make per game?
A 300-rated player makes about 2.9 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 600 makes about 2.8.
Do 300 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 300-rated player blunders 1.6 times as often as with more than half of it. A 300 gets that low on time in 28% of games in Chess.com blitz 3+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 1.9 times as often for a 600.
What mistakes do 300 rated players make?
28% of the blunders a 300-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 3+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 26% at 600. Next come blunders involving a fork, at 12%.
When in the game do 300 rated players blunder most?
A 300-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 3+0: on 36.7 of every 100 live moves there, against 29.3 in the endgame and 21.1 in the opening.
What openings do 300 rated players play?
As White in Chess.com blitz 3+0, 63.5% of players rated around 300 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 18.8% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 600, e4 is opened by 63.0%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 55.8% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 14.8%.
How does a 300 do against a 400?
A 300 scores 41.2% against a 400 in Chess.com blitz 3+0. Against a 200 they score 61.5%.
What is 300 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
A 300 on Chess.com is about 815 on Lichess in blitz 3+0, 515 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 300 in blitz as strong as a 300 in rapid?
No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 300 in blitz 3+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 384 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.
300 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 300 actually does in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 30.9 | 26.6 | 23.7 |
| Mistakes | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.3 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| Average centipawn loss | 98.4 | 89.7 | 83.4 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 26% | 28% | 29% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 56% | 61% | 64% |
| Game length | 27.9 | 28.5 | 29.7 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Seconds per move | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 86% | 87% | 88% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 68% | 69% | 71% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 36% | 38% | 40% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 22% | 23% | 25% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Reaches an endgame | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 27.3 | 27.6 | 27.3 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.9 |
How others play against a 300 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Result | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 37.1% | 50.0% | 60.0% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 51% | 64% | 73% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 55% | 68% | 76% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 34% | 24% | 16% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 25% | 35% | 42% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 300.
Where a 300 blunders in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 24.3 | 19.8 | 17.0 |
| Middlegame | 39.4 | 34.2 | 30.7 |
| Endgame | 32.5 | 29.4 | 26.5 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 30.1 | 25.4 | 23.1 |
| Better | 24.1 | 19.8 | 17.5 |
| Balanced | 21.0 | 17.3 | 15.1 |
| Worse | 23.4 | 20.5 | 18.6 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 28.8 | 24.4 | 21.8 |
| 25 to 50% | 40.9 | 37.2 | 33.5 |
| 10 to 25% | 40.2 | 37.2 | 33.8 |
| Under 10% | 48.1 | 40.7 | 36.4 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 36.1 | 30.7 | 27.7 |
| Rook | 38.4 | 32.3 | 28.9 |
| Knight | 31.7 | 27.0 | 23.8 |
| Bishop | 27.9 | 23.8 | 21.3 |
| Pawn | 28.4 | 24.9 | 22.4 |
| King | 28.1 | 25.1 | 21.4 |
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 300-rated players differ in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 21.1 | 24.4 | 29.6 | 34.1 |
| Mistakes | 14.7 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 19.8 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.1 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 12.3 |
| Finds the only move | 51% | 56% | 65% | 71% |
| Seconds per move | 4.6s | 5.7s | 7.6s | 9.0s |
| Games in time trouble | 2% | 9% | 23% | 38% |
Each column is a share of 300-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 300 from a 600 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 300 | 600 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 19.8 | 13.1 | 34% lower |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 35% | 46% | +11 pts |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 29.4 | 21.3 | 27% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 34.2 | 26.6 | 22% lower |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 41% | 50% | +9 pts |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 9.2% | 7.2% | 21% lower |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 45% | 51% | +6 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 44% | 49% | +5 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 74% | 81% | +7 pts |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 27% | 32% | +5 pts |
What a 300 plays in Chess.com blitz 5+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 64.9% | 47.3% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 18.9% | 48.4% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 5.1% | 44.6% |
| Every other move | 11% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 58.1% | 43.0% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 14.6% | 47.4% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 6.2% | 45.8% |
| Every other move | 21% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 51.3% | 40.7% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 11.9% | 38.9% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 9.7% | 49.3% |
| Every other move | 27% | n/a |
What punishes a 300 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 27% |
| Losing exchange | 13% |
| Discovered attack | 11% |
| Fork | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 8% |
Questions about a 300 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Is 300 a good chess rating?
- 300 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 28% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 300, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 300 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 300 on Chess.com plays like an 810 on Lichess, where 5% of blitz players are rated lower.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What percentile is 300 Elo?
- A 300 rating is about the 28th percentile on Chess.com. 72% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 300 or higher. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How accurate is a 300 rated chess player?
- A 300-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 28% of moves in Chess.com blitz 5+0 and loses 89.7 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 300 is where the average loss first drops under 90 centipawns a move.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How many blunders does a 300 make per game?
- A 300-rated player makes about 2.8 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. 300 is the first rating to average under 3 blunders a game.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Do 300 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 300-rated player blunders 1.7 times as often as with more than half of it. A 300 gets that low on time in 18% of games in Chess.com blitz 5+0. The effect is about the same for a 600.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What mistakes do 300 rated players make?
- 27% of the blunders a 300-rated player makes in Chess.com blitz 5+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 26% at 600. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 13%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: When in the game do 300 rated players blunder most?
- A 300-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 5+0: on 34.2 of every 100 live moves there, against 29.4 in the endgame and 19.8 in the opening.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What openings do 300 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com blitz 5+0, 64.9% of players rated around 300 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 18.9% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 600, e4 is opened by 66.3%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 58.1% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 14.6%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How does a 300 do against a 400?
- A 300 scores 40.0% against a 400 in Chess.com blitz 5+0. Against a 200 they score 62.9%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What is 300 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 300 on Chess.com is about 810 on Lichess in blitz 5+0, 510 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 300 in blitz as strong as a 300 in rapid?
- No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 300 in blitz 5+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 446 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 300 actually does in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 37.1 | 33.0 | 28.9 |
| Mistakes | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.0 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.4 | 9.7 | 10.4 |
| Average centipawn loss | 106.6 | 98.4 | 90.2 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 24% | 26% | 28% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 50% | 53% | 59% |
| Game length | 29.5 | 29.4 | 29.8 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 8.9 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Seconds per move | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 90% | 90% | 91% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 78% | 78% | 79% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 54% | 54% | 55% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 36% | 37% | 40% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 95% | 95% | 96% |
| Reaches an endgame | 29% | 26% | 27% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 26.1 | 27.2 | 27.3 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 11.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 |
How others play against a 300 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Result | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 36.8% | 50.0% | 58.5% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 54% | 64% | 72% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 56% | 66% | 74% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 32% | 23% | 18% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 23% | 33% | 39% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 300.
Where a 300 blunders in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 200 | 300 | 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 30.8 | 26.3 | 22.7 |
| Middlegame | 45.9 | 41.5 | 36.5 |
| Endgame | 31.9 | 31.0 | 28.2 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 33.2 | 30.6 | 27.0 |
| Better | 29.5 | 26.6 | 21.9 |
| Balanced | 25.3 | 22.0 | 18.7 |
| Worse | 29.0 | 24.8 | 22.3 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 36.3 | 32.0 | 28.1 |
| 25 to 50% | 43.7 | 42.2 | 38.2 |
| 10 to 25% | 41.5 | 40.1 | 34.3 |
| Under 10% | 46.0 | 41.1 | 31.6 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 43.3 | 38.2 | 34.2 |
| Rook | 44.6 | 39.3 | 34.0 |
| Knight | 36.7 | 33.8 | 28.7 |
| Bishop | 34.9 | 30.7 | 26.7 |
| Pawn | 34.2 | 30.1 | 26.9 |
| King | 32.5 | 29.5 | 25.9 |
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.
How much 300-rated players differ in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 27.7 | 31.0 | 35.6 | 39.0 |
| Mistakes | 14.6 | 15.8 | 17.7 | 19.4 |
| Inaccuracies | 7.9 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 11.4 |
| Finds the only move | 43% | 50% | 58% | 65% |
| Seconds per move | 5.3s | 7.4s | 10.6s | 12.9s |
| Games in time trouble | 0% | 1% | 8% | 20% |
Each column is a share of 300-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 300 from a 600 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 300 | 600 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 30% | 42% | +12 pts |
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 26.3 | 16.5 | 38% lower |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 25% | 33% | +8 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 37% | 48% | +11 pts |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 31.0 | 22.0 | 29% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 41.5 | 29.5 | 29% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 10.9% | 7.9% | 28% lower |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 40% | 49% | +9 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 38% | 46% | +8 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 67% | 78% | +11 pts |
What a 300 plays in Chess.com rapid 10+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 65.4% | 48.0% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 17.2% | 49.4% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 5.1% | 48.4% |
| Every other move | 12% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 59.2% | 44.2% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 12.4% | 43.7% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 6.4% | 43.0% |
| Every other move | 22% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 46.5% | 44.4% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 12.3% | 42.2% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 12.2% | 43.3% |
| Every other move | 29% | n/a |
What punishes a 300 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 27% |
| Losing exchange | 13% |
| Discovered attack | 11% |
| Fork | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 8% |
Questions about a 300 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: Is 300 a good chess rating?
- 300 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 26% of Chess.com rapid players are rated below 300, but the middle player there is rated only about 498. The word is for how a 300 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 300 on Chess.com plays like a 734 on Lichess, where 4% of rapid players are rated lower.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What percentile is 300 Elo?
- A 300 rating is about the 26th percentile on Chess.com. 74% of Chess.com rapid players are rated 300 or higher. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How accurate is a 300 rated chess player?
- A 300-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 26% of moves in Chess.com rapid 10+0 and loses 98.4 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 300 is where the average loss first drops under 100 centipawns a move.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How many blunders does a 300 make per game?
- A 300-rated player makes about 3.1 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 300 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- A little. With under 10% of the clock left, a 300-rated player blunders 28% more often than with more than half of it. A 300 gets that low on time in 6% of games in Chess.com rapid 10+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 1.5 times as often for a 600.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What mistakes do 300 rated players make?
- 27% of the blunders a 300-rated player makes in Chess.com rapid 10+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 24% at 600. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 13%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: When in the game do 300 rated players blunder most?
- A 300-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com rapid 10+0: on 41.5 of every 100 live moves there, against 31.0 in the endgame and 26.3 in the opening.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What openings do 300 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com rapid 10+0, 65.4% of players rated around 300 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 17.2% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 600, e4 is opened by 69.8%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 59.2% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 12.4%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How does a 300 do against a 400?
- A 300 scores 41.5% against a 400 in Chess.com rapid 10+0. Against a 200 they score 63.2%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What is 300 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 300 on Chess.com is about 734 on Lichess in rapid 10+0, 434 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 300 in rapid as strong as a 300 in blitz?
- No, the rapid players are the weaker. On Chess.com, players rated 300 in rapid 10+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 216 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.