How good is a 900 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 900 Elo?
80%of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 900
The top 20%. 4.3% are rated 900 to 999.
17.4blunders per 100 live moves
12.0inaccuracies per 100 live moves
70%of only moves found
22%of games reach time trouble
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What a 900 actually does
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 18.4 | 17.4 | 16.3 |
| Mistakes | 16.1 | 15.6 | 15.5 |
| Inaccuracies | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.2 |
| Average centipawn loss | 73.4 | 71.8 | 69.4 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 31% | 31% | 32% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 69% | 70% | 71% |
| Game length | 33.2 | 33.6 | 34.0 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 15.2 | 16.0 | 16.9 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Seconds per move | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 43% | 45% | 46% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 90% | 90% | 91% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 73% | 75% | 75% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 38% | 40% | 40% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 19% | 20% | 20% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Reaches an endgame | 31% | 31% | 31% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 26.4 | 26.2 | 25.9 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
How others play against a 900
| Measure | 800vs 900 | 900vs 900 | 1000vs 900 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score against them | 44.7% | 50.0% | 54.0% |
| Score after reaching +1 | 58% | 63% | 65% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 63% | 67% | 69% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 26% | 23% | 21% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 29% | 32% | 33% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 900.
Where a 900 blunders
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.2 |
| Middlegame | 23.7 | 22.5 | 21.1 |
| Endgame | 24.1 | 21.6 | 19.6 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 20.3 | 20.0 | 19.0 |
| Better | 13.7 | 12.6 | 11.8 |
| Balanced | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| Worse | 14.5 | 13.9 | 12.9 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 16.1 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
| 25 to 50% | 27.3 | 26.6 | 24.1 |
| 10 to 25% | 29.7 | 26.7 | 25.7 |
| Under 10% | 31.8 | 31.3 | 31.4 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 22.6 | 21.7 | 20.1 |
| Rook | 23.0 | 21.6 | 20.0 |
| Knight | 18.5 | 17.5 | 16.2 |
| Bishop | 15.8 | 15.3 | 14.1 |
| Pawn | 16.6 | 15.5 | 15.0 |
| King | 17.2 | 15.4 | 14.3 |
The four rows under “In what kind of position” leave out positions that are already won or already lost. Throwing away a won game still counts in the overall blunder rate, which is why that rate can be higher than all four.
When a 900 blunders most
Blunders per 100 live moves
When in the game
Most in the middlegame: 2.2 times as often as in the opening.
- 900, Opening: 10.1
- 900, Middlegame: 22.5
- 900, Endgame: 21.6
In what kind of position
Most when winning: 2.0 times as often as in a balanced game.
- 900, Winning: 20.0
- 900, Better: 12.6
- 900, Balanced: 10.2
- 900, Worse: 13.9
With how much clock left
Most with under 10% of the clock: 2.1 times as often as with over half the clock.
- 900, Over half: 15.1
- 900, 25 to 50%: 26.6
- 900, 10 to 25%: 26.7
- 900, Under 10%: 31.3
With which piece
Most on queen moves: 42% more often than on bishop moves.
- 900, Queen: 21.7
- 900, Rook: 21.6
- 900, Knight: 17.5
- 900, Bishop: 15.3
- 900, Pawn: 15.5
- 900, King: 15.4
How much 900-rated players differ
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 13.4 | 16.0 | 19.6 | 22.5 |
| Mistakes | 13.6 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 18.0 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.5 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 13.6 |
| Finds the only move | 61% | 66% | 74% | 78% |
| Seconds per move | 2.6s | 3.2s | 4.1s | 5.0s |
| Games in time trouble | 1% | 11% | 31% | 44% |
Each column is a share of 900-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
The move quality range a 900 plays in
700 to 1100is how half of 900-rated players play, going by how often they blunder
Nine in ten: 550 to 1400.
Of 100 players rated 900, how many blunder
- like an 800 or lower36
- like a 90030
- like a 1000 or higher34
What separates a 900 from a 1200
| Skill, and what trains it | 900 | 1200 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 10.1 | 7.3 | 28% lower |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 40% | 47% | +7 pts |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 22.5 | 18.9 | 16% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 21.6 | 19.0 | 12% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 6.5% | 5.7% | 11% lower |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 53% | 56% | +3 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 83% | 85% | +2 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 51% | 52% | +1 pt |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 54% | 55% | +1 pt |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 36% | 34% | no gain |
What a 900 plays
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn 63.8%, scores 49.2%
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn 21.4%, scores 47.1%
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs 4.2%, scores 50.6%
- every other move 11%
Against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game 49.8%, scores 48.2%
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense 13.5%, scores 49.3%
- 1...e6 French Defense 8.9%, scores 46.0%
- every other move 28%
Against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game 46.5%, scores 47.6%
- 1...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit 11.9%, scores 51.1%
- 1...e5 Englund Gambit 10.5%, scores 51.8%
- every other move 31%
900 on each site and time control
| Played on | Blunders | Mistakes | Inaccs | ACPL | Only move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess.com blitz 3+0 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 71.8 | 70% |
| Chess.com blitz 5+0 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 67.0 | 72% |
| Chess.com rapid 10+0 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 11.6 | 68.8 | 69% |
| Lichess blitz 3+0 | 25.9 | 16.5 | 11.0 | 87.8 | 61% |
| Lichess blitz 5+0 | 24.5 | 16.0 | 11.2 | 84.2 | 63% |
| Lichess rapid 10+0 | 26.3 | 16.5 | 10.6 | 85.2 | 62% |
A rating number only means something inside one pool. Chess.com 900 in blitz 3+0 is about 1299 on Lichess. Full conversion tables
What punishes a 900
Share of all blunders, by the idea that refuted them
Most often a piece left hanging: 25% of all blunders, against 26% at 600.
- 900, Piece left hanging: 25%
- 900, Losing exchange: 13%
- 900, Fork: 10%
- 900, Discovered attack: 9%
- 900, Quiet move: 8%
Frequently asked about 900-rated players
Answered for Chess.com blitz 3+0, the choice at the top of the page.
Is 900 a good chess rating?
900 is a little below the middle as chess ratings go. 80% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 900, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 900 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 900 on Chess.com plays like a 1299 on Lichess, where 37% of blitz players are rated lower.
What percentile is 900 Elo?
A 900 rating is about the 80th percentile on Chess.com. 20% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 900 or higher. On Lichess, 8% of blitz players are rated below 900. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
How accurate is a 900 rated chess player?
A 900-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 31% of moves in Chess.com blitz 3+0 and loses 71.8 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 70 centipawns a move at 1000.
How many blunders does a 900 make per game?
A 900-rated player makes about 2.8 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 and a 1200 about 2.7. The count barely moves between them, although a 900 blunders on 17.4 of every 100 live moves and a 600 on 20.9: a 900's games stay undecided for longer, so there are more moves to get wrong.
Do 900 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 900-rated player blunders 2.1 times as often as with more than half of it. A 900 gets that low on time in 22% of games in Chess.com blitz 3+0. The effect is about the same for a 1200.
What mistakes do 900 rated players make?
25% of the blunders a 900-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 and 23% at 1200. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 13%.
When in the game do 900 rated players blunder most?
A 900-rated player blunders about as often in the middlegame as in the endgame in Chess.com blitz 3+0: on 22.5 and 21.6 of every 100 live moves, against 10.1 in the opening.
What openings do 900 rated players play?
As White in Chess.com blitz 3+0, 63.8% of players rated around 900 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 21.4% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 600, e4 is opened by 63.0%, and around 1200 by 61.2%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 49.8% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 13.5%.
How does a 900 do against a 1000?
A 900 scores 46.0% against a 1000 in Chess.com blitz 3+0. Against an 800 they score 55.3%.
What is 900 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
A 900 on Chess.com is about 1299 on Lichess in blitz 3+0, 399 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 900 in blitz as strong as a 900 in rapid?
Yes, about the same. On Chess.com, players rated 900 in blitz 3+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 854 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.
900 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 900 actually does in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 16.8 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
| Mistakes | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 |
| Inaccuracies | 11.6 | 12.1 | 11.9 |
| Average centipawn loss | 68.4 | 67.0 | 64.7 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 32% | 32% | 33% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 71% | 72% | 73% |
| Game length | 33.4 | 33.8 | 34.4 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 15.7 | 16.6 | 17.5 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Seconds per move | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 91% | 91% | 92% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 76% | 77% | 78% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 44% | 45% | 46% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 97% | 97% | 97% |
| Reaches an endgame | 30% | 30% | 30% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 26.0 | 25.7 | 25.4 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.4 |
How others play against a 900 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Result | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 44.5% | 50.0% | 55.5% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 62% | 64% | 69% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 68% | 69% | 74% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 21% | 21% | 16% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 29% | 30% | 34% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 900.
Where a 900 blunders in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 10.4 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| Middlegame | 21.6 | 20.5 | 19.0 |
| Endgame | 18.5 | 18.4 | 17.2 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 19.0 | 18.5 | 17.4 |
| Better | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
| Balanced | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
| Worse | 13.0 | 12.5 | 11.9 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 15.1 | 14.3 | 13.2 |
| 25 to 50% | 24.5 | 23.5 | 22.2 |
| 10 to 25% | 24.4 | 23.8 | 21.9 |
| Under 10% | 31.0 | 26.3 | 26.4 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 21.0 | 19.2 | 18.1 |
| Rook | 21.4 | 19.8 | 18.6 |
| Knight | 15.9 | 15.4 | 14.7 |
| Bishop | 15.0 | 14.4 | 13.3 |
| Pawn | 15.3 | 14.4 | 13.3 |
| King | 14.9 | 14.1 | 12.8 |
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 900-rated players differ in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 12.0 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 21.0 |
| Mistakes | 12.6 | 13.9 | 16.3 | 18.1 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.8 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 13.2 |
| Finds the only move | 65% | 69% | 76% | 80% |
| Seconds per move | 3.2s | 4.5s | 6.5s | 8.2s |
| Games in time trouble | 0% | 5% | 23% | 41% |
Each column is a share of 900-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 900 from a 1200 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 900 | 1200 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 9.1 | 6.8 | 25% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 20.5 | 16.8 | 18% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 18.4 | 15.6 | 15% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 6.0% | 5.3% | 12% lower |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 52% | 56% | +4 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 54% | 58% | +4 pts |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 38% | 40% | +2 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 55% | 57% | +2 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 85% | 85% | no gain |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 55% | 49% | no gain |
What a 900 plays in Chess.com blitz 5+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 65.7% | 52.1% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 22.2% | 49.7% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 2.7% | 52.7% |
| Every other move | 9% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 52.8% | 45.7% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 10.3% | 47.3% |
| 1...c5Sicilian Defense | 9.9% | 50.9% |
| Every other move | 27% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 49.7% | 44.0% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 11.2% | 49.8% |
| 1...Nf6Indian Defense | 9.3% | 49.1% |
| Every other move | 30% | n/a |
What punishes a 900 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 25% |
| Losing exchange | 13% |
| Fork | 10% |
| Discovered attack | 9% |
| Quiet move | 7% |
Questions about a 900 in Chess.com blitz 5+0
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Is 900 a good chess rating?
- 900 is a little below the middle as chess ratings go. 80% of Chess.com blitz players are rated below 900, but the middle player there is rated only about 485. The word is for how a 900 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 900 on Chess.com plays like a 1316 on Lichess, where 38% of blitz players are rated lower.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What percentile is 900 Elo?
- A 900 rating is about the 80th percentile on Chess.com. 20% of Chess.com blitz players are rated 900 or higher. On Lichess, 8% of blitz players are rated below 900. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How accurate is a 900 rated chess player?
- A 900-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 32% of moves in Chess.com blitz 5+0 and loses 67.0 centipawns per move on average. The average loss first drops under 65 centipawns a move at 1000.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How many blunders does a 900 make per game?
- A 900-rated player makes about 2.6 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. A 600 makes about 2.8 and a 1200 about 2.5.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: Do 900 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 900-rated player blunders 1.8 times as often as with more than half of it. A 900 gets that low on time in 17% of games in Chess.com blitz 5+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 2.1 times as often for a 1200.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What mistakes do 900 rated players make?
- 25% of the blunders a 900-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 and 23% at 1200. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 13%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: When in the game do 900 rated players blunder most?
- A 900-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com blitz 5+0: on 20.5 of every 100 live moves there, against 18.4 in the endgame and 9.1 in the opening. It takes until 900 for the rate in the opening to drop under 10 in every 100 live moves.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What openings do 900 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com blitz 5+0, 65.7% of players rated around 900 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 22.2% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. The King's Pawn is opened less as ratings rise: 66.3% around 600, 63.6% around 1200. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 52.8% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 10.3%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: How does a 900 do against a 1000?
- A 900 scores 44.5% against a 1000 in Chess.com blitz 5+0. Against an 800 they score 55.5%.
- Chess.com blitz 5+0: What is 900 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 900 on Chess.com is about 1316 on Lichess in blitz 5+0, 416 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 900 in blitz as strong as a 900 in rapid?
- No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 900 in blitz 5+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 1020 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 900 actually does in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 19.2 | 17.7 | 16.5 |
| Mistakes | 15.9 | 15.6 | 15.0 |
| Inaccuracies | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| Average centipawn loss | 70.8 | 68.8 | 66.2 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 32% | 32% | 33% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 69% | 69% | 73% |
| Game length | 33.1 | 33.3 | 34.0 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 13.9 | 14.8 | 15.8 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 6% | 6% | 7% |
| Seconds per move | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 92% | 93% | 93% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 82% | 82% | 83% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 57% | 58% | 58% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 41% | 39% | 40% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 96% | 96% | 96% |
| Reaches an endgame | 31% | 30% | 31% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 26.3 | 26.0 | 25.8 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
How others play against a 900 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Result | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 44.4% | 50.0% | 54.4% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 61% | 66% | 71% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 67% | 71% | 76% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 21% | 17% | 13% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 26% | 30% | 32% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 900.
Where a 900 blunders in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 13.1 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| Middlegame | 24.7 | 22.5 | 21.1 |
| Endgame | 19.2 | 20.2 | 16.7 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 20.3 | 18.9 | 18.5 |
| Better | 14.1 | 13.1 | 11.8 |
| Balanced | 12.2 | 10.9 | 10.0 |
| Worse | 14.9 | 14.1 | 14.0 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 18.4 | 16.8 | 15.8 |
| 25 to 50% | 25.5 | 26.2 | 22.3 |
| 10 to 25% | 27.3 | 25.2 | 21.5 |
| Under 10% | 24.9 | 28.7 | 27.3 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 23.1 | 21.6 | 20.4 |
| Rook | 22.5 | 21.1 | 19.4 |
| Knight | 19.6 | 17.6 | 16.5 |
| Bishop | 17.4 | 16.3 | 15.0 |
| Pawn | 17.6 | 16.3 | 15.2 |
| King | 17.1 | 15.6 | 14.3 |
The four rows under “In what kind of position” leave out positions that are already won or already lost. Throwing away a won game still counts in the overall blunder rate, which is why that rate can be higher than all four.
How much 900-rated players differ in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 14.3 | 16.5 | 19.5 | 21.7 |
| Mistakes | 13.6 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 17.9 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.1 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 13.0 |
| Finds the only move | 63% | 67% | 72% | 77% |
| Seconds per move | 4.8s | 6.7s | 9.7s | 11.8s |
| Games in time trouble | 0% | 1% | 8% | 18% |
Each column is a share of 900-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 900 from a 1200 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 900 | 1200 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 30% | 44% | +14 pts |
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 11.7 | 8.5 | 27% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 22.5 | 18.3 | 19% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 20.2 | 16.8 | 17% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 6.5% | 5.5% | 14% lower |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 50% | 54% | +4 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 52% | 57% | +5 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 53% | 57% | +4 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 83% | 86% | +3 pts |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 47% | 51% | +4 pts |
What a 900 plays in Chess.com rapid 10+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 68.4% | 49.8% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 20.1% | 50.6% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 3.1% | 54.9% |
| Every other move | 8% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 57.9% | 47.1% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 10.9% | 43.6% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 7.4% | 48.4% |
| Every other move | 24% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 52.9% | 45.6% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 10.1% | 48.8% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 9.8% | 47.9% |
| Every other move | 27% | n/a |
What punishes a 900 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 22% |
| Losing exchange | 13% |
| Fork | 10% |
| Discovered attack | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 8% |
Questions about a 900 in Chess.com rapid 10+0
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: Is 900 a good chess rating?
- 900 is a little below the middle as chess ratings go. 82% of Chess.com rapid players are rated below 900, but the middle player there is rated only about 498. The word is for how a 900 plays, not for where it ranks on Chess.com: move for move, a 900 on Chess.com plays like a 1246 on Lichess, where 37% of rapid players are rated lower.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What percentile is 900 Elo?
- A 900 rating is about the 82nd percentile on Chess.com. 18% of Chess.com rapid players are rated 900 or higher. On Lichess, 11% of rapid players are rated below 900. Every rating side by side: the Chess.com rating guide.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How accurate is a 900 rated chess player?
- A 900-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 32% of moves in Chess.com rapid 10+0 and loses 68.8 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 900 is where the average loss first drops under 70 centipawns a move.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How many blunders does a 900 make per game?
- A 900-rated player makes about 2.6 blunders per game in Chess.com rapid 10+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. A 600 makes about 2.8 and a 1200 about 2.4.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: Do 900 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 900-rated player blunders 1.7 times as often as with more than half of it. A 900 gets that low on time in 6% of games in Chess.com rapid 10+0. The effect is about the same for a 1200.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What mistakes do 900 rated players make?
- 22% of the blunders a 900-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 and 23% at 1200. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 13%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: When in the game do 900 rated players blunder most?
- A 900-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Chess.com rapid 10+0: on 22.5 of every 100 live moves there, against 20.2 in the endgame and 11.7 in the opening.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What openings do 900 rated players play?
- As White in Chess.com rapid 10+0, 68.4% of players rated around 900 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: 69.8% around 600, 66.1% around 1200. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 57.9% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 10.9%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: How does a 900 do against a 1000?
- A 900 scores 45.6% against a 1000 in Chess.com rapid 10+0. Against an 800 they score 55.6%.
- Chess.com rapid 10+0: What is 900 on Chess.com in Lichess rating?
- A 900 on Chess.com is about 1246 on Lichess in rapid 10+0, 346 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 900 in rapid as strong as a 900 in blitz?
- No, the rapid players are the stronger. On Chess.com, players rated 900 in rapid 10+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 958 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 900 actually does in Lichess blitz 3+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 29.2 | 25.9 | 22.4 |
| Mistakes | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.4 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 |
| Average centipawn loss | 95.3 | 87.8 | 82.4 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 27% | 28% | 29% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 58% | 61% | 64% |
| Game length | 27.7 | 29.2 | 29.8 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 9.8 | 11.0 | 12.3 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 24% | 25% | 25% |
| Seconds per move | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 43% | 45% | 46% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 85% | 86% | 87% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 64% | 66% | 68% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.8% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 96% | 96% | 96% |
| Reaches an endgame | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 28.7 | 28.4 | 27.9 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 11.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
How others play against a 900 in Lichess blitz 3+0
| Result | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 39.5% | 50.0% | 59.1% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 53% | 62% | 70% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 55% | 65% | 73% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 36% | 28% | 20% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 27% | 35% | 43% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 900.
Where a 900 blunders in Lichess blitz 3+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 22.3 | 18.9 | 15.5 |
| Middlegame | 37.5 | 33.2 | 29.2 |
| Endgame | 32.4 | 30.0 | 26.2 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 28.2 | 25.4 | 22.3 |
| Better | 21.0 | 18.1 | 15.6 |
| Balanced | 18.7 | 16.2 | 13.8 |
| Worse | 22.6 | 19.6 | 17.7 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 26.3 | 23.1 | 19.6 |
| 25 to 50% | 38.7 | 34.8 | 32.3 |
| 10 to 25% | 40.2 | 37.5 | 33.7 |
| Under 10% | 46.4 | 42.5 | 39.5 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 35.6 | 30.9 | 27.1 |
| Rook | 35.4 | 31.6 | 27.2 |
| Knight | 30.2 | 26.2 | 22.9 |
| Bishop | 25.7 | 22.9 | 20.2 |
| Pawn | 26.4 | 24.1 | 20.3 |
| King | 26.5 | 23.4 | 20.4 |
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 900-rated players differ in Lichess blitz 3+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 18.7 | 22.8 | 28.6 | 33.1 |
| Mistakes | 14.1 | 15.3 | 17.3 | 19.1 |
| Inaccuracies | 8.8 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 12.9 |
| Finds the only move | 50% | 58% | 67% | 74% |
| Seconds per move | 2.9s | 3.8s | 5.3s | 6.6s |
| Games in time trouble | 3% | 13% | 35% | 51% |
Each column is a share of 900-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 900 from a 1200 in Lichess blitz 3+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 900 | 1200 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 18.9 | 11.9 | 37% lower |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 27% | 37% | +10 pts |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 33% | 42% | +9 pts |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 30.0 | 22.2 | 26% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 33.2 | 24.8 | 26% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 9.0% | 7.0% | 23% lower |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 43% | 50% | +7 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 43% | 48% | +5 pts |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 45% | 50% | +5 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 74% | 81% | +7 pts |
What a 900 plays in Lichess blitz 3+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 64.7% | 52.2% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 20.1% | 50.8% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 4.1% | 48.6% |
| Every other move | 11% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 57.2% | 50.4% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 13.0% | 50.6% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 7.0% | 53.4% |
| Every other move | 23% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 52.5% | 50.7% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 11.4% | 48.5% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 9.5% | 49.4% |
| Every other move | 27% | n/a |
What punishes a 900 in Lichess blitz 3+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 29% |
| Losing exchange | 12% |
| Discovered attack | 11% |
| Fork | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 7% |
Questions about a 900 in Lichess blitz 3+0
- Lichess blitz 3+0: Is 900 a good chess rating?
- 900 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 8% of Lichess blitz players are rated below 900, and the middle player there is rated about 1447. On Chess.com, the same standard of play is rated about 399.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: What percentile is 900 Elo?
- A 900 rating is about the 8th percentile on Lichess. 92% of Lichess blitz players are rated 900 or higher. On Chess.com, 80% of blitz players are rated below 900. Every rating side by side: the Lichess rating guide.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: How accurate is a 900 rated chess player?
- A 900-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 28% of moves in Lichess blitz 3+0 and loses 87.8 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 900 is where the average loss first drops under 90 centipawns a move.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: How many blunders does a 900 make per game?
- A 900-rated player makes about 2.9 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 600 makes about 2.9 and a 1200 about 2.7. The count barely moves between them, although a 900 blunders on 25.9 of every 100 live moves and a 600 on 36.3: a 900's games stay undecided for longer, so there are more moves to get wrong.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: Do 900 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 900-rated player blunders 1.8 times as often as with more than half of it. A 900 gets that low on time in 25% of games in Lichess blitz 3+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 2.1 times as often for a 1200.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: What mistakes do 900 rated players make?
- 29% of the blunders a 900-rated player makes in Lichess blitz 3+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 32% at 600 and 27% at 1200. Next come blunders involving a losing exchange, at 12%.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: When in the game do 900 rated players blunder most?
- A 900-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Lichess blitz 3+0: on 33.2 of every 100 live moves there, against 30.0 in the endgame and 18.9 in the opening.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: What openings do 900 rated players play?
- As White in Lichess blitz 3+0, 64.7% of players rated around 900 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 20.1% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 600, e4 is opened by 63.4%, and around 1200 by 63.9%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 57.2% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 13.0%.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: How does a 900 do against a 1000?
- A 900 scores 40.9% against a 1000 in Lichess blitz 3+0. Against an 800 they score 60.5%.
- Lichess blitz 3+0: What is 900 on Lichess in Chess.com rating?
- A 900 on Lichess is about 399 on Chess.com in blitz 3+0, 501 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 900 in blitz as strong as a 900 in rapid?
- Yes, about the same. On Lichess, players rated 900 in blitz 3+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 898 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 900 actually does in Lichess blitz 5+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 27.4 | 24.5 | 21.3 |
| Mistakes | 16.6 | 16.0 | 15.8 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.4 | 11.2 | 11.3 |
| Average centipawn loss | 89.4 | 84.2 | 78.1 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 28% | 29% | 30% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 61% | 63% | 66% |
| Game length | 29.2 | 29.9 | 30.8 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 10.5 | 11.5 | 12.7 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 16% | 16% | 15% |
| Seconds per move | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 88% | 89% | 89% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 71% | 72% | 73% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 40% | 42% | 42% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 94% | 95% | 96% |
| Reaches an endgame | 26% | 26% | 27% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 27.9 | 27.7 | 27.1 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 11.7 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
How others play against a 900 in Lichess blitz 5+0
| Result | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 40.7% | 50.0% | 58.4% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 56% | 63% | 71% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 59% | 66% | 74% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 30% | 24% | 18% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 27% | 34% | 40% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 900.
Where a 900 blunders in Lichess blitz 5+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 20.5 | 17.7 | 14.9 |
| Middlegame | 35.3 | 31.7 | 27.5 |
| Endgame | 28.5 | 26.1 | 22.3 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 27.0 | 25.0 | 21.7 |
| Better | 19.6 | 18.0 | 15.1 |
| Balanced | 17.4 | 14.9 | 13.2 |
| Worse | 20.8 | 18.4 | 16.7 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 25.5 | 22.7 | 19.5 |
| 25 to 50% | 37.0 | 32.9 | 30.2 |
| 10 to 25% | 33.7 | 34.8 | 30.1 |
| Under 10% | 41.7 | 39.4 | 33.5 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 32.9 | 28.9 | 25.2 |
| Rook | 33.7 | 29.2 | 25.5 |
| Knight | 28.3 | 24.8 | 21.8 |
| Bishop | 24.6 | 22.3 | 18.8 |
| Pawn | 25.1 | 22.8 | 19.9 |
| King | 23.4 | 22.0 | 19.5 |
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 900-rated players differ in Lichess blitz 5+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 17.5 | 22.0 | 27.0 | 31.5 |
| Mistakes | 13.6 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 19.1 |
| Inaccuracies | 9.4 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 13.3 |
| Finds the only move | 52% | 59% | 68% | 75% |
| Seconds per move | 3.3s | 4.9s | 7.6s | 9.6s |
| Games in time trouble | 0% | 5% | 24% | 40% |
Each column is a share of 900-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 900 from a 1200 in Lichess blitz 5+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 900 | 1200 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 17.7 | 10.7 | 39% lower |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 31.7 | 22.2 | 30% lower |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 34% | 44% | +10 pts |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 29% | 36% | +7 pts |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 8.6% | 6.4% | 25% lower |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 26.1 | 20.8 | 20% lower |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 47% | 54% | +7 pts |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 47% | 52% | +5 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 77% | 83% | +6 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 46% | 49% | +3 pts |
What a 900 plays in Lichess blitz 5+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 68.0% | 52.5% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 19.4% | 51.7% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 3.3% | 51.6% |
| Every other move | 9% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 62.0% | 48.8% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 11.7% | 46.6% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 6.8% | 52.0% |
| Every other move | 20% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 55.7% | 46.7% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 10.0% | 56.9% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 9.6% | 52.3% |
| Every other move | 25% | n/a |
What punishes a 900 in Lichess blitz 5+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 26% |
| Losing exchange | 12% |
| Discovered attack | 10% |
| Fork | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 8% |
Questions about a 900 in Lichess blitz 5+0
- Lichess blitz 5+0: Is 900 a good chess rating?
- 900 is near the bottom of the range of chess ratings. 8% of Lichess blitz players are rated below 900, and the middle player there is rated about 1447. On Chess.com, the same standard of play is rated about 394.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: What percentile is 900 Elo?
- A 900 rating is about the 8th percentile on Lichess. 92% of Lichess blitz players are rated 900 or higher. On Chess.com, 80% of blitz players are rated below 900. Every rating side by side: the Lichess rating guide.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: How accurate is a 900 rated chess player?
- A 900-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 29% of moves in Lichess blitz 5+0 and loses 84.2 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 900 is where the average loss first drops under 85 centipawns a move.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: How many blunders does a 900 make per game?
- A 900-rated player makes about 2.8 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 600 makes about 3.0 and a 1200 about 2.6.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: Do 900 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- Yes. With under 10% of the clock left, a 900-rated player blunders 1.7 times as often as with more than half of it. A 900 gets that low on time in 16% of games in Lichess blitz 5+0. The effect is about the same for a 1200.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: What mistakes do 900 rated players make?
- 26% of the blunders a 900-rated player makes in Lichess blitz 5+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 32% at 600 and 26% at 1200. Blunders involving a losing exchange grow at this level: 12%, up from 10% at 600.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: When in the game do 900 rated players blunder most?
- A 900-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Lichess blitz 5+0: on 31.7 of every 100 live moves there, against 26.1 in the endgame and 17.7 in the opening.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: What openings do 900 rated players play?
- As White in Lichess blitz 5+0, 68.0% of players rated around 900 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 19.4% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 600, e4 is opened by 64.9%, and around 1200 by 66.5%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 62.0% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 11.7%.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: How does a 900 do against a 1000?
- A 900 scores 41.6% against a 1000 in Lichess blitz 5+0. Against an 800 they score 59.3%.
- Lichess blitz 5+0: What is 900 on Lichess in Chess.com rating?
- A 900 on Lichess is about 394 on Chess.com in blitz 5+0, 506 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 900 in blitz as strong as a 900 in rapid?
- No, the blitz players are the stronger. On Lichess, players rated 900 in blitz 5+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 956 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 900 actually does in Lichess rapid 10+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 30.6 | 26.3 | 23.3 |
| Mistakes | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.0 |
| Inaccuracies | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
| Average centipawn loss | 93.0 | 85.2 | 79.4 |
| Plays the engine's top move | 27% | 29% | 30% |
| Finds the only moveshare of positions with one real answer | 56% | 62% | 64% |
| Game length | 28.4 | 29.3 | 30.0 |
| Live moves per gamemoves played while the game is not already decided | 9.2 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
| How they use the clock | |||
| Games in time troubleunder a tenth of the clock | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Seconds per move | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Instant movesplayed in two seconds or less | 23% | 24% | 25% |
| Clock left at move 8share of the starting clock | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Clock left at move 15share of the starting clock | 79% | 80% | 80% |
| Clock left at move 30in games that get there | 57% | 57% | 57% |
| Clock left at move 50in games that get there | 41% | 40% | 42% |
| Moves played inside a scrambleown clock under a tenth | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| What the game looks like | |||
| Games that end decisivelywon or lost, not drawn | 94% | 95% | 95% |
| Reaches an endgame | 26% | 26% | 27% |
| Capturesper 100 own moves | 27.8 | 27.8 | 27.2 |
| Checksper 100 own moves | 13.1 | 12.6 | 11.8 |
How others play against a 900 in Lichess rapid 10+0
| Result | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the game goes | |||
| Score against them | 39.4% | 50.0% | 59.8% |
| Converting and defending | |||
| Score after reaching +1 | 58% | 65% | 74% |
| Score after reaching +2 | 61% | 69% | 77% |
| Ever loses from +4 | 27% | 20% | 13% |
| Score from lost positionsgames where their eval fell to minus two | 25% | 31% | 38% |
Each column is how players of that rating do in their games against a 900.
Where a 900 blunders in Lichess rapid 10+0
| Measure | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When in the game | |||
| Opening | 24.5 | 20.5 | 17.5 |
| Middlegame | 38.9 | 33.8 | 30.1 |
| Endgame | 28.4 | 23.1 | 22.0 |
| In what kind of position | |||
| Winning | 29.2 | 26.2 | 23.8 |
| Better | 22.5 | 20.1 | 17.7 |
| Balanced | 19.5 | 15.7 | 14.2 |
| Worse | 24.2 | 21.5 | 18.4 |
| With how much clock left | |||
| Over half | 29.9 | 25.7 | 22.7 |
| 25 to 50% | 38.5 | 32.8 | 30.3 |
| 10 to 25% | 34.3 | 29.8 | 28.0 |
| Under 10% | 43.6 | 37.5 | 33.7 |
| With which piece | |||
| Queen | 37.2 | 30.8 | 28.4 |
| Rook | 35.9 | 30.7 | 27.0 |
| Knight | 31.5 | 27.7 | 24.4 |
| Bishop | 28.2 | 23.7 | 21.3 |
| Pawn | 28.0 | 24.7 | 21.2 |
| King | 26.0 | 22.4 | 20.3 |
The four rows under “In what kind of position” leave out positions that are already won or already lost. Throwing away a won game still counts in the overall blunder rate, which is why that rate can be higher than all four.
How much 900-rated players differ in Lichess rapid 10+0
| Measure | 5% | 25% | 75% | 95% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunders | 18.8 | 23.3 | 29.0 | 33.3 |
| Mistakes | 14.1 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 18.8 |
| Inaccuracies | 8.4 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| Finds the only move | 53% | 58% | 67% | 74% |
| Seconds per move | 4.6s | 6.8s | 10.5s | 13.0s |
| Games in time trouble | 0% | 0% | 7% | 19% |
Each column is a share of 900-rated players: a quarter are at or under the 25% figure, three quarters at or under the 75% one.
What separates a 900 from a 1200 in Lichess rapid 10+0
| Skill, and what trains it | 900 | 1200 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening blundersthe first ten moves of your openings | 20.5 | 12.5 | 39% lower |
| Finds the forkknight and queen forks, both directions | 40% | 54% | +14 pts |
| Middlegame blundersa check-captures-threats scan every move | 33.8 | 23.5 | 30% lower |
| Composure after an errorresetting after you drop something | 9.0% | 6.6% | 27% lower |
| Finds the quiet best movepositions where nothing is forcing | 45% | 54% | +9 pts |
| Endgame blundersrook endings and king activity | 23.1 | 18.7 | 19% lower |
| Finds the defensive savedefending worse positions instead of collapsing | 45% | 52% | +7 pts |
| Takes the free materialspotting hanging pieces before anything else | 73% | 83% | +10 pts |
| Trades down when aheadconverting an advantage by liquidating | 44% | 49% | +5 pts |
| Sees the deeper wincalculating past the third move of a line | 34% | 33% | no gain |
What a 900 plays in Lichess rapid 10+0
As White
| First move | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1.e4King's Pawn | 71.8% | 52.6% |
| 1.d4Queen's Pawn | 17.2% | 52.5% |
| 1.e3Van't Kruijs | 3.5% | 51.0% |
| Every other move | 8% | n/a |
Against 1.e4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...e5Open Game | 66.8% | 48.5% |
| 1...d5Scandinavian Defense | 10.0% | 47.6% |
| 1...e6French Defense | 5.9% | 51.2% |
| Every other move | 17% | n/a |
Against 1.d4
| Reply | Share | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1...d5Closed Game | 53.6% | 48.1% |
| 1...e5Englund Gambit | 11.5% | 51.1% |
| 1...e61...e6, usually a French or Queen's Gambit | 10.4% | 43.1% |
| Every other move | 24% | n/a |
What punishes a 900 in Lichess rapid 10+0
| The idea that refuted the blunder | Share of blunders |
|---|---|
| Piece left hanging | 26% |
| Losing exchange | 12% |
| Fork | 11% |
| Discovered attack | 10% |
| Pin or skewer | 8% |
Questions about a 900 in Lichess rapid 10+0
- Lichess rapid 10+0: Is 900 a good chess rating?
- 900 is in the lower part of the range of chess ratings. 11% of Lichess rapid players are rated below 900, and the middle player there is rated about 1379. On Chess.com, the same standard of play is rated about 474.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: What percentile is 900 Elo?
- A 900 rating is about the 11th percentile on Lichess. 89% of Lichess rapid players are rated 900 or higher. On Chess.com, 82% of rapid players are rated below 900. Every rating side by side: the Lichess rating guide.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: How accurate is a 900 rated chess player?
- A 900-rated player plays the engine's top choice on 29% of moves in Lichess rapid 10+0 and loses 85.2 centipawns per move on average. Going up the ratings, 900 is where the average loss first drops under 90 centipawns a move.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: How many blunders does a 900 make per game?
- A 900-rated player makes about 2.7 blunders per game in Lichess rapid 10+0, counting a move that loses at least 150 centipawns while the game is not already decided. A 600 makes about 3.1 and a 1200 about 2.5.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: Do 900 rated players blunder more in time trouble?
- A little. With under 10% of the clock left, a 900-rated player blunders 46% more often than with more than half of it. A 900 gets that low on time in 5% of games in Lichess rapid 10+0. The effect is bigger higher up: 1.8 times as often for a 1200.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: What mistakes do 900 rated players make?
- 26% of the blunders a 900-rated player makes in Lichess rapid 10+0 are a piece simply left hanging, the most common kind. That share is 30% at 600 and 24% at 1200. Blunders involving a losing exchange grow at this level: 12%, up from 10% at 600.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: When in the game do 900 rated players blunder most?
- A 900-rated player blunders most in the middlegame in Lichess rapid 10+0: on 33.8 of every 100 live moves there, against 23.1 in the endgame and 20.5 in the opening. It takes until 900 for the rate in the endgame to drop under 25 in every 100 live moves.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: What openings do 900 rated players play?
- As White in Lichess rapid 10+0, 71.8% of players rated around 900 open with e4, the King's Pawn, and 17.2% open with d4, the Queen's Pawn. Around 600, e4 is opened by 68.6%, and around 1200 by 71.2%. Against e4, the most common reply is e5, the Open Game, played in 66.8% of games, ahead of d5, the Scandinavian Defense, at 10.0%.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: How does a 900 do against a 1000?
- A 900 scores 40.2% against a 1000 in Lichess rapid 10+0. Against an 800 they score 60.6%.
- Lichess rapid 10+0: What is 900 on Lichess in Chess.com rating?
- A 900 on Lichess is about 474 on Chess.com in rapid 10+0, 426 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 900 in rapid as strong as a 900 in blitz?
- Yes, about the same. On Lichess, players rated 900 in rapid 10+0 play about as well, move for move, as players rated 903 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.