I know about the gap between online play and over-the-board (OTB) play, but it usually doesn't exceed 300 Elo points (on Chess.com). A 700 Elo difference seems unusual. Personally, I find OTB play more difficult than online, since I learned and played chess exclusively online and rarely handled the pieces. This really threw me off when I joined my club last year. For you, it might be due to that as well.
Struggling in otb even though i am 2200 rapid online (i am 1600 fide)
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Ludo2001Aube wrote:
I know about the gap between online play and over-the-board (OTB) play, but it usually doesn't exceed 300 Elo points (on Chess.com). A 700 Elo difference seems unusual. Personally, I find OTB play more difficult than online, since I learned and played chess exclusively online and rarely handled the pieces. This really threw me off when I joined my club last year. For you, it might be due to that as well.
yes
Sad thing is that in India, 2200 could very well be 1600 as the player pool there is ridiculously strong
In India that's normal.
dontplaysodirty wrote:
In India that's normal.
Yes, if OP moved to a different country, I would say their fide would be much higher
Yes , most people here after reaching 1800 fide just give up and start playing tournaments outside India.
AOT we're a similar online rating, we've played each other in the pool before :0
I am not even 1700 fide and am about 1800 ECF (the English rating system). So yeah OTB is really hard
@AOT_LeviAckerman, first kudos on your rapid/blitz/bullet on chess.com. Surprising how you aren't doing better OTB. Maybe you should work to get your daily chess rating up to 2000 to test your ability to analyse in depth, like you need in standard time control games?
It's not surprising at all. If you don't have OTB experience you're gonna suck at first
Struggling in otb even though i am 2200 online i am 1600 fide. losing to 1500 -1600 in fide .Are 1600 elo fide really so strong or i am lacking in otb skills?