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Premium Membership correlates with Player Rating

Submitted by DrawMaster on Fri Aug 7, 2009 8:20pm.

(Personal opinion below, and does not necessarily represent the views of chess.com management or anyone else with authority or insight.) Not many minutes go by in Live Chess chat without some player asking the question: "Is a premium membership w... Read more »

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How to Calculate the Effect of Bonus Time

Submitted by DrawMaster on Sun May 3, 2009 4:23pm.

After you've played in Live Chess for a few days or more, you recognize that there are three separately rated game types: Quick, Blitz, and Long. You also note that time controls of 1 0 and 2 0 games are Quick, that 3 0 through 14 0 are Blitz, and... Read more »

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Average Player Rating? It Depends.

Submitted by DrawMaster on Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:42pm.

Many people ask, "What is an average player rating?" Well, there are many answers to that, but here I'll present just two possible measures. You can decide if these are representative and helpful. The first of these is a snapshot of the ratings ... Read more »

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