Holy shit guys you're not bad at chess

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Chess.com

In fast time controls I think this is more the case, but like Magnus said, more time can cover for weaknesses, and I think "weaker players" can be very formidable in longer time controls since they can effectively stop making major material blunders. I'm new to OTB but my first OTB game I almost lost to a 1200 because I played too quickly and in my most recent tournament, a kid who will be 1600 I think (was 1500ish) could of easily won vs. Me despite him being 1400 chess.com rapid and me being 2000. In our actual game with the kid, he made no material blunders but had some fatal inaccuracies and only blundering once at the end of the game when he had under 3 minutes.

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Lichess

My point is that if you're talking to someone about chess and they ask if you're good, pretty much anyone that plays regularly and is above median (800 on chess.com and 1500 on lichess.org) can say yes.

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Vocabulary.com

Definitions of chess player, per vocabulary.com.

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