It's great to hear about Indian prodigy Gukesh's victory in the Candidates Tournament. That means he is the next challenger of world Chess Championship. It will be Ding Liren vs Gukesh Dommaraju.
People often compare Coders and Chess players. Like tourist vs Magnus Carlsen. Comparing Coders and Chess players might be interesting due to the similarities in titles like GM, IM, CM etc. exist in both fields.
I'm curious to collect people's CF and Chess ratings together. Comment down your Peak CF Rating and Peak Chess rating (For Chess Rating you may Choose Lichess, Chess.com or even Fide).
Example: me(night.watchman) CF peak: 1459, Chess: 1960 (Lichess).
Huge congrats to Gukesh for the win, although I'm heartbroken for Fabi. Anyways great (and quite surprising) to see chess come up in here!
I was also looking for Fabiano Caruana. He was decent in this tournament but sadly not enough.
I am very bad in chess
I am VERY bad in chess
I am VERY bad in chess
i am very bad in chess
cf peak : 1262 chess : not played yet
I am VERY bad in chess
I am so grabage at chess
my chess rating is 1/4 of my rating of codeforces rating.
CF peak:361 (Only one contest) Chess: 1597(Chess.com)
CF peak: 1440 Chess: 2029(Chess.com)
CF max — 1070
Chess.com max — 1498+
Lichess max — 1600+
CF peak 1696 (before rollbacks) chess.com peak 2003
CF: 0, Chess.com: 1963
Have you played any FIDE tournament?
CF: 1510, Chess.com: ~600 Rapid
cf-1600 chess.com-1300
CF peak — 1745 chess.com rapid peak — 1665
bhajji op
bhajji op
bhajji orz
Abhishek_Srivastava :
CodeForces Peak: 2119,
Chess.com (Rapid) peak: 1340
Cf peak: 1791 Chess peak: 2411 blitz (chess com)
orz
bro is too smart for this world.
I wish lol. I have just played chess for 7 years in my childhood. It's not that impressive if you consider how long I've spent on chess.
Just curious, what do you think is harder, chess or CP? At which of the two did you feel more difficulty improving and how much hardwork does each one of them take to get to elite levels?
It's tough to say because I'm not sure what rating I'd achieve on Codeforces if I put in the same amount of time as I did with chess. I'd probably lean towards saying that chess seemed easier for me to improve in, considering I had a higher rating after 3 years of playing chess, which is the same amount of time I've spent on Codeforces.
CF : 1472 Chess.com : 1813(Rapid)
CF peak:1704, chess.com (rapid) peak:1453
Great
Thanks!!
CF = 1655
chess.com = 1425 (rapid)
CF peak — 1248
Chess.com Rapid peak — 1925 (5000 games)
CF — 2318
chess.com — 1634 (blitz)
Cf Peak — 1202
Fide Standard and Rapid — 1432
But i really dont do much cf mainly do oi style now restarting the cp grind also will be playing some otb in May
CF peak — 1600 Chess.com — 2090(rapid)
wow!! OP
Keyser_soze_09 orz. Oh Wow, so much rating.
Codeforces peak: 2887 Chess.com rapid peak: 1569
Owh a red commented on my blog!!!
Just from curiosity, does Chess feel a bit complex to you or don't you spent enough time on chess? in general, i saw people with lower CF rating and higher Chess rating.
I wouldn't say that I studied chess extensively but I definitely tried to do my best for quite some time, and I am just struggling to climb higher. I guess it is just a different skill... I got to this 1300-1600 range almost immediately, and then I am not progressing at all.
I'd assume there's no inverse correlation if you had perfect data, but the sample in this blog might be biased — people feel encouraged to comment either if they are proud of their CF rating or if they are proud of their chess rating (and in this case, statistically it's most likely that the other one will be just average and therefore will appear "low").
Why did you stop playing?
I hate the sicillian defence
Capy hates nothing, capy calm
resigns
Alapin gives nice positions against sicillian and not that much theory to read.
The Alapin is my go-to variation anyways, however it does occasionally lead to some unpleasant positions if black plays d5.
WOW. Decent enough in both fields.
Just from curiosity, which field feels a bit complex and hard to you?
Competitive programming is definitely more complex than chess.
As for which is harder, I'm not good enough at either to give a qualified opinion (definitely chess though).
CF: 1330; chess.com: 1500 Feel sad about Fabiano, but at the same time, its kinda cool that Gukesh did that at the age of 17
CF: Peak 1927
Chess.com: Peak 1541 (Bullet, mostly 1+0)
Lichess: Peak 1874 (Blitz), Peak 1851 (Bullet)
A fun fact:
I have been mostly playing bullet for a few years now. I also perform very good when it comes to speedforces. At least for the easier problems.
CF peak : (1475) Chess.com rapid peak : (1805) Lichess rapid peak : (2026)
CF Peak 1737, Chess: 2100(Lichess)
hello , i am state chess champion { username --> chess.com = laxmi_harii, lichess = laxmi-hari }
lichess.org , chess.com ---> lichess = 2200+ , chess.com = 2200+
CF:2315, chess.com:925
CodeForces Peak: 1562, lichess (Rapid) peak: 2002
CF: ~2150, lichess: 2000
cf: 1500, chess.com: rapid: 1600, blitz: 1500, bullet: 1500
code forces peak 1694
lichess blitz 1519
cf — 1770
chess.com — 0 :3
doesn't matter. still you're our(me and The_crawler) hero
and you are a chess inspiration for PSTU!
CF:1568
chess.com:1650
CF: 1940, Chess.com: 1487(Rapid)
Cf ~1600
Chess.com ~700 (but I haven't played for a long time and now my level is much lower)
iam currently on a 7 loss streak in chess 4 of which to a friend of mine whos rating is 1200ish in codeforces i dont think its comparable
chess.com bullet peak 1650
CF Peak: 2077, Lichess: Less than 1000 :3
CF: 1485 Chess: 1868 (chess.com).
CF Peak: 2295
Chess: Couldn't beat Window bot.
CodeForces: 2872 (recent peak: 2908) / Chess.com: 987 (Rapid)
CF:1280 Lichess:2008
1643(CF) and 1798 (chess.com — Rapid)
2374 blitz (highest 2438)
Not a big achievement since I was learning chess since I was 7. I know at least two CPers who are better in both CP and chess.
that is a big achievement
"Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it."
CF peak: 2404
Chess.com bullet peak: 1710 Chess.com rapid peak: 1500
bullet gang, where you at?
CF peak: 2391 Chess peak: 875 (chess.com)
Am I the only one who feel like chess is impossible to learn???
P.S. Heartbreak for Fabi :(
You're an IM. Chess obviously should be easy for you, at least to certain level.
I really struggle with chess and have no idea why lol. I have been playing almost every day for the last year or so, and my rating is still fairly stable around 700.
It indeed often correlate but in fact requires different skills
I feel that too (┬┬﹏┬┬)
CF 1900, Lichess 2300
CF Peak: 1710, Chess: 1100 (chess.com)
:) I am very bad in chess (~1000 rapid lichess)(CF peak: 1537 cf)
CF and chess.com peak both ~2100
how do you manage both?
Peak CF rating — 1659 Peak Fide Chess rating — 1677 Hoping to overtake on CF soon
Bit new to CF but my peak is 1168 and my lichess peak is 2250
I honestly love comp programming cause it’s really similar to my journey in chess.
Number go up, big happy mwahahaha
CF peak 2070, FIDE peak 2026, Lichess peak 2321.
But of course my younger brother smashes both of these with his CF peak of 2280 and FIDE peak of 2359 ;).
Ehh, back in those ancient times of my CF peak IM was from 2050 and I thought I could finally look my dad in the eye...
CF peak 1586, chess.com peak 2780 (bullet)
CF peak: 2178, Chess peak: 738(Chess.com, rapid)
Peak rating on Codeforces: 1667 Peak rating on Chess.com (rapid): 1667
Codeforces peak is 1508, and Chess.com peak is 1241
cf peak: 1933 chess: lmao.
Codeforces: 1403 Lichess (Rapid): 1982
CF peak : 1695
Chess.com peak: 1982 (chess.com)
I think there is a lot of similarity in the two fields
CF peak — 1750 (2014 y.)
CF average ~1400
CF-2024 ~1200
Chess at 2024:
Lichess:
rapid — 2200
blitz — 2100
bullet — 2300
Chess.com blitz — 1800
FIDE (all three) ~1800
CF peak: 2102
chess.com peak: 2092
king
Fabi was so close :(
CF: 2132 Lichess: 1821
CF peak — 1671
Chess.com peak — 2200 (rapid)
codeforces peak : 1736 chess.com (rapid) peak : 1420
cf: ~2600 chess: ~1500 in lichess (rapid)
how to have fun in studying endgame? :(
cf: 2182
lichess rapid: 2227
CF: 2288
Lichess rapid: 1597
CF: 2411
Chess.com rapid: 1768
Codeforces: 1712
Chess.com:
Blitz: 787
Rapid: 892
I usually play blitz more, but I guess this is abnormal for you guys.
Bro looks extra terrestrial.
2030 in chess.com
CF : 1317
Codeforces max. 1593
Chess max. 946
CF peak: 1428, Chess: 2260 Bullet (Lichess).
Chess is a waste of time, CF is fun and rewarding, leading to valuable skills, job opportunities, and a better future.
: I'M TRYING TO RETIRE FROM CHESS BUT I'M ADDICTED :
CF peak: 2437 Chess.com rapid peak: 907
Chess.com: 2050 (Omar_Hafez_Chess) Codeforces: 1410
Unfortinatly I didn't give competitive programming so much time Although I really enjoyed it
But it becomes so boring for me to learn new topics in Competitive Programming and Reading tutorials which is a real pain for me.. But in chess, I don't need to read long boring tutorials or watch badly prepared YouTube videos to understand a problem. In chess, I just need to imagine the board. I didn't read any book about chess or watch tutorial in chess or get a coach in it.
Codeforces: 1646
Chess.com (rapid): 1056
CF peak: 2196, Chess.com (Rapid 10 min) peak: 1968.
1680(peak):Codeforces 2300(peak):Lichess
Cf-(1392 max)
chess.com — 2087(max)
Codeforces : 1577 , Lichess : 1655
CF : 1458
Chess : 1860 (Chess.com) , 1513 FIDE
cf: 2222 chess.com: 2000 lichess: 2100
Same max rating as me lol
But way better at chess
Amao Fox: CF==2134 Chess.com peak==931
2222 on cf 921 chess.com rapid
CF -> 1605 Chess-> 2080 on lichess and 1922 on chess.com
CF : 1612
Chess.com :2100
Lichess : 2300
it's amazing that i got exactly the same elo in chess & cp. cp 1910(cf) and chesss 1910(chess.com)
Which one do you think was harder to achieve? In which one did you put more effort into ?
I am 1213 peak in CF but 1800 in chess com . I feel like I can't get addicted to CP even it's more rewarding.
for me cp is much easier. I'm new to cp(since enter the university, like 20 month?) and to be honest i'm not working very hard on it.
while for chess, i study for like 10year but still being a noob lol.
I think neither chess & cp are realted to IQ(it works for 2400-), our inerest matters.That's not ur fault "can't get addicted",maybe it is something we born with i guess?
also,i think it is not a good idea to be anxious on the ratings, just being happy and enjoy ur life :)
is there a "tourist" title in chess?
Yes, its called "MagnusCarlsen"
jiangly vs hikaru too
CF: 1629 Chess.com: 941
cf peak : 1578 chess peaks : 2088 rapid ELO, 1949 blitz ELO, 1964 classical ELO, ~2500 in bullet on lichess, ~2300 blitz on lichess, ~2300 rapid on lichess
CF PEAK: 2325
CHESS : 700 (Chess.com)
Lol same chess and cp rating
(max)CF rating 1300+ (max)chess rating : 300+
CF Peak: 1535 Chess: 1796 (Lichess).
CF Peak: 1757, Chess.com peak: 1580