I play a lot of correspondence and I am 3-Dan, but I play also normal shogi and I am only 4 or 3-kyu. I believe that I am stronger than that, but not enough to be a 3-Dan (maybe a 1-kyu or 1-Dan), so I wondered if anyone else believes that he has a rank higher than his true strength.
Yes, the rating is different from one type of game to another. I'm pretty sure there is a good reason for that. It might even be explained somewhere here. 🙂
Edit: actually it's logical, live games and correspondence games are totally different games. One is fast, the other is slow.
hard to say.
perhaps it may have something to do with the ones you'r corresponding with? (that is, their level)
maybe without the time pressure, you'r more comfortable with thinking deeper?
there could be other reasons too, I'm sure. but this is just what came to mind
Yeah, I guess that the no time pressure allows me to play better.
However, I've seen people on the first and even on the second dan making beginer's mistakes such as not protect the bishop's head; so that makes me wonder how vast the difference is between the real rating and the correspondence one.
that is a fair question
it may depend on a few things. some players are good with time pressure but don't seem to do all that much better with extra time.
another thing to remember is that everyone makes mistakes.
my correspondence rating is higher than my normal rating also; but I'd imagine that if I had more games with correspondence, it might show a different result
(to what degree, I do not know)
sorry that I can't be more helpful for you. perhaps someone else with more experience on this topic will comment?
There's also a common issue in correspondence games with people timing out, which is different from people timing out in real-time games due to pressure.
@NamahageOni idk, ive seen cases where someone (specifically @GermanPlayer, although he changed his acc name) had a 2000 rating before he played any game's, ソ maybe it's just naturally inflated
however, mine was 1200smth (on my old acc) and 1500 (on this acc) when i played my first corr game
@th3sis_x , maybe that player cheated or an error has produced. When you start, you always have 1500 and a "?".
Btw, what I mean by "difference in the ratings" is that in correspondence, there are players in 1700 which play worse than a 1400 player in real time shogi, or that is what I feel.
Rating correspondences with the player pools
Since for most of us correspondence is the first one we try, and some players try only for maybe 5 moves which gives players on average maybe 2-3 unearned wins and depending when those wins occured
On the other site clock mode is mostly played by players who at least have the moral to play the game fully, maybe have a quiet surounding, etc
We had a simillar effect in chess when we did go to a tournaments in another district where our 1500s were the same strength than those 1300s on average
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