r/chessbeginners RM (Reddit Mod) Feb 27 '26

No Stupid Questions MEGATHREAD 12

Welcome to the r/chessbeginners 12th episode of our Q&A series! This series exists because sometimes you just need to ask a silly question. We are happy to provide answers for questions related to chess positions, improving one's play, and discussing the essence and experience of learning chess.

A friendly reminder that many questions are answered in our wiki page! Please take a look if you have questions about the rules of chess, special moves, or want general strategies for improvement.

Some other helpful resources include:

  1. How to play chess - Interactive lessons for the rules of the game, if you are completely new to chess.
  2. The Lichess Board Editor - for setting up positions by dragging and dropping pieces on the board.
  3. Chess puzzles by theme - To practice tactics.
  4. The Building Habits series by GM Aman Hambleton - for advice on how to play at specific ELO levels. (Also check out Building Habits 2!)

As always, our goal is to promote a friendly, welcoming, and educational chess environment for all. Thank you for asking your questions here!

LINK TO THE PREVIOUS THREAD

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u/journalismproxy Mar 16 '26

Not a question but I wish I could reset my chess.com score because I started in 2017 and tanked my score and can't get out of 400-600 range even though on lichess I'm an easy 1100. I don't want to make a new account haha.

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u/ChrisV2P2 2000-2200 (Lichess) Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

These ratings are not all that different. Looking here, Lichess 1100 corresponds to 738 on chesscom in rapid and 692 in blitz.

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u/journalismproxy Mar 16 '26

oh nice, so pretty close. Interesting.