Answers.Body: <p>The average blitz rating on chess.com is <a href="https://www.chess.com/livechess/players?type=Blitz" rel="nofollow">1090</a><br>
  The average blitz rating on lichess is around <a href="http://en.lichess.org/stat/rating/distribution/blitz" rel="nofollow">1600</a><br><br>
  So that looks just about right. chess.com is closer to Fide.</p>
  
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Body: <p>On chess.com I have a blitz rating that hovers around 1000, but on lichess my tournament blitz rating is around 1500 and I can go toe-to-toe with 1600 players. Are they using the same rating systems? Which rating system coheres more to standard chess ELO?</p>
  
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Title: Lichess vs chess.com blitz ratings
ThreadText: # Lichess vs chess.com blitz ratings
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-29)
  
  On chess.com I have a blitz rating that hovers around 1000, but on lichess my tournament blitz rating is around 1500 and I can go toe-to-toe with 1600 players. Are they using the same rating systems? Which rating system coheres more to standard chess ELO?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-29. Score: 1
  
  The average blitz rating on chess.com is [1090](https://www.chess.com/livechess/players?type=Blitz)  
  The average blitz rating on lichess is around [1600](http://en.lichess.org/stat/rating/distribution/blitz)  
    
  So that looks just about right. chess.com is closer to Fide.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: What makes chess.com's closer to FIDE?  
  > **username_1**: I think it's partly because FIDE and chess.com start new users at 1200 and lichess starts them at 1500  
  
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