Chess960Bullet, Chess960Blitz, etc. rating categories

[ddugovic]

This would have profound consequences and is not to be made lightly; on the other hand, FIDE recognizes the Chess960 ruleset.

The chess960 rating list in its current form is ridiculous. No difference is made between ultrabullet, bullet, blitz, rapid and classical games. Everything goes to a single rating list and weighs equally. It makes no sense at all.

You see the very top players on the list gaining their incredibly high ratings by playing loads of ultrabullet, and this fact simply discourages you from playing chess960 here.

Please split the rating list at least into 2 different categories, such as "bullet & ultrabullet" and "blitz & slower". At least the 1/4+0, 1/2+0 and 1+0 games (where chess skills are of less significance than mouse handling skills) must be separated from the rest.

Note that chess960 (or freestyle chess) is not just a chess-based fun variant such as atomic or "three checks". Rather, it's the extended version of the standard chess, therefore its rating system deserves much more respect than it currently has. (If you don't agree with an ordinary former player like myself, then you can ask Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian or Garry Kasparov.)

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