There are no Bullet and Lightning championships in the real world! I’ve only heard of Bullet and Lightning being side events at a real tournament. So yes, if you play 5 minute games all the time, your rating should be relatively accurate. At US Chess you can have a Regular, Quick, Blitz, and most recently an, “E” rating. Online chess is not real chess!! Online chess is a chess substitute that is so close to the real thing that it has people comparing the incomparable!! Did you know that all the conversations about online ratings and how they translate to over the board ratings is based on Blitz, Bullet, and Lightning time controls? Did you know that a game has to be 30 minutes or longer to receive an OTB regular rating from US Chess? This is only part of what I meant when I said properly considered. With that in mind I do boldly declare that when properly considered online chess ratings are accurate! The higher the rating, the narrower the margin. The average ratings of all of those sights and US Chess are within a couple hundred points. Winter hit the nail on the head when he said that each site develops a culture. To me, this has been a challenge for a long time! I’ve read this article, that article, this, Lichess that, ICC is the best, no, Chess Live is the best, and so on, and so on, and so on. The challenge comes when trying to help these new, and many experienced players, put their online activity into a real world perspective! When everyone started staying at home, guess what game’s popularity soured? That’s right chess! Then we had the outstanding movie, “Queens Gambit” by Netflix! I think it is TVMA! Do not let anyone through K-12 watch this movie alone!! The interest sparked is good for chess. The last year and a half has been absolutely devastating.
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