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Lichess ratings vs ratings elsewhere

Here is a topic to compare and/or discussion ratings from
lichess and other chess websites or organizations (FIDE, USCF, etc).
Feel free to post your ratings and comments. Made this new one because we got rid of standard/global ratings.
I'll post mine to start things...

Lichess ratings (glicko)
Bullet: 1947,
Blitz: 1830,
Classical: 1871,
960: 1858

On FICS (glicko)
Bullet: 1820,
Blitz: 1740

RHP (correspondence)
1800

I guess my national rating (CFC) elo would be somewhere between 1700-1800 so lichess rating seem a bit higher. To get a rough comparison maybe 100-200 pts difference between lichess and "real" rating for many players.
I wouldnt make a general conclusion from one player profile. My official FIDE rating is 1930 and my lichess bullet rating is 1880. So in my case its opposite: Lichess is too low.
I think you cannot compare bullet rating and FIDE rating. Bullet is much more about reaction speed, I think some aged grand masters will suck at bullet.

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