Chess Tier replaces the rating of yourself and your chess.com opponents with the equivalent rank using a tiered ranking system.
There are currently 7 tiers, each with 4 to 5 sub-tiers.
- 🔔 Bronze (~25% of players)
- 🥄 Silver (~25% of players)
- ⚜ Gold (~25% of players)
- ⚔️ Platinum (~15% of players)
- 💎 Diamond (~7% of players)
- 👑 Champion (~3% of players)
- 🔮 Legendary (~0.5% of players)
Your tier is calculated by taking your chess.com Elo (technically a Glicko rating) for the specified time control and mapping it to a tier based on the global distribution of player's Elos for that time control. I chose tier mappings using a distribution with a positive skew, in order to get tiers similar to those used in Overwatch, League of Legends, and Dota while also balancing against inactive players.
You can also turn on the "use USCF ratings?" toggle to get a tier that is based on the Elo rating distribution of US Chess Federation players instead of chess.com players.
For this option, I did my best to translate chess.com Elos into USCF Elos using this comparison study from chessgoals.com. I used 2014 USCF rating distribution data to determine the proper tiers. Note: changed settings will not take effect until you reload the page.
| Tier | Blitz/Bullet Elo | Rapid Elo | USCF Blitz/Bullet Elo | USCF Rapid Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔔 Bronze I | < 200 | < 200 | < 200 | < 250 |
| 🔔 Bronze II | < 300 | < 300 | < 400 | < 500 |
| 🔔 Bronze III | < 400 | < 400 | < 600 | < 750 |
| 🔔 Bronze IV | < 500 | < 500 | < 800 | < 1000 |
| 🥄 Silver I | < 550 | < 550 | < 1000 | < 1200 |
| 🥄 Silver II | < 600 | < 600 | < 1133 | < 1275 |
| 🥄 Silver III | < 650 | < 650 | < 1266 | < 1350 |
| 🥄 Silver IV | < 700 | < 700 | < 1400 | < 1425 |
| ⚜ Gold I | < 775 | < 775 | < 1512 | < 1500 |
| ⚜ Gold II | < 850 | < 850 | < 1624 | < 1625 |
| ⚜ Gold III | < 925 | < 925 | < 1736 | < 1750 |
| ⚜ Gold IV | < 1000 | < 1000 | < 1850 | < 1850 |
| ⚔️ Platinum I | < 1075 | < 1050 | < 1910 | < 1910 |
| ⚔️ Platinum II | < 1150 | < 1100 | < 1960 | < 1960 |
| ⚔️ Platinum III | < 1225 | < 1150 | < 2020 | < 2020 |
| ⚔️ Platinum IV | < 1300 | < 1200 | < 2100 | < 2100 |
| 💎 Diamond I | < 1400 | < 1275 | < 2150 | < 2150 |
| 💎 Diamond II | < 1500 | < 1350 | < 2200 | < 2200 |
| 💎 Diamond III | < 1600 | < 1425 | < 2250 | < 2250 |
| 💎 Diamond IV | < 1700 | < 1500 | < 2300 | < 2300 |
| 👑 Champ I | < 1800 | < 1600 | < 2350 | < 2350 |
| 👑 Champ II | < 1900 | < 1700 | < 2400 | < 2400 |
| 👑 Champ III | < 2000 | < 1800 | < 2450 | < 2450 |
| 👑 Champ IV | < 2100 | < 1900 | < 2500 | < 2500 |
| 🔮 Legendary I | < 2225 | < 2025 | < 2575 | < 2575 |
| 🔮 Legendary II | < 2350 | < 2150 | < 2650 | < 2650 |
| 🔮 Legendary III | < 2475 | < 2275 | < 2725 | < 2725 |
| 🔮 Legendary IV | < 2600 | < 2400 | < 2800 | < 2800 |
| Legendary 🏆 Champion | > 2600 | > 2400 | > 2800 | > 2800 |