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Fide and lichess rating difference

How much is the difference between Fide rating and lichess rating? Guess my fide rating! ( I have 1916 in lichess classical.)
What Pegasus said is probably correct, but can't be 100% sure. There are many things to consider, because playing OTB is 100% different that on internet. The only way to know is by you getting the real fide rating.
My friend have 1966 fide rating and he have 2080 lichess classical rating,and i have 1562 fide rating....
And my other friend have 2170 lichess classical rating and he's a Fide Master....
Difference is big. Most people don't believe I say my actual ELO here.
ELO is not an objective unit. It can't be translated to other systems like meters can be translated to feet. While there are some big differences in ratings on lichess and FIDE (such as @savagechess2k pointed out) you'll also find some people that have pretty similar ratings. ELOs do not mean that the player is objectively as strong as some other guy, it just means that he, in his playing time, performed according to his ELO in a pool of players.

For instance, the fact that I have a higher classical rating than blitz rating does not necessarily mean that I am worse when playing faster time controls (although I am) , it could also mean that the classical pool is build up by different people (which it is too).

If you were to get all of the people on lichess and compare their real FIDE Rating to the lichess rating I think you'd get an average rating difference of about - 200-400 rating points compared to their lichess classical rating. But again, that is a very rough approximation and the real value might be totally different.

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