What is considered a good tactics trainer rating?

A high rating doesn't come from tactics alone. Although tactics are the most important, other areas need attention too in order to reach 2000.

Tactics trainer ratings on this site generally seem higher than other ratings. Someone that's 2000 USCF would probably have a TT rating well over 2000.

2000 USCF would have a TT rating of well over 2400. I'm 1800 CFC (rating system extremely similar to USCF but Canadian), and 2400 TT

That can't be true.  I'm only rated in 1400-1500s TT and I certainly do NOT play like I'm rated 1000.  I mean I can beat people rated about 1300 and even beat someone rated 1550.  Against people rated 1600-1800, I lose, but not that quickly.  I still put up a fight.  I'm going to get a rating in two months though.  My USCF Quick rating is 1299 and usually those ratings are lower than your standard rating.  In other words, you guys think I should be rated 1800+ TT, huh?  

Especially with the silly timer running on this site, these tactics training is no good indication of your slower over the board rating.

And as an answer to the topic, the rating you're proud of having.

+1. there are some 1400's walking around with 2000+ tactics ratings.

That idiotic timer is what ruins it!  In USCF otb tournaments you get ~ 2 MINUTES per move if you distribute the time correctly.  That's why I can't get my rating that high.  I'm too pressured by time for my brain to actually function correctly.  They should do it like ChessTempo.  I'm going to go request this to Chess.com.  

Yes, I think the TT show low, about 200 pts low as compared to OTB ratings.  I could be wrong, but there are definately different things we are rating.  OTB vs TT vs ugh Blitz.  Yep, and as Kenpo Karate stated, 'on a good day' make a difference.  Sometimes I think, first thing in the morning makes a difference vs had a cup of coffee or green drink makes a difference vs had a good or bad day makes a difference, etc. 

I'm about 1600 USCF and I consider myself a positional player, yet my tactics rating peaked at well above 2200. I'm maintaining somewhere in the 2000s at the moment I believe.

Granted I am probably underated USCF.

My chess.com online is around 1760, but my blitz rating (1400-1600 at the moment) is horribly innaccurate: I hang pieces some days, play brilliantly others, sometimes lose on time. I can have a 200 point swing in a few days depending on how I feel (usually a 200 point drop.)

My online games rating is 1650-1700 but I usually wind up with 1300-1400 in TT . I'm blaming the clock :-)

 The clock is definately a difference - I think add 200-300 pts to your Tactics on chess dot com for your OTB rating. 

It would be very interesting to see Morphy and Lasker and Fischer on the Tactics.

my tactics rating is about 1800 but my blitz is in the 1200s ... 

My tactics trainer seems to normally be about 100 points higher than online, and 400 higher than standard.

TT and a whole game of chess are very different to me.
With trainer I find it comforting that, in any case, I'm looking for a solution, and that there is one.
With chess I often get the feeling I've messed up somewhere. And it's hard to see if there is a solution at all, or whether my opponent will make the moves I have in mind.
Currently, my tactics trainer is at 2000, but my 1700 online chess rating seems more legit to me.

Tactics ratings generally should be higher. Don't know why but most of the time, just is. 2000 should be a reasonable goal for your standards. My highest was 2039 but it's gone down. It's going back up though.

Around 2200 TT (Fluctuates from 2000-2300, but 2200 average)

Around 1850 Online

1682 FIDE

1630 USCF (Under-rated, as I have improved a ton since I started USCF games)

1250 standard (haven't played any real standard chess here)

1460 blitz (terrible at fast time controls)

1450 bullet (but can win on time frequently )

My tactics trainer rating is lower than my CC rating :(

bastiaan wrote:

TT and a whole game of chess are very different to me.With trainer I find it comforting that, in any case, I'm looking for a solution, and that there is one.With chess I often get the feeling I've messed up somewhere. And it's hard to see if there is a solution at all, or whether my opponent will make the moves I have in mind.Currently, my tactics trainer is at 2000, but my 1700 online chess rating seems more legit to me.

It is funny to me that I too often have a higher TT rating than CC because, I have less chances to mess up a puzzle than a game, but one thing is exactly opposite for me. If I am playing a game, I have saw the progression of moves. I will know when I should be taking a hanging piece instead of looking for a mate or passing up the piece, to gain even material. When a puzzle is thrown at me with 60 seconds to find the hanging piece, by the time I rule out something better, my score is low or worse. This is one reason I think there should either be timer modes for TT and or labels visable to give you the same advantage you have in a game of knowing your strategy or objective before your move.

For those complaining about the timer, just turn it off. It helped me focus on the problem and not it ticking rapidly down.