I can guarantee you that 1500 level is definitely not Bezirksliga/klasse in Nordrhein Westfalen. It's more like Kreisliga unten but mostly Kreisklasse. Trust me... And 2400 is probably about Verbandsliga mitte/oben or Oberliga unten/mitte. And here is the problematic with comparing American ratings with German leagues...there are some drastic differences between the various regions in Germany when it comes to the level of players...even in the "same" types of leagues. Plus...with 6 people in a team the No.1 could is usually so much stronger than the number 5 and 6 that they could be playing in different leagues if they played for different leagues.
Anyway...2100 would be probably about Bezirksliga in Nordrhein Westfalen, maybe, maybe Landesliga unten (i.e. No. 5-6). You can generally (very generally) say that Landesliga unten is the equivalent of Bezirksliga mitte (3-4) and Landesliga oben is about Verbandsliga mitte and Verbandsliga mitte could very well play Oberliga unten...so there is a huge difference in level of play within the same team even. And also...there is a HUGE difference between the teams in the same leagues...the ones that are hanging in there are MUCH weaker than the top teams in the league. Hope this helps to put things into perspective. What counts in Germany are results...you play in a certain league and after half a year you'll know exactly if you belong into that league or not.
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I can only report my personal experience. My own USATT rating was in the 1500 to 1520 range, whereas in Germany I generally fit into the "Bezirksklasse" or "Bezirksliga" (depending on how it's named in the various states).
A guy I used to know in the USA was rated around 2400, and he was one of the top players in the "Oberliga" over here.
So that's two data points, not statistically valid, but enough to extrapolate from and get yourself into trouble :-)
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