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Lichess Ranks

I think the rating system is more than enough to roughly indicate a chess player's strength and I think it functions really well as a means to distinguish a chess player's skill and categorize them accordingly in tournaments. Aside from the already existing titles and ELO system, what does the rank "beginner" or "advanced" add to the game of chess? What's next, a title being awarded for every player who survives for 20 moves against a GM, and another title for anyone who checkmates within 10 moves?

One should earn a title for a relatively great achievement. That is what I think is the allure of any competitive sport. Not everyone is capable of achieving greatness. To quote Tyler Durden for the sake of it: "You're not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake." You're not deserving of anything. If you desperately want that title or anything in life, earn it.
A title for someone who survived against a GM? How about we call that a Stinger, after Sting since he did it:

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Sting"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Eventdate "2000.06.29"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qd7 10.Bg2 a6 11.e3 Bb4 12.Ne2 Rae8 13.a3 Bc5 14.Qc2 Re7 15.b4 Ba7 16.Nc3 Rfe8 17.Bd2 d5 18.cxd5 Nd8 19.e4 h6 20.Be3 b6 21.Ne2 Nb7 22.g4 Rc8 23.Ng3 Nd6 24.Qc6 Qxc6 25.dxc6 Rd8 26.a4 Nc8 27.Rfd1 Re6 28.b5 a5 29.Bf3 Red6 30.Be2 Nh7 31.h4 Ne7 32.Nf5 Nxf5 33.gxf5 f6 34.Ra3 Kh8 35.Rd2 Rg8 36.h5 Ng5 37.Kf1 Nh3 38.Bg4 Nf4 39.d4 exd4 40.Bxf4 Rdd8 41.Ke2 Rge8 42.Kd3 Re7 43.Bd1 Rde8 44.f3 Rd8 45.Bb3 1-0

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