Chess rating system

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20 months ago · Quote · #1001
suzettemy

I hate the clock when I'm short of time, but I think it's only fair when my opponent's flag falls. :)
20 months ago · Quote · #1002
HunterTahu

"well actually in football you get to finish your play after the ref blows the whistle"

True dat Nono!

Alec is obviously more chess than football, (or does he mean soccer?)
20 months ago · Quote · #1003
rt3378

IMO do provisional ratings, then everyone would start where they belong
20 months ago · Quote · #1004
Rafchess

suzettemy wrote:

I hate the clock when I'm short of time, but I think it's only fair when my opponent's flag falls. :)

Could it be your enemy"s !!!
20 months ago · Quote · #1005
bluecard5499

ratings arent always acurate, keep that in mind. If someone doesnt play for a while then their rating will be lower (or higher) than their actuall skill
20 months ago · Quote · #1006
Spidey3000

viswanathan wrote:
turtle wrote: i am starting to understand the rating system, but how do you determine points during a game? are certain peices worth different points?
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:

pawn - 1pt.

knight/bishop - 3pts.

rook - 5pts.

queen - 10pts.

of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces

Just adjusting this, but isnt the queen worth 9 points?
20 months ago · Quote · #1007
TonyMooney

Somebody told me that the rook valuation of 5 points is a western idea - it's only 4 in Russia. Don't know if that's true - but it puts a different perspective on the exchange of two minor pieces for a rook and a pawn if it is.
20 months ago · Quote · #1008
Rafchess

TonyMooney wrote:

Somebody told me that the rook valuation of 5 points is a western idea - it's only 4 in Russia. Don't know if that's true - but it puts a different perspective on the exchange of two minor pieces for a rook and a pawn if it is.

While playing with chess.com its advisable to follow the follow the principles laid there in !!
20 months ago · Quote · #1009
tynmar

I don't particular understand the ratings. Just beaten someone with a thirteen hundred rating on blitz, I am on less than one thousand (still getting used to not running out of time....the number of times my clock has ran out with me one or two moves from checkmate is annoying...but i guess it happens to everyone) and I get an rating of +27...very disappointing....
20 months ago · Quote · #1010
Rafchess

tynmar wrote:

I don't particular understand the ratings. Just beaten someone with a thirteen hundred rating on blitz, I am on less than one thousand (still getting used to not running out of time....the number of times my clock has ran out with me one or two moves from checkmate is annoying...but i guess it happens to everyone) and I get an rating of +27...very disappointing....

just one time playing good would not serve purpose!! pl gon playing more withmore success with highier Rating players then y'will see your ratings going more up !! Rating standard is a necessary evil without which U can not gauge .
19 months ago · Quote · #1011
Shahaliyev

The first rating is about 12200. But i think it must be 1600.
19 months ago · Quote · #1012
Rafchess

Shahaliyev wrote:
The first rating is about 12200. But i think it must be 1600.

In all cases u will have to start from a certain point!!
19 months ago · Quote · #1013
TonyMooney

Are FIDE ratings accurate - for amateur players not the professionals?
19 months ago · Quote · #1014
chess700

TonyMooney wrote:

Are FIDE ratings accurate - for amateur players not the professionals?

They're accurate for adults who play in Fide-rated tournaments fairly regularly.
19 months ago · Quote · #1015
shrike1

Is there a way to manually lower my rating?
19 months ago · Quote · #1016
Puchiko

No. Your rating is supposed to be an accurate estimate of your playing stregth, adjusting it would defeat the friggin' purpose.
19 months ago · Quote · #1017
jp_23

viswanathan wrote:
turtle wrote: i am starting to understand the rating system, but how do you determine points during a game? are certain peices worth different points?
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:

pawn - 1pt.

knight/bishop - 3pts.

rook - 5pts.

queen - 10pts.

of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces

Isn't a queen worth 9 pts? Getting two rooks for a queen is usually a slight plus for a player who can effectively use their remaining pieces.
19 months ago · Quote · #1018
Rafchess

jp_23 wrote:

viswanathan wrote:
turtle wrote: i am starting to understand the rating system, but how do you determine points during a game? are certain peices worth different points?
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:

pawn - 1pt.

knight/bishop - 3pts.

rook - 5pts.

queen - 10pts.

of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces

Isn't a queen worth 9 pts? Getting two rooks for a queen is usually a slight plus for a player who can effectively use their remaining pieces.

Queen= 9.
19 months ago · Quote · #1019
Puchiko

This does differ from author to author. Nine is the most common, however Philidor, Stauton, Euwe and Evans all lean towards 10 (Wikipedia article). The value of any given piece, depends of course-as everything-on the position.
19 months ago · Quote · #1020
Rafchess

Puchiko wrote:

This does differ from author to author. Nine is the most common, however Philidor, Stauton, Euwe and Evans all lean towards 10 (Wikipedia article). The value of any given piece, depends of course-as everything-on the position.

Thats not a fundamental problem !!