i want to be rated...i dont know how...is there a way that i could be rated?

Hi Kuroro. Most countries have their own chess federation and if you are a member and play games against other people you will get a rating.

 

Alternatively, you could play against people online on a chess website and you will also get a rating.  You should be able to play against people on this website soon!

I found a funny test the other day: "Solve ten problems and have your rating Guesstimated"

 

I will post the URL if I can find it.

I have the book 'Chess Exam & Training Guide' which is a quiz with multiple choice answers which enables you to estimate you rating from how well you answer the questions.  I think it's a really good puzzle book and would give you a good estimate of your rating.

Yeah, using that book will probably give you a much better estimate of you rating. It is a nice mix of problems. I really enjoyed the solving the problems but I missplaced the book somewhere.

aw...i thought there would some online rater...and i just play with "it" and and get a rating...or, there would be an online exam/ rating exam that i could use...but anyway, thnx for the help guys...but if you could hit some answers about my queries, kindly share some...hehe..

May I also ask you a question concerning this topic? I have a computer game Chessmaster 10th Edition. In this game you can play "rated games" against other computer players with their own raitings. If you win a stronger opponent, for example, your rating will increase. But do these ratings in the game actually mean anything (I mean can this raiting be corresponded with any among the international ratings, or is this rating valid only in this particular game)? 

i dont think so...but, im not sure about it...

The "Chessmaster rated game ratings" would give you a feel for your own rating. The Chessmaster engine seems to have trouble to mimic poor chess. I get the impression that the engine plays decent for most of the time spiced up with Big Blunder every now and them. Often much bigger blunder than a ordinary weak player is capable of.....

where should i find this  "Chessmaster rated game ratings"?? :)

All ratings systems are relative.  That means that your rating in one system (or software or website) could be different to that on another.  Or, put another way a 1900 Elo rated player may be stronger than a 1900 rated USCF player who in turn is stronger than a player rated 1900 on ChessMaster.

 

Fritz lets you play serious 'rated' games (timed games with no take-backs allowed) and after about 20-25 games will give you a reasonable estimate of your rating.

 

We can all get a bit hung up about ratings, so it's worth remembering that a rating is itself just a estimate of your strength relative to others based on your past results against a certain group of players. 

so...can i ahve a rating on a website? if so, do you have a knowledge about its existence?...a guess estimate will do...

You can easily find it using Chessmaster 10. Look under "rated games".

All popular chess playing websites give members a rating based on their results. Most are not free however e.g. The ICC (Internet Chess Club) has a membership fee.  If you buy a Chessbase playing program like Fritz 10 then you get a year's free access to playchess.com, otherwise there is a fee for that site as well.

 

I am looking forward to playing chess on chess.com for free!

 

You can have rating on the free internet chess server(http://www.freechess.org/).

as the name suggests it is free!

but there are some problems:

1. signing up is cumbersome.

2. the jin applet will not load if you want to play via proxy(at your workplace or from college)

but everything else is worth the trouble and it is an awesome site for chess.

i hope chess.com comes up with an even better version 

yeah...but thanks for the effrot guys...nwey, im playing online chess and got the rating of 1779..ugh! is that bad?

ow....

or now you just play chess-email and get a rating :)

Right, the email chess feature here is at full speed now. If you go t "Play" at the top right of the screen and then click "Email Chess" you will be able to seek games and also match other chess.com members to RATED email chess games. Now you can see how you measure up against other chess.com members from around the world! 

Chessmaste 10th ratings on there cant correspond with anything. 1700 and below the engines are way too easy, but above that it does get tough and the easiest thing to do is play the game in 1-2 lightning rounds and youll win every time. so its too accurate in my opinion