I'm starting a chess club through my school and I was wondering whether or not this online calculator is true to the internationally accepted Elo rating equation.
http://chess.cern.ch/ratings/elocalc.en.shtml
Also, what is the starting rating of a new chess player
Also, what would one have to do to have this club score recognized by the chess community at large (I.E. their college chess club elo can be their actual elo if they so choose to play in actual tournaments)
Hi,
Not sure if this elo calculator is correct. Players should start as ungraded and I think you will need to register your club with the main US chess body (not sure who that would be) before you can initiate graded games and request arbiters to be present.
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New players start as provisional, meaning that they're unrated until they play a certain number of games.
In order to get your ratings acknowledged by USCF (United States Chess Federation), I believe you'd have to register with them as a tournament director.
Here's the USCF rating approximation tool if you're interested: http://www.uschess.org/ratings/calculator.html
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