What is your real rating?
I felt bad for all those people (non rated) in chess tournaments so this article is about them! This article shows what is your real rating suppose to be?
0-500 rating
- If you lost many games.
 - Never got a trophy
 - Do not know how to castle
 - Don't know how to stalemate
 - Don't know how to checkmate with 2 rooks
 - Don't know how to En passant
 
500-1500
- If you have a few trophies
 - If you have alot of medals
 - If you know how to castle
 - If you know how to checkmate with a queen
 - If you know how to checkmate with 2 rooks
 - If you know how to stalemate
 - If you have been rated in the top 100 in a tournament
 
- If you were rated in the top 10 in atleast 25 tournaments
 - If you won many trophies and own a trophy case
 - If you ever got 1st place in a tournament
 - If you know how to checkmate with 1 rook
 - If you know how to En Passant
 - If you rarely resigned a game
 - If you play all the way into the end even when you know your going to lose
 
- If you beat a grandmaster
 - If you are a grandmaster
 - If you know all about skewers, pins and forks
 - If you can do all the tactics of 1000-2500
 - If you ever won the nationals
 - If you were ranked in the top 5 of a super national
 
- If you resign in 98% of all your games
 - If you never won a game
 - If you don't know how to play chess
 - If you wasted your money to be a rated player.