Getting Fide ID and Rating
How to get FIDE rating?
To get the FIDE rating one has to play the FIDE rated chess tournaments. One has to play against at least five FIDE-rated chess players and score at least half points against them over a period of not more than 26 months. Also, the initial rating is published only if it is 1000 or more.
Note that in all FIDE-rated tournaments it is not that in all-round you will face the rated players. Some will be rated and some will be unrated.
And as I told you earlier you will get your rating only if you play against rated players.
Pro Tip: So choose those Fide rates tournaments in which you can play against more and more rated players in a single tournament.
So for example if in a particular tournament you can play against 3 rated players and in another you can play against 5 rated players then choose the latter.
How do I register for FIDE?
You have to first register yourself in your respective nation’s chess federation which you can do by visiting their official website. After registering, you will get your unique FIDE ID and then you can play in the FIDE-rated tournaments.
You have to visit the official, national chess federation website of the country where you live and from there find the rated chess tournaments.
For example, if you are from India then you can check the official website of the All India Chess Federation (AICF). There you can click on “All Events” which you can find as a sub-menu under the “Calendar” menu on the navigation bar.
After that, you will get the list of all the major upcoming chess tournaments to be held in India.
Now from that list, you see, you have to select only the rated tournaments.
Look for words like “FIDE Rated” or “FIDE Rating” since the tournament with these words are the rated one.
Also, make sure that the FIDE-rated tournament in which you want to play is nearest to your area.
So after you have decided which tournament you want to play, click on it and a further new page will open in which you will get the details of that particular tournament and tournament organizer.
Pro Tip: Look for event code in the tournaments. For all registered tournaments it is compulsory to have the “event code”. So make sure you can find it in your tournament details.
You can contact the tournament organizer through email (which will be given most of the time or by other means) and ask for the tournament brochure.
Once you get the brochure of the tournament, you will get a complete idea of the entry fees, prices, which age groups can play in the tournament, and other information like that.
So this is how you can find out which tournaments you have to play to achieve the FIDE rating without being dependent on others.
Now here I explained considering you live in India. But don’t worry if you are from another country, the process will be more or less the same.
You have to find the rated chess tournaments, apply for them, play the games, and gain your FIDE rating. It’s that simple.
How do you get a FIDE ID in chess?
FIDE Id is the unique number assigned to each player who participates in the FIDE-rated chess tournaments. One can get the FIDE ID by contacting their federation’s rating officer, after submitting the necessary information.
The necessary information may include your name, gender, birth date, email address, and a recent photo.
Once your profile is activated and you get the FIDE ID you can check that on FIDE’s website. Your URL will be like this: “https://ratings.fide.com/profile/FIDEID&rdquo. For example, below you can see the FIDE profile of great chess player Magnus Carlsen.
Credit: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1503014
As you can see the FIDE ID of the player is shown on the page and it is also shown on the URL. The FIDE ID of Magnus Carlsen is 1503014 and so the URL is “https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1503014&rdquo.
