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Hi, I've created a new club that is hosting USCF rated tournaments, but we're struggling to get a decent turnout. Martin says I can post about my club here, so feel free to join if you like!https://www.chess.com/club/kt-chess-uscf-tounamentsI have afternoon and evening tournaments posted for the next week, and I'm trying to avoid conflict schedules with other clubs on here, but the schedule may very based on time and money I can afford.

Bratz Chess - Chess Club - Chess.com. I'll be hosting semi-regular tournaments, mostly based on when I'm available- mostly on weekends, but I'll also do Tuesday night tournaments, and Wednesday night tournaments(for a few weeks). Please include your USCF ID and your name when applying, or I'll have to deny the application until you apply with the proper info. All tournaments will be rated, and they're 100% free!

Asking for a friend, if a member closes a Chess.com account and opens up a new one, can they be re-admitted to this group on their new account? I am not certain of this rule because of the admission process, so some clarification would be great. Thanks!

This felt nice! And in bullet! https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/myr7Fixte

I was doing puzzles today, and discovered that most of the puzzles that I got today were rated around 100 to 300 (my current puzzle rating is 2528). So most of the puzzles I got today were simple backrank and mate in 1 puzzles, the kind you get in the first few puzzles in puzzle rush. And I got no points for solving any of those puzzles... Why's that? Was this a glitch in the system, or has chess.com run out of more challenging puzzles?

I might be running a simul but don't know if you can USCF rate it!

My understanding is that a great move (!) is the only correct move in a critical position, whereas a brilliant move (!!) is like some super hard to find move that wins the game. Is this correct?

They didn't have a contact email written at the bottom so I guess I'll just post my question here. One of the requirements say that I need at least 25 rated events played, but immediately after it says "25 game requirement". Do they mean events, or games? Because I have only played 18 events this year. https://new.uschess.org/news/2023-scholar-chess-player-awards Thanks!

USCF used to have a Certified Chess Coach program. Is this program still around? I've reached out to USCF several times via email but have never received a reply.

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I've always thought about this but never really knew the true answer - How exactly is your USCF chess rating impacted from tournaments based on the players you play or based on your result with the sum of your opponents rating? For instance, lets say my rating is 1400, I am in a 4 game tournament, I happen to beat a 2000 but afterwards lose the rest of my games. When my result would be put in to US Chess would it be put in Win V. 2000, Lost V, Lose V xxxx, Lost V xxxx or more like 1/4 2000 xxxx xxxx xxxx? The first one would be my exact win and loses against my opponents, the exact results I got, then the second one is my total points with all the ratings of the opponents that I had played. For example, R1: Win 2000 R2: Lost 1000 R3: Lost 1000 R4: Lost 1000 I am wondering if it would go as me beating the 2000 and losing to the 1000's or my 1/4 result getting put into a rating calculator with all the ratings of my opponents? I am assuming if it is the second one then it would be assume that I just beat one 1000 while losing to two other 1000's along with a 2000. Also assuming that if it is the first one then it would put me in as beating the 2000, therefore, my rating would go up more from this version. Thank you for your help!

Am I correct in thinking that a player's OB rating is what will change for games played and it isn't based on the chess.com rating?For example: a chess.com rating of 1600 but their OB rating is 2000If that player wins, it's their OB rating that gets affected, correct?so there's no immediate way of knowing a player's OB rating in these tournaments since all we see are their chess.com ratings?

Just thought this game was really cool and wanted to share.

I've noticed that most kids registering with USCF nowadays have 8 digit IDs beginning with a 3, and that they generally increment so that you can approximate when they registered just by their ID. That makes sense to me, as back when I registered in 1996 I got an 8 digit ID beginning with a 1. However, I do still occasionally see kids with IDs beginning with a 1, despite clearly being born comfortably on this side of the millennium (usually a 15 or 17 I believe, whereas I was a 12 back in 96). I'm wondering if and what such an ID is indicative of (method of registration? nationality? ...). There doesn't seem to be any explanation I can find in the USCF material. (Curious as my 6 year old son has been getting in to over-the-board tournaments and I'll occasionally see such an ID that just sticks out at me).

In round four of the October 1 tournament, I lost. My opponent played very well, 92% accuracy, but I didn't think much of it. A week or so later chess.com informed me of a fairplay violation on October 1 and a refund of my chess.com rapid rating points. Sure enough, I saw on chess.com that my opponent in round 4 on that day was banned for fairplay violations. The official USCF ratings for the tournament came to my inbox yesterday. I looked at the detailed records and found I was still given a loss for round 4, which of course cost me official USCF online blitz rating points. The player in question is STILL banned from chess.com, so that rules out the possibility that an investigation later cleared him or her of the fairplay violation. My question is: if a player has a fairplay violation in a USCF online rated tournament, shouldn't the game not count toward my official USCF ratings?

What is OL Q, OL B, etc short for, for those of us who don't automatically get it🤔

I'd like to support the efforts of other hard-working tournament organizers in the US. With this in mind, which are your favorite non-CCA tournaments in the US?

I'm confused about how the ratings work on puzzles. If I lose to a puzzle that is rated 1375, I lose 15 points. If I beat a puzzle rated 1450, I get 5 points. You lose a lot more points when you fail than you gain when you succeed. Is this just the nature of ELO or whatever? It makes no sense to me. M.

Hi, I’ve participated in a few OTB blitz tournaments recently and have remained confused about a certain rule. For the tournaments I have played with the time control( G/5 w. D/0) it was announced before the games that “insufficient material would not apply” due to “there being no delay.” Therefore, is it perfectly fine to attempt to flag someone with Bishop and king vs. sole king? Why is this a rule? Am I misunderstanding? Thanks.