Dang! You have to pay for others to see it.
Fide official online ELO free
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Apr 3, 2026
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Pulpofeira wrote:
Dang! You have to pay for others to see it.
But it's absolutely free!
And so worth it! If not Fide, who can you trust?
Apr 7, 2026
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Thanks to this change, the competition is much weaker than it used to be. So I got my AFM title easily
Apr 7, 2026
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PrincessChloe42 wrote:
Thanks to this change, the competition is much weaker than it used to be. So I got my AFM title easily
For every boohoo there is an equal and opposite woohoo
Apr 8, 2026
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sawdof wrote:
PrincessChloe42 wrote:
Thanks to this change, the competition is much weaker than it used to be. So I got my AFM title easily
For every boohoo there is an equal and opposite woohoo
Precisely. Now time to grind my way to the AIM title; I'm really not that good, but if I just play a ton of games, I could get there.
Saw this in my email from world chess notifications:
For the first time in chess history, an official Elo rating is free.
Your rating on World Chess is now an Online Elo — the only official Elo rating you can earn online, calculated by FIDE under official regulations. Not a proprietary score. Not a platform metric. Real Elo. Officially recognised. And starting today, yours at no cost.
Until today, this was a PRO feature. That is over. Every registered player on World Chess now has an official Online Elo. Every rated game counts. No subscription required.
This is a fundamental change to what free chess looks like.
What is yours, free:
✅ Your Online Elo, official and FIDE-recognised
✅ Every rated game counts toward it
✅ Your full rating history
What PRO unlocks:
⭐ Online Elo displayed on your official fide.com profile
⭐ Title progression — ACM, AFM, AIM, AGM — earned in rated tournaments
⭐ Full game analysis and advanced tools
Come back and play. Your Online Elo is waiting.
It's a warm feeling inside to know that after a hard day at work, online ELO is waiting at home for the bunny. And this had better not be an April fool's prank, the bunny has killed for less.
Free FiDe online ELO, huh yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely ...