what's elo and what does it stand for

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So if my rapid rating is 1000, what would be my elo?

Elo IS rating.

Elo, Glicko and Glicko-2 are three related rating systems.

This site uses Glicko-2. Not Elo.

Elo is a greeting. The opposite is gbye.

ELO stands for Extremely Lucky Opponent. 

The opposite is EUO. Extremely unlucky opponent. These are the 2 types of opponents.

The first one involves a situation where even when you blunder, you win. The second one exploits your mistakes and blunders to win the game.

(I'm not joking, it really is so)

I thought that was "Elo-Elo!"

I am new to chess but one thing I am clear I am focusing on my gameplay not on ELO

this thread is years old why are we still using it

Elo-Elo!

You can listen to ELO while playing a game:

Elo is your ratings in chess, usually you can find this in your profile, and it shows you whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or pro.

Ex, beginner (100-700), intermediate (800-1700) or pro, (1800-3000s)

(Just to the chess nerds out their, this is a basic understanding of what elo is, not what it is EXACTLY)

speeled their instead of there, ooops

You speeled it worng?

LOL

Better putt it write

"Elo [...] is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players."

"Two players with equal ratings who play against each other are expected to score an equal number of wins."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system

And, if we have to be serious here, it doesn't stand for anything. It's not an acronym. It's a man's name.

Today, we have Glicko, considered by most to be a huge improvement. Modified, thus presumably better still, it's what chess.com uses... . and Glicko 2, commonly thought to be a downgrade, bright idea or not, used by Lichess, often considered unreliable and unstable even after thousands of games.