Can you have a negative rating?
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Maybe. I have played games and have seen the rating games from Infinity to Negative Infinity. You can’t get your rating down or up that far. The limit for negative should be -2500, while the limit for positives should be grandmaster level (also 2500).
Oct 29, 2022
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ZtheGreen wrote:
Maybe. I have played games and have seen the rating games from Infinity to Negative Infinity. You can’t get your rating down or up that far. The limit for negative should be -2500, while the limit for positives should be grandmaster level (also 2500).
No, lowest is 100. The rating range is relatively to your current rating and infinity mean anything below/above.
Oct 29, 2022
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ZtheGreen wrote:
Can you have a negative rating?
The math allows it, but admins usually set a floor. Chess.com's floor is 100.
ZtheGreen wrote:
I have seen the rating games from Infinity to Negative Infinity.
No.
ZtheGreen wrote:
You can’t get your rating down or up that far.
You just finished saying you'd seen it.
ZtheGreen wrote:
the limit for positives should be grandmaster level 2500
2500 FIDE is the minimum GM level, so it makes no sense for it to be the maximum rating.
Oh, you are right.