Hello everyone. I am a 23 year old getting back into chess after a few years. I understand that covid is really screwing the world up, but i was looking for different chess tournaments in my area for the next 6 months ( St. Louis MO) and there are literally no tournaments even listed on the USCF website. Is this just because of covid, or are there just no tournaments is Missouri outside of scholastic tournaments? Are there other ways to do tournaments, or tournaments not listed there? My only experience with tournaments were in high school, and at a local club so I didn't have to look for them. Now I am not sure where to find rated games. I am also rated around 1100 so I'm not that great but id love to get more games in and grow as a player.
Also, sorry for the noob question, but what's the difference from uscf and fide?
I think it's just because of the current situation. As far as I know St. Louis is kind of famous for hosting tournaments. USCF is the United States Chess Federation and it regulates chess specifically in the US. Most tournaments in the states are USCF held and it has a separate rating list compared to FIDE consisting of only US players. FIDE is the international chess federation and has 195 member states across the globe. It has it's own tournaments and rating list, though as far as I know it's not as popular in North America as in the rest of the world.
Hello everyone. I am a 23 year old getting back into chess after a few years. I understand that covid is really screwing the world up, but i was looking for different chess tournaments in my area for the next 6 months ( St. Louis MO) and there are literally no tournaments even listed on the USCF website. Is this just because of covid, or are there just no tournaments is Missouri outside of scholastic tournaments? Are there other ways to do tournaments, or tournaments not listed there? My only experience with tournaments were in high school, and at a local club so I didn't have to look for them. Now I am not sure where to find rated games. I am also rated around 1100 so I'm not that great but id love to get more games in and grow as a player.
Also, sorry for the noob question, but what's the difference from uscf and fide?