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How do you get a FIDE rating?
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Tonya_Harding wrote:
Martin_Stahl a écrit :
Most areas in the US are handled by local affiliates of the US Chess Federation and they have to cover all costs of events. That includes paying for potential materials, site rentals, ratings, etc.
But what makes you think organizers in France or else don't have to pay all the expenses of a Chess event? When a league does help with chess sets and clocks, it's not for free.
If "thousands of dollars" or else, clubs here do it all. But sure, a player does pay a yearly club fee and a FIDE license. Still, one can play all year long in Chess events for less than a thousand Dollars or Euros.
Some people can do it, but most aren't going to for an average of 20-30 players at events, 3-4 times a year. And in some areas you might be lucky to have 10 consistent players; no one is going to FIDE rate small events like that in the US, especially since it's likely not even one of the players has a FIDE rating or maybe only one player will.
Tonya_Harding wrote:
It's only natural people won't bother go play a Chess tournament where they need to bring their own stuff. Anyway, since others can do it, it means there is something wrong somewhere in the UK and the USA.
Or you just don't really understand all the factors involved, that are enough different to make it harder to accomplish, especially in the US.
For example, I have a few clocks I've purchased for events I run. If I wanted enough clocks and sets to supply everything, I would have to purchase, store and transport all that equipment, in addition to paying for it all. Is it doable? Sure. Is it worth it? Probably not.
I have a few decent sized towns between 70 and 150 miles from where I live. I will get a few players from those towns for events, but it is very minimal. The size of events I'm able to hold don't pull in very many people and so the costs associated don't make it a good investment either. Add to that, I don't qualify to be a FIDE arbiter, due to not having the directing experience in large enough events, and if I wanted to, that's more money to spend to volunteer at larger events, all to be able to run a FIDE rated event where there won't be enough FIDE rated players for many attendees to get their own rating.
I've played in a FIDE rated event and scored well enough to get a rating, but none of my opponents had established ratings. That is not uncommon in the US.
That said, it's good for you that it is so accessible for you to play FIDE events and that clubs can provide all the equipment. Chess in the US has been first and foremost a hobby and many players are not willing to pay the costs involved to play in events that provide equipment and are FIDE rated.
GUYS JUST COOL DOEN THIS FORUM WASNT TO ARGUE!
and sorry for the all caps
Tonya, did Elsock ban u from the Science of Evolution thread ?
DUDE STOP IT
CoolBoi wrote:
DUDE STOP IT
Stop going all caps
I know but this forum is turning into more of a inter-country FIDE rating policy forum
CoolBoi wrote:
I know but this forum is turning into more of a inter-country FIDE rating policy forum
Ok
@Martin_Stahl: wow, that's really surprising. I would've thought that America would have a huge chess culture, given that you guys are the home to great legends like Bobby Fischer, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, etc.
You also have at least 10 times the population density that Australia has. So I would've thought with a strong chess culture and a dense population, you would have cities everywhere running FIDE rated tournaments regularly.
In Australia, every city that has at least 500k population runs regular FIDE rated tournaments (or at least they did pre-covid). The average entry fee is usually around $50 USD, they usually get about 100 players each, and the host club supplies everything (boards, pieces, clocks, score sheets, pens, tap water, etc.).
I'm shocked that Australia runs chess tournaments better than America does.
tap water ?...makes me laff...they have bottled water there uknow...lol !
Deranged wrote:
@Martin_Stahl: wow, that's really surprising. I would've thought that America would have a huge chess culture, given that you guys are the home to great legends like Bobby Fischer, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, etc.
You also have at least 10 times the population density that Australia has. So I would've thought with a strong chess culture and a dense population, you would have cities everywhere running FIDE rated tournaments regularly.
In Australia, every city that has at least 500k population runs regular FIDE rated tournaments (or at least they did pre-covid). The average entry fee is usually around $50 USD, they usually get about 100 players each, and the host club supplies everything (boards, pieces, clocks, score sheets, pens, tap water, etc.).
I'm shocked that Australia runs chess tournaments better than America does.
Larger towns do have FIDE events, but there are only three cities with those kind of population densities that are within 5 hours of me. A lot of people away from the coasts, are likely in a very similar situation, where there is a significant distance to the closest area with a population large enough to hold larger events that might pull enough players to have many FIDE rated events.
We have some other large cities 6-8 hours away and are less than 40 cities in the US with a population of 500,000+ ... Population density in most of the US is pretty low.
For me, anything much more than 5 hours away means taking at least the day before an event off to get there, along with an extra night in a hotel, and that's if I drive back immediately after the last round.
@coolbi Getting FIDE rating on the board , u need to attend any rated chess tournament and defeat 2 to 4 rated players and minimum u should score 0.5 against rated , so the rated person u defeat total avg rating will be your rating
For example:-
In1 tournament u have faced 7 rated people and 2 unrated and if u win at least 2 to 3 win against the rated people their avg rating will be your rating
Well I'm indian so I'm not sure what to say.