I think the absolute lowest is 500.
Negative Rating?
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Actually, there are two players with ratings of 0 in some form of chess on this site. Nothing lower than that. I always thought the floor was 200...
Belisarius777 wrote:
Just a fun question. I have seen some people here who have two dozen or more games going at a time. If they timed out or lost a lot of games, what is the lowest chess rating possible? 0 or a negative number?
The lowest rating on the site is zero. See keno123yoyo and timmaylivinalie. The policy of the site with regard to floors may not match other organizations.
http://www.chess.com/echess/players.html?name=&country=&min_rating=&max_rating=400
There is a simulator, see post #113, which calculates a negative rating. Set the rating of both players to a low number to see this.
TadDude wrote:
Belisarius777 wrote:
Just a fun question. I have seen some people here who have two dozen or more games going at a time. If they timed out or lost a lot of games, what is the lowest chess rating possible? 0 or a negative number?
The lowest rating on the site is zero. See keno123yoyo and timmaylivinalie. The policy of the site with regard to floors may not match other organizations.
http://www.chess.com/echess/players.html?name=&country=&min_rating=&max_rating=400
There is a simulator, see post #113, which calculates a negative rating. Set the rating of both players to a low number to see this.
Man!!... to get a rating of 0 is like having luck spit in your face.
Maybe I will try for a zero rating. That at least would be an attainable goal... 
Just a fun question. I have seen some people here who have two dozen or more games going at a time. If they timed out or lost a lot of games, what is the lowest chess rating possible? 0 or a negative number?