OTB Chess Rating
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NMRhino
Feb 20, 2022
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I was wondering how otb chess rating works for someone who doesn’t have an otb rating yet. I was considering playing some otb tournaments and getting a rating, but I have no clue how it works if I don’t have a rating yet. Do they start me off at a really high rating and then I just keep playing until I get lowered down to my accurate rating. Or do they start me off low and I have to play to go up? Also what happens if I go against other people who haven’t really played any games either? This is all really confusing.
I dont have one but I'm going to get one soon
Feb 20, 2022
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Hi NMRhino.
Each chess federation (FIDE and national federations) has different rules for this and they can be complicated. Generally, you will start as officially “unrated” but also have a hidden "provisional rating." Your provisional rating will swing greatly with each game you play while unrated based on your result and the rating of your opponent. After playing a set number of rated games (typically 20 to 30), your provisional rating will become your official rating and it will now change much more slowly.
Best.
Feb 20, 2022
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#5
NMRhino wrote:
I was wondering how otb chess rating works for someone who doesn’t have an otb rating yet. I was considering playing some otb tournaments and getting a rating, but I have no clue how it works if I don’t have a rating yet. Do they start me off at a really high rating and then I just keep playing until I get lowered down to my accurate rating. Or do they start me off low and I have to play to go up? Also what happens if I go against other people who haven’t really played any games either? This is all really confusing.
If your flag is correct, US Chess has a formula to initialize your rating in your first event, based on your results, the feeds that intialized rating back through the rating formula.
If you really want to know the full details, you can check out the rating document: http://www.glicko.net/ratings/rating.system.pdf
Also here's the U.S. Chess Federation rating estimator. all those empty spaces u see on there are where u enter ur opponents ratings and the total points u scored against them. Pretty easy after u get used to using it a couple of times.
http://www.uschess.org/index.php/Players-Ratings/Do-NOT-edit-CLOSE-immediately.html