There are three different ratings. Short live chess rating, long live chess rating, and correspondence chess rating. As you have only played live chess, only those ratings will change. Your correspondence chess rating will remain at 1200 until you complete a rated game.
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ok, and a rated game would be online chess?
Yeah.
o ok i got it. thank you very much. can you please help me out in my other topic http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/beginning-with-tournaments
sorry i dont mean to be a bother, but i am sort of new.
thanks for all the help
why does my rating keep reseting to the basic 1200? thanks