1. ???
2. No
3. Yes. [EDIT] I mean yes: Have fun, learn, play, practice, etc. Most of all, have fun.
4. ???
5. 2007 (I think)
6. Enter FIDE or "other" sanctioned tournaments
7. Over the Board. Playing a live game against some one. The way to get a FIDE rating is to play live, OTB tournaments.
1. ELO is the system used by the USCF (the American chess organization) to give players ratings. FIDE (the international chess organization) has its own rating system.
2. No it's not, Chess.com uses the Glicko rating system: http://www.glicko.net/glicko/glicko.pdf
3. I dunno, learn and improve?
4. If in a tournament you have a tied score, the person with the most wins wins. Otherwise a tiebreaker game is played (I think).
5. I do not know.
6. Join FIDE or USCF and play in official tournaments.
7. Over The Board - usually in official tournaments.
1. not 100% sure but I thought that:
USCF rating = american league rating
FIDE rating = international rating
ELO rating = ELO is the system that is used to calculate ratingpoints. I think both USCF and FIDE use the ELO system. But you can use the ELO system for anything to give a player a rating.
3. whatever you want: become a good player, to have fun, or meet new people, anything!
4. in live tournaments they use rating as tiebreaker (not 100% sure, maybe they use result between 2 players. So if you beat me, and we tie, you are ahead). But Im pretty sure its the rating. Or both.
In online chess they use a system that takes in account who you have beaten.
http://www.chess.com/tournaments/help#tiebreak
[EDIT: I started typing this, left, came back and finished, posted, and then found out others beat me to it]
1. FIDE is the world chess federation. USCF is the Unites States Chess Federation. Each of these gives ratings. I think USCF ratings are somewhat inflated compared to FIDE which makes a 2200 FIDE rating better than a 2200 USCF rating. I don't know what ELO is, but I think it a rating system or something.
2. To get a USCF or FIDE rating you have to play in a USCF or FIDE tournament. You can get a chess.com rating on chess.com
3. To enjoy yourself. Personally I enjoy chess most when I'm improving, so rating goals are good for me.
4. A tie break determines the place of players in tournaments if there is a tie. If I and another player tie for first, the tiebreaker determines who gets first and who gets second. I don't know how this works exactly.
5. I think around 5 years ago.
6. Playing in a FIDE tournament; It depends on what "other rating" means.
7. OTB = Over The Board
1. ELO is the system used by the USCF (the American chess organization) to give players ratings. FIDE (the international chess organization) has its own rating system.
2. No it's not, Chess.com uses the Glicko rating system: http://www.glicko.net/glicko/glicko.pdf
3. I dunno, learn and improve?
4. If in a tournament you have a tied score, the person with the most wins wins. Otherwise a tiebreaker game is played (I think).
5. I do not know.
6. Join FIDE or USCF and play in official tournaments.
7. Over The Board - usually in official tournaments.
#4 is 100% WRONG!
Tiebreaks depends on the organization and what system they use. I don't know all of them, but none of them are "# of wins". They include:
Modified Median: Let's say the tournament is 5 rounds, and you tie for first with 4 1/2. You take the scores of the 5 opponents that you played, dumping the highest and lowest, and adding them up. If you had a bye, there's your lowest (Byes hurt you in tiebreaks).
Median: Same as above, but you keep all 5. Byes will of course hurt you.
Cumulative: Add up the scores after each round. This favors those that win early.
Example of Cumulative:
Jack W 17 W 6 W 7 W 4 D 3
1 2 3 4 4.5
Jill W 19 D 8 W 11 W 9 W 10
1 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5
Jack would win using Cumulative Tiebreaks as 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 4.5 is 14.5, 1 + 1.5 + 2.5 + 3.5 + 4.5 is only 13.
Sokoloff Tiebreaks - This is one I have simply heard of...don't know what it is.
Note that tiebreaks are only used for Trophies and minimal cash bonuses for winning "first place" (usually about $200 or so). If first place is $10,000, second place is $5,000, and third place is $3,000, and there is a 3-way tie for first, regardless of tiebreaks, all 3 players would win $6,000 (combine first, second, and third and divide by 3).
i will be grateful if you answer these questions
6.how can we get a fide or 'other' rating ?
7.what does OTB mean?
Regards,
Farabi