Rating points? I don't know the formula chess.com uses but with the USCF, you can get a bonus in your rating for going perfect or winning a tournament depending on how many games you played and a complicated formula coupled with Elo's formula... maybe its something like that...
Winning a tournament
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No, i think SerbianPlayer means the Tournament Points you can deserve when you become 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a tourney. The more tournaments you win, the more points you get...
Tournament Points Leaderboard 2009
My Tournament Points: 69
| Name | # Tournaments | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | AWARDCHESS (1832)  |
394 | 11,868 |
| #2 | RathiDragon (1794)  |
119 | 4,515 |
| #3 | NM ozzie_c_cobblepot (2211) |
50 | 3,764 |
| #4 | Robik (1882)  |
73 | 3,606 |
| #5 | fcpanginen (1896)  |
165 | 3,072 |
| #6 | GaryD (1785) |
115 | 2,539 |
| #7 | NM TheChessGym (1577) |
82 | 2,456 |
| #8 | albatros1 (2316)  |
53 | 2,317 |
| #9 | pscdn (2067)  |
172 | 1,880 |
| #10 | Nf6 (1772)  |
64 | 1,716 |
When someone wins a tournament they get like 150 points for example,
Can someone please explain what this means?