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If you’re looking to get a chess rating, there are many ways to do it. Official ratings can be obtained from governing organizations like FIDE and the United States Chess Federation. However, unofficial ratings can also be obtained by playing games on websites like chess.com. Whichever route you take, the most important thing is to practice and play as many games as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Get a Chess Rating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To get an official FIDE chess rating<\/a> you need to gain a performance rating of at least 1000 through playing 20 games including a predetermined number in round-robin or swiss formats in official FIDE events against rated players over the course of around 2 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting an official chess rating is a great accomplishment for any player! In order to get an official rating, you must play a certain number of games in different scenarios – but it’s well worth the effort!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until you complete the 20 games you will have a provisional rating which will be adjusted accordingly – Get started today and see how far you can go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a chess rating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A chess rating is a number between 100 and up to 3000 which represents how well a player has performed against other players at different levels of competition. The higher the rating, the better the player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elo Rating System<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The official chess rating system is the Elo system developed by Arpand Elo in 1960 using the original chess rating system by harness originally developed in 1950<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1970 FIDE adopted the system as the official chess rating system<\/p>\n\n\n\n