If you didn't have a chess rating yet, then you are known by fide organization as unrated. Being unrated doesn't necessarily mean you could not play chess well. It simply means you haven't participated a single fide chess tournament.
Getting the fide chess rating is as easy as participating one fide recognized chess tournament. It sounds quite difficult at first. Maybe it is for those who are new to chess and who are unfortunately very unfortunate to beat at least one game against his fellow rated humans since winning a game against apes & unrated not counted.
The requirements for getting fide chess rating is as follows:
1. Play fide recognized tournament.
2. Complete minimum 9 games against fide rated players (game against unrated not counted) within a year.
3. Score at least 1 point from rated players.
If you fulfill the above requirements, your name will be published in the next fide rating list along with your rating. The list is published 6 times a year (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sept, Nov).
Chess level is divided based on the skills of the player. Compare the table below to know where you stand based on your rating.
Rating 2500 above = Grandmasters (GM)
Rating 2400 above = International master (IM)
Rating 2300 above = Fide master (FM)
Rating 2200 above = National master (NM)
Rating 2000-2199 = Expert
Rating 1800-1999 = Class A
Rating 1600-1799 = Class B
Rating 1400-1599 = Class C
Rating 1200-1399 = Class D
Rating 1000-1199 = Class E
Rating 800-999 = Class F
Rating 600-799 = Class G
Suppose if you get your first published rating as 1654, then you are a class B player, not bad to start. If you get your rating as 679, I am sorry change your hobby, no offense. If you get your rating as 2000 above, wow!! your an expert. Put serious study, you may become a master one day. If you get your rating as 2014 and lose 16 points after that, your rating is now 1998. You temporarily stay as an expert and went back to class A which sometimes happen to both lucky/unlucky, both male/female.
Rating is an estimation of the player's strength based on his/her performance against other rated players. Depending on win/lose/draw, it increases/decreases.
Getting the fide chess rating is as easy as participating one fide recognized chess tournament. It sounds quite difficult at first. Maybe it is for those who are new to chess and who are unfortunately very unfortunate to beat at least one game against his fellow rated humans since winning a game against apes & unrated not counted.
The requirements for getting fide chess rating is as follows:
1. Play fide recognized tournament.
2. Complete minimum 9 games against fide rated players (game against unrated not counted) within a year.
3. Score at least 1 point from rated players.
If you fulfill the above requirements, your name will be published in the next fide rating list along with your rating. The list is published 6 times a year (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sept, Nov).
How to know where you stand
Rating 2500 above = Grandmasters (GM)
Rating 2400 above = International master (IM)
Rating 2300 above = Fide master (FM)
Rating 2200 above = National master (NM)
Rating 2000-2199 = Expert
Rating 1800-1999 = Class A
Rating 1600-1799 = Class B
Rating 1400-1599 = Class C
Rating 1200-1399 = Class D
Rating 1000-1199 = Class E
Rating 800-999 = Class F
Rating 600-799 = Class G
Suppose if you get your first published rating as 1654, then you are a class B player, not bad to start. If you get your rating as 679, I am sorry change your hobby, no offense. If you get your rating as 2000 above, wow!! your an expert. Put serious study, you may become a master one day. If you get your rating as 2014 and lose 16 points after that, your rating is now 1998. You temporarily stay as an expert and went back to class A which sometimes happen to both lucky/unlucky, both male/female.
Rating is an estimation of the player's strength based on his/her performance against other rated players. Depending on win/lose/draw, it increases/decreases.
Note: If the initial rating the person gets is less than 1200 (from 1st july 2009 onwards), it is disregarded since it's the rating floor. ie the first rating the person gets will be above 1200 in order to be published. Though it's possible to have a rating lower than 1200 eg 980.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really great contest and hopefully I can attend the next one. It was alot of fun and I really enjoyed myself.. chess championship
DeleteNow rating is published monthly from august 2012..
ReplyDeletehow 2 know when and where tournaments are held?
ReplyDeletelook in fide calender. if you are an indian look in aicf tournament calender
ReplyDeleteHow to play in UAE?
Deletehye, i am indian,i was wondering if i have to join DCA (delhi chess association) as i live in delhi in order to get rated?
ReplyDeleteor i just play an open fide rated tournament and i will get the rating.?
You can play an open FIDE rated tournament. Since you are from Delhi, for you to play the tournament, you shall eventually be paying the membership for DCA as well in addition to the tournament fees.
ReplyDeletei am confuse about time period of one year for getting rating ,it is from 1st april to 31st march or 1st january to 31st december ?
ReplyDeleteIf we happen to play against rated players in one FIDE Rated Tournament and luckily if we happen to get 1 point from it, then is it necessary to complete 9 games against rated players within a year to get an official rating ?
ReplyDeleteplay against FIDE rated tournament...?
ReplyDeleteI'm Malaysian, what should I do to get FIDE CHESS RATING?
ReplyDeleteAs Malaysians, you can look up for tournaments in your country and if its rated, you will get fide rating.
Deleteas long as your not a muzlamb u can get a fide rating . chess is haram in islam
DeleteIs the rating period valid for 1 year or is it 26 months as per some other guidelines I have come across
ReplyDeleteMy question was related to my son. He participated in a rating event in June 2013. He won 1 game against 5 rated players. Till which period he should complete his balance 3 games
ReplyDeleteIt's actually 26 months but that's irrelevant, he should complete the remaining 4 games as per the fide rules to get his rating published.
ReplyDeletePls explain me that how exactly my rating wil start and what are the things that i have to do.
ReplyDeleteI played 3 Fide rated players in May 2014 but lost to all. Will these games carry forward to the count of 9 Fide rated games in my next Fide tournament?
ReplyDeleteYes the three games will be counted. The important thing is winning against rated players. Depending on the average rating of your opponent your rating will be calculated. Winning against high rated players would give more ratings.
ReplyDeleteDear
ReplyDeleteI dont have FIDE ID. Can I participate in FIDE rated tournament? Some says first get FIDE ID then only you can praticipate and some says before the beginning of tournament, get registered with federation which is sufficient to participate in FIDE rated tournament.
Kindly clarify the rules as per latest FIDE regulations.
Regards/Vikrant (India)
Of course, you need registration. It's Rs 250/ pay to All India chess federation. They will inform new players about this when you pay entry fee for tournament.
DeleteThen ask the organisers about your FIDE ID. ID is a unique number that FIDE recognises you.
Hi. I am an Indian and I live in Kuwait. How should I be able to get my FIDE ID?
ReplyDeleteIt's a little complicated in your case. If you want to play under All India chess federation, you get registration through AICF or else get registration under Kuwait chess association. You can change after as you wish.
DeleteHey.Im now living in welkom and I dont have any rating.I need information if there is any FIDE RATED TOURNAMENTS near Welkom?
ReplyDeleteFor Welkom, you can contact local chess club. They will know a thing or two about tournaments in your place. Play them.
ReplyDeleteRegarding FIDE ID, you get the moment you play your first tournament. You could ask the tournament organisers. Recently, it is displayed in notice board so that all new players could look up to.
I participated in a rapid tournament an currently I am un rated.i defeated one 1330, 1679 and I drew with 1699 rated players in the tournament was on nov-30-2014 .I played against 5 rated players so there is no rated rapid tournament till next year so will I get my rating
ReplyDeleteThere are three formats of the game :
ReplyDelete1. Classical (long time control)
2. Rapid (medium time control)
3. Blitz (short time control)
For rapid and blitz, if you have classical rating then that would be your starting rapid and blitz rating i.e say you have 1500 fide rating (classical), your rapid and blitz rating would be 1500.
If you are new and played rapid tournaments, the requirements for getting rating is same as classical ie. play minimum 5 to 9 games within the period of 26 months.
You can refer this link for details : http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=172&view=article
you can see SMF(Setting the Mind Frame) blog in the http://thechesslessons.com website which is meant for unrated to 1600 FIDE rated ches player and learner with FREE lessons links
ReplyDeletenow rating floor starts from 1000
ReplyDeleteIm an tamilnadu player and i met 2 rated palyers in aug 2014 and lost to them and i played on aug 2014 and 1st match i lost and 2,3 match i drawed witha a rated 1164 and 1007and i met another rated an i lost will i have a rating in next month or not
ReplyDeleteMy son is a US national residing in India. Can he participate in FIDE tournaments in India? Which federation should he be registered for?
ReplyDeleteThanks
Should be possible to play. Check with any chess centre at your and they should be able to direct you to the nearest district association. If you are in Chennai/ Tamilnadu, you could contact me at: +91 - 99 62 55 05 73
DeleteSir.
ReplyDeleteMy son played two rated tournaments back to back in October 15 . One was open fide tournament from 18 to 22 and u 16 fide tournament from October 23 to 25.
His details of both tournament as under
1 tournament met 5 rated players with an avg rating of 1150
He got 1 rating point by drawing with 2 rated players.
2 tournament he met 6 rated players with an average of 1310 rating
And got 1.5 points.
How will his rating be calculated. By clubbing both or only taking the latest
Tournament as th avg rating in 1 tournament was less than 1200.
Kindly guide
EmAil. Soujisneha@gmail.com
REGDS
Jr
FIDE Rating Regulations effective from 1 July 2014
Delete1. He must score minimum 1/2 points from 5 rated games against rated players.
2. The rating floor is 1000.
3. The condition of a minimum of 5 games need not be met in one tournament. Results from other tournaments played within consecutive rating periods totalling not more than 26 months, are pooled to obtain the initial rating.
For more info check : http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=172&view=article
Hello.I am a Malaysian .I do not have a FIDE ID. How can i get a FIDE ID?
ReplyDeleteIf you participate in any FIDE rated tournament, your FIDE ID is generated.
ReplyDeletebut i can't enter any FIDE tournament because they say we must have a FIDE id to enter.Is there any other answer?please reply anyone!
ReplyDeletewhat if i lose games
ReplyDeleteGood question
DeleteHi, how do we get FIDE ID , is there any form as to play any rated games they are asking for FIDE ID. Can some one help me please
ReplyDeleteTo get FIDE ID just play a rated tournament and the tournament organizer will provide it for you. In your first tournament you would need All India Chess Federation registration which is Rs.250 for a year.
DeleteFor tournament information, look at AICF website.
I'm from coimbatore,tamilnadu. so to play in fide tournaments, do i need to register in aicf and tamilnadu chess association and coimbatore chess association? or its enough to register in any one of them?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
You need both AICF and Tamil Nadu chess association registration. Tamil Nadu chess association registration is needed only if you choose to play under Tamil Nadu state like state championship or if you want to represent your state in national championship. For FIDE tournaments, AICF will be enough.
ReplyDeletehello i m also an indian i want a rating. i temporarily live inn karnataka then i should join ukca or aicf
ReplyDeletefor an international rating
Join UKCA if you want to play state championship or if you want to represent Karnataka. AICF will be enough if you play all open tournaments. Look at AICF calendar for tournament information.
DeleteHi, I am 32 year old. I want to make my career in this line. I played chess from school time. I won many tournament in school college and our working organization.
ReplyDeleteCan any body suggest me that at this age of 32 I can start my new career...
ReplyDeleteCan any body tell me how I can get AICF registration..where to apply where to go for the same?
ReplyDeleteWhere to pay fee for playing in Tournament for FIDE rating...
Please share contact details/nos. for the same.
ReplyDeleteIn classical tell how to get rating if I meet 8 rounds as rated if I get rating or not
ReplyDeleteI got an initial rating of 1166 and unfortunately it is too low. It will take a really long time to increase it. Is there any way to become unrated again, so that I can defeat the proper players and get a higher initial rating
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately no, ratings are internationally registered and recognized by FIDE and therefore it's permanent.
DeleteMy advice to you is to ignore the ratings and focus on your chess development. Ratings can be increased as you win more and more games.
Excellent reply by Mei.
DeleteCan i get fide rating through on line tournaments.
ReplyDeletePlease provide information
Yes absolutely. Go to https://arena.myfide.net/ or search in google FIDE ARENA. You will need to register a membership. It's an official website for online chess from FIDE which recognizes your rating in standard, blitz and bullet.
DeleteDo I need to get a FIDE ID before entering my first FIDE tournament? Also is there any criteria for qualifications to enter one? Also clarify to me if I need to pay to register in a FIDE tournament to get a rating.. Thanks in advance
ReplyDeleteNo, the organizers will assign a unique FIDE ID when you registered for the tournament. For all India chess federation(AICF), the membership fee = Rs. 250/year.($3.86 a year)
DeleteYes, you would need to be a member of any affiliated FIDE members. Since AICF is FIDE affiliated, playing any tournaments sponsored by them is recognized by FIDE and hence earn you a rating.
I have applied for FIDE id but haven't got any replay ... whom to contact?
ReplyDeleteI have applied for FIDE id but haven't got any replay ... whom to contact?
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