Ratings

Our collection of rating information tries to explain some of the common questions as well as present information that is not generally known or understood by the majority of players.

Types of Ratings

• What are Quick, Regular and Provisional Ratings?
• More about the Quick Chess Rating

Mysterious things

• About Rating Changes
• Why are my recent events not in the latest Supplement ?
• What is a Rating Floor ?
• What is a Rating Class
• What is a Swiss System tournament or Round-Robin tournament?
• Provisional Rating Calculations explained?

A tool for downloading all your results from the USCF

• MSA program by a member of the Greater Peoria Chess Federation

Calculating Ratings

• How to estimate your rating change for a game
• Points at Risk in a rated game
• Here is collection of Rating Calculators in MS Excel format

Probability of the Higher Rated Player Winning

USCF Distribution of Ratings 1993 through 1998