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Subject: Re: ELO vs. USCF

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 15:54:47 01/02/98

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On January 02, 1998 at 13:53:17, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>Is there a formula for translating ELO to USCF rating?
>
>I've heard that at some levels it is a 100+ difference
>on the USCF side but that it varies, lower differences
>for higher ratings.
>
>Anyway, this is to conver the ELO 2040 rating of a Louguet II
>test result to USCF.
>
>Thanks,
>Stuart


Adding 100 pts to the ELO rating will get you pretty close.

Somewhere I have a copy of a paper by the USCF ratings committee which
presented a formula for translating ratings between the two systems.
You're right, 100 pts. was the base difference, but it did fluctuate
with rating.

--Peter



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