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Subject: Re: ELO vs. USCF

Author: vincent dichiacchio

Date: 19:41:49 01/02/98

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On January 02, 1998 at 18:54:47, Peter Kappler wrote:

>
>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

In book of USCF rules a conversion method it suggested was roughly 90%
of FIDE ELO plus 365.  The conversion had to do with rating a player who
had a FIDE but not a USCF rating in a tournament.  The book is several
years old, so it may be different now.

Vince



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