Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:51:28 11/29/99
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On November 28, 1999 at 15:31:15, Jonathan Lee wrote:
> Here are 2 conversions between USCF and FIDE on pages 84 and 85 of the 4th
>edition of the United States Chess Federation rule book.
> USCF = FIDE + 50
> USCF = (0.895)*FIDE + 367
> Pages 84 and 85 give other conversions but they don't cover all the
>countries especially the Swedish.
> To make the whole thing more simple, what is the rating of Chess Tiger
>(SSDF=2690+) for USCF or FIDE?
> Jonathan
You realize of course, that these 'conversions' are rough approximations at
best. Just take a sample of the grandmasters and masters and you'll see it. The
USCF ratings are not modified according to FIDE ratings, nor is the inverse
true, so the ratings will only coincide with that conversion by chance.
Albert Silver
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