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Subject: Re: How many points difference between FIDE and USCF rating?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 17:14:38 12/01/00

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On December 01, 2000 at 09:18:37, Christopher R. Dorr wrote:

>I remember somebody doing this about 5 years ago, and posting the results in
>rec.games.chess. If I recall correctly (please correct me if I am wrong), the
>difference was only a little more than FIDE+50=UCSF.
>
>While this seemed low, when you looked at the data it made sense. The first
>people you think of in this comparison are the GMs with 2700 USCF ratings, and
>2575 FIDE ratings. But there are a great many USCF 2225 NMs with FIDE 2290 type
>ratings which counteract this. I personally know 2 local Masters whose FIDE
>ratings are significantly higher than their USCF (i.e. FIDE2335/USCF2230, and
>FIDE2180/USCF2090).
>
>I think the assumption that FIDE ratings are over 1000 points lower than USCF on
>the whole is a mistaken one.

Now there's a cautious a statement!

Looks like an extra zero snuck in there ;-)

>
>Chris
>
>
>On November 30, 2000 at 19:57:28, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On November 30, 2000 at 19:53:55, Terry Ripple wrote:
>>
>>>If a Player is rated 2500 FIDE, then what would be his aproximate USCF rating?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for your information!
>>
>>It could be calculated from a list of players who belong to both organizations.
>>Without using that data, it would only be a wild guess.  There is surely some
>>correlation between the strength of players in one group compared to the other
>>but without a meaninful mathematical comparison, the only result you could
>>obtain is a wild guess or opinion.
>>
>>I suspect that the needed data does exist.  It would simply need to be gathered
>>and analyzed.



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