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

Author: Bill Gletsos

Date: 00:53:22 12/02/00

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On December 01, 2000 at 23:23:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 01, 2000 at 11:09:19, Jeroen van Dorp 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!
>>>
>>>Regards,Terry
>>
>>
>>USCF = (ELO * 0.895) + 367.
>>ELO = (USCF -367)/0.895
>>
>>
>>
>>so 2500 FIDE = 2383
>>
>>
>>Jeroen ;-}
>
>
>That's way off.  Ken Sloan did a careful comparison a few years ago, and found
>that at the 2500+ level, USCF was about 35 points higher IIRC.  Not over a
>hundred as the above formula predicts.  IN fact, the conversion formula would
>be a non-linear equation as the difference varies depending on the rating...
>More at lower levels, less at the top.

I beleive Prof. Mark Glickman Chairman of the USCF ratings committee and the
creator of the Glicko Rating system showed your comments to be correct on a
paper on his web page. His rating web page is
http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/ratings.html but i think the relevant paper is one
of the papers on his research page which is linked from the above page.



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