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Subject: Re: USCF <-> FIDE ratings conversion (?)

Author: Mike S.

Date: 00:51:19 01/19/02

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On January 19, 2002 at 03:01:44, O. Veli wrote:

>(...)
>  IIRC USCF recommended a rating conversion in their Laws of Chess around 1992.
>The formula was USCF = FIDE * 0.895 + 367 . This was based on a study on US
>players who had both ratings.

Thanks! I figured out that this is exactly the formula which that site uses. I
got following results from their applet:

FIDE -> USCF
------------
   0     367
   1     368
1000    1262
2000    2157
2600    2694

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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