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

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 12:37:14 01/19/02

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On January 19, 2002 at 03:51:19, Mike S. wrote:

>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


Going from USCF to FIDE:


USCF	FIDE
----	----
2000	1825
2050	1880
2100	1936
2150	1992
2200	2048
2250	2104
2300	2160
2350	2216
2400	2272
2450	2327
2500	2383
2550	2439
2600	2495
2650	2551
2700	2607
2750	2663
2800	2718
2850	2774



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