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Subject: Re: Converting ELO Ratings to USCF Ratings

Author: Steve B

Date: 08:24:53 07/16/05

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On July 16, 2005 at 11:08:51, O. Veli wrote:

>On July 14, 2005 at 22:32:03, Victor Park wrote:
>
>>If a chess computer has an ELO Rating of 1960, what is its equivalent USCF
>>Rating. Many chess computers come with ELO Ratings, but I need to know what
>>their USCF Ratings are. Is there a general formula for converting from one to
>>another?
>
> A couple of years ago USCF established a formula based on players who had both
>ratings. The formula was USCF = ( 0,895 * FIDE ) + 367 . I hope this helps.


I usually use as a rule of thumb ..
ELO +150=USCF

it gives a fairly good conversion

Steve




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