Chess Ratings - How They Work

Like it or not, we ALL have a chess rating. You may not care at all about your rating, or you may be whining every time it goes down in the slightest. You might be someone who plays a game a year, or someone who plays 1,000 a day. Still, there is a number out there that represents how well you play chess.

Sonas: Overall review of the FIDE rating system

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How do these estimated ratings work? : r/chessbeginners

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How accurate / useful do you find this new game rating function on chess.com? PGN in comments. : r/chess

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CSCA Informant – Observations about Chess Rating Distribution and Progression – Chess Academy of Denver

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