Ok Ken. So it makes sense then to compare USCF and FIDE ratings, even though
they're not the same and USCF ratings are almost always higher. Does this
apply even when comparing a USCF 2230 and a FIDE 2230?

I didn't mean to imply that the formula works 100% of the time or that there
was an actual conversion factor. It seems to me that USCF ratings are ABOUT
100 points higher than FIDE ratings. That's what it looks like to me, and
that's the number I've seen mentioned here and there.

You can't even say that "for all practical purposes" our rating differences
would be the same regardless of the scale(s). Lapshun admitted he made a
mistake in capturing on c6 with his Q. A 2650 FIDE player almost certainly
wouldn't make the same error and enter an inferior middlegame, regardless of
whom he was playing.

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"Angelo DePalma" writes:

I believe Lapshun is 2500 USCF by the way. I'm not FIDE rated so it
made no
sense to compare my USCF with his FIDE.

Yes, it does.

Generally, USCF = FIDE + 100.

No, it's not.

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