I'm wondering how the Yahoo! Games ratings compare to those of USCF,
CFC or FIDE. If anybody has any data or noticed any trends, it would
be interesting to compare the scales.

For example, if I have a 1180 Yahoo! Games rating, what might be the
equivalent rating under another system?

Peace,

Sonja
www.kisa.ca

"Sonja Kisa" wrote in message
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I'm wondering how the Yahoo! Games ratings compare to those of USCF,
CFC or FIDE. If anybody has any data or noticed any trends, it would
be interesting to compare the scales.

For example, if I have a 1180 Yahoo! Games rating, what might be the
equivalent rating under another system?

Peace,

Sonja
www.kisa.ca

A Yahoo! rating of 1180 might translate into a rating of 1000 USCF. The
standard rule of thumb I've always heard (and which seems to be fairly
accurate) is to take your online rating and subtract approximately 200 and
you'll have what your USCF rating would probably be.

Regards,

Matt

"A Yahoo! rating of 1180 might translate into a rating of 1000 USCF. The
standard rule of thumb I've always heard (and which seems to be fairly
accurate) is to take your online rating and subtract approximately 200 and
you'll have what your USCF rating would probably be." (Matt)
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Not true for ICC blitz ratings. A typical 1700 ICC blitz player with several
hundred games under his belt is stronger than a USCF otb 1700. All you have to
do is "finger" the various players and you'll see many 1700 blitz players with
USCF 1800 - 2000 ratings. And.. many of these ICC guys simply play more
sophisticated chess than the typical USCF 1700. You can "feel" it while you're
playing them.

RSHaas

"HAASpittle" wrote in message
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"A Yahoo! rating of 1180 might translate into a rating of 1000 USCF. The
standard rule of thumb I've always heard (and which seems to be fairly
accurate) is to take your online rating and subtract approximately 200 and
you'll have what your USCF rating would probably be." (Matt)
===============
Not true for ICC blitz ratings. A typical 1700 ICC blitz player with
several
hundred games under his belt is stronger than a USCF otb 1700. All you
have to
do is "finger" the various players and you'll see many 1700 blitz players
with
USCF 1800 - 2000 ratings. And.. many of these ICC guys simply play more
sophisticated chess than the typical USCF 1700. You can "feel" it while
you're
playing them.

RSHaas

ICC itself is running an ongoing survey at
http://www.chessclub.com/help/survey

In article ,
(Sonja Kisa) wrote:

I'm wondering how the Yahoo! Games ratings compare to those of USCF,
CFC or FIDE. If anybody has any data or noticed any trends, it would
be interesting to compare the scales.

For example, if I have a 1180 Yahoo! Games rating, what might be the
equivalent rating under another system?

I don't think there really is any way to tell. unless Yahoo has cleaned
up it's act a lot.

You may be able to make an educated guess from a FICS or ICC rating.

Last time I was on yahoo, I saw 1700-rated players who would, IMO,
struggle to break 1000 USCF. Don't know what's changed since then,
though, as it was several years ago.