The prizes are as high as $10,000 for the winner of each section. For instance, there are Under 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800, 20 sections in the some of the larger tournaments in America. In many tournaments you can only play if you are over or under a certain rating. There are also separate ratings for various chess organizations from the international chess body, FIDE to Internet chess clubs.Ĭhessplayers often worry or obsess over their rating, because it determines pairings, which tournaments they can play in and reflects their current playing strength, so much that one professional player compared losing 10 rating points to losing 10 liters of blood! (This is actually MORE blood than the average human body contains.)
You can lose rating points as well as gaining them (unlike in bridge) but you cannot lose your US Chess rating. US Chess assigns ratings to members who play in official tournaments. When you win, your rating should go up, when you lose, your rating should go down, and when you draw, whether your rating goes up or down depends on whether you were lower rated than your opponent (up) or higher rated (down). Later, ratings change incrementally based on your result and the ratings of your opponents. Before completing 26 games, your rating is provisional and can change drastically after winning or losing. Q:What's a chess rating and how do I get one?Ī:A chess rating is an estimate of your playing strength based on prior results. If there are 50 players in a tournament, #1 will play #26, #2 will play #27, etc. Swiss pairings split the field into two halves and pair the top of the first half with the top of the second half. In the first round, players are ranked by their ratings (Unrated players are ranked at the bottom, alphabetically.) The Swiss system of pairing is then used. Q:If I play in a tournament, who will I play against?Ī:In the large majority of chess tournaments, computers determine pairings. There are special tournament rules like "touch move." Check out the tournament play section of Rules of Chess for more details.
Q:What's a chess tournament like? How is it different from playing a friendly game?Ī:Rating points and prizes are usually at stake in chess tournaments, so the atmosphere is much more competitive and quiet than in a casual club or cafe game. You also might want to investigate a club in your area. Most tournaments have skittles rooms, where players compete casually, often in blitz games and tournament participants analyze their games. If you're not comfortable playing right away, you are free to observe any event. A:Check out our Clubs & Tournaments area to find a tournament in your area.
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