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Sorry slightly off topic, how does one get their chess level measured? Thanks

• microtherion 9y ago
  You get an initial rating by playing a number of tournament games against rated opponents. The results of every rated game (played at tournaments etc) are reported to a rating body. Back when I played (low level) competitively, rating lists were published every couple of months in paper form; nowadays it's all online, of course.
  • dilemma 9y ago
    >The results of every rated game (played at tournaments etc) are reported to a rating body Sounds like another instance of centralization that must be disrupted by the blockchain
    • fjsolwmv 9y ago
      You can chess go on lichess.com and get a rating by playing games
• valarauca1 9y ago
  If you’ve ever heard of the ELO ranking system it was developed for ranking chess players, and predicting the outcome of matches. The system has been tweaked over the years as there small statistical oddities. But official ranks are determined after playing 10-25 games in “official” tournaments. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system