Frequently Asked Questions
The best way to find State Championships/different age group championships in Odisha are to search for All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) official website (https://odishachess/calendar) and look for a tournament calendar on it. Download the circular and follow the instructions mentioned. [AOCA will not be responsible for any other championships/tournament for any other issues.]
In order to participate in a FIDE-rated tournament, you will need a FIDE ID. You can get a FIDE ID by registering your name in All India Chess Federation (https://prs.aicf.in/new-register). You may be required to provide them with various forms of identification, such as Name, Email, Mobile Number, Son/Daughter of, Relation, Mother Tongue, Gender, Date of Birth, Address, State, City, District, FIDE ID, PIO/OCI and also need to Passport Size photo & Birth Certificate for uploading with the payment of ₹300/- (Rupees three hundred only). Other Federations may also require that you are a paid-up member of them in order to get an ID.
You get a FIDE-rating by playing in FIDE-rated tournaments. There are three possible types of rating you might achieve: Standard, Rapid and Blitz, which reflect different game lengths. In order to get a Standard rating, you will need to play at least 5 games against players who are already rated, and score at least ½ point (a draw) in those games and also your performance should be more than 1400.
FIDE publishes (https://ratings.fide.com/) its new rating list on the last day of every month, to come into use from the first day of the new month.
No. Only games where at least 1 move each is made by both players are eligible for FIDE-rating.
1400 is the rating floor, so if your rating drops below this, you will be treated as unrated and have to re-earn your FIDE-rating.
There may be a number of factors why the rating change on Chess-Results is different from the rating change in the FIDE database. For example:
• Chess-Results is displaying old ratings or the wrong rating list.
• A player was particularly active, and so the wrong k factor is being used
By contrast, FIDE reads the results directly from the rating server, and so it is unlikely that any mistake will have been made in the calculation from FIDE’s perspective. It is recommended to investigate this yourself before emailing FIDE observing the difference between the two calculations.
Is your name spelled wrong on your FIDE profile? Is some other information wrong? If you have any problems with information contained on your FIDE profile, then your National Federation should be able to correct it for you. You can send a mail to indianchessfed@gmail.com and ratings.aicf@gmail.com.
The best way to find a National Championships /FIDE-rated tournaments in India is to search for All India Chess Federation official website (https://aicf.in/all-events/), and look for a tournament calendar on it, which should clearly indicate which of their tournaments are FIDE-rated. Download the circular and follow the instructions mentioned.
In order to participate in a FIDE-rated tournament, you will need a FIDE ID. You can get a FIDE ID by registering your name in All India Chess Federation (https://prs.aicf.in/new-register). You may be required to provide them with various forms of identification, such as Name, Email, Mobile Number, Son/Daughter of, Relation, Mother Tongue, Gender, Date of Birth, Address, State, City, District, FIDE ID, PIO/OCI and also need to Passport Size photo & Birth Certificate for uploading with the payment of ₹300/- (Rupees three hundred only). Other Federations may also require that you are a paid-up member of them in order to get an ID.
You get a FIDE-rating by playing in FIDE-rated tournaments. There are three possible types of rating you might achieve: Standard, Rapid and Blitz, which reflect different game lengths. In order to get a Standard rating, you will need to play at least 5 games against players who are already rated, and score at least ½ point (a draw) in those games and also your performance should be more than 1400.
FIDE publishes (https://ratings.fide.com/) its new rating list on the last day of every month, to come into use from the first day of the new month.
No. Only games where at least 1 move each is made by both players are eligible for FIDE-rating.
1400 is the rating floor, so if your rating drops below this, you will be treated as unrated and have to re-earn your FIDE-rating.
There may be a number of factors why the rating change on Chess-Results is different from the rating change in the FIDE database. For example:
• Chess-Results is displaying old ratings or the wrong rating list.
• A player was particularly active, and so the wrong k factor is being used
By contrast, FIDE reads the results directly from the rating server, and so it is unlikely that any mistake will have been made in the calculation from FIDE’s perspective. It is recommended to investigate this yourself before emailing FIDE observing the difference between the two calculations.
Is your name spelled wrong on your FIDE profile? Is some other information wrong? If you have any problems with information contained on your FIDE profile, then your National Federation should be able to correct it for you. You can send a mail to indianchessfed@gmail.com and ratings.aicf@gmail.com.
The best way to find a FIDE-rated tournament in India is to search for All India Chess Federation official website (https://aicf.in/), and look for a tournament calendar on it, which should clearly indicate which of their tournaments are FIDE-rated. Download the circular and follow the instructions mentioned.
In order to participate in a FIDE-rated tournament, you will need a FIDE ID. You can get a FIDE ID by registering your name in All India Chess Federation (https://prs.aicf.in/new-register). You may be required to provide them with various forms of identification, such as Name, Email, Mobile Number, Son/Daughter of, Relation, Mother Tongue, Gender, Date of Birth, Address, State, City, District, FIDE ID, PIO/OCI and also need to Passport Size photo & Birth Certificate for uploading with the payment of ₹300/- (Rupees three hundred only). Other Federations may also require that you are a paid-up member of them in order to get an ID.
You get a FIDE-rating by playing in FIDE-rated tournaments. There are three possible types of rating you might achieve: Standard, Rapid and Blitz, which reflect different game lengths. In order to get a Standard rating, you will need to play at least 5 games against players who are already rated, and score at least ½ point (a draw) in those games and also your performance should be more than 1400.
FIDE publishes (https://ratings.fide.com/) its new rating list on the last day of every month, to come into use from the first day of the new month.
No. Only games where at least 1 move each is made by both players are eligible for FIDE-rating.
1400 is the rating floor, so if your rating drops below this, you will be treated as unrated and have to re-earn your FIDE-rating.
There may be a number of factors why the rating change on Chess-Results is different from the rating change in the FIDE database. For example:
• Chess-Results is displaying old ratings or the wrong rating list.
• A player was particularly active, and so the wrong k factor is being used
By contrast, FIDE reads the results directly from the rating server, and so it is unlikely that any mistake will have been made in the calculation from FIDE’s perspective. It is recommended to investigate this yourself before emailing FIDE observing the difference between the two calculations.
Is your name spelled wrong on your FIDE profile? Is some other information wrong? If you have any problems with information contained on your FIDE profile, then your National Federation should be able to correct it for you. You can send a mail to indianchessfed@gmail.com and ratings.aicf@gmail.com.
