This page completes the topic on the Elo rating system and chess rating calculation. The page contains the valuable FIDE Elo links which must be useful for you to visit and learn more. There are the following 3 links on this page:
Link 1. FIDE Handbook
Link 2. FIDE Players Rating List
Link 3. FIDE Players Database
Important. From 1 November 2011, FIDE has introduced the new K-factors for the FIDE chess players 10, 15, 30 instead of the old ones 10, 15, 25. See Link 2 for downloading the New FIDE Rating List for January 2012 with K-factors.
Link 1. FIDE Handbook
Link Description: This page is the Table of Context of Actual Handbook. Please find B. Permanent Commissions (in yellow color), and then just below the following 2 links (in light blue colors): 01. International Title Regulations (Qualification Commission) and 02. FIDE Rating Regulations (Qualification Commission).
• To learn more on the FIDE titles and to find the Table of Performance Change and the lookup Tables for GM, IM, WGM, WIM Norms, click link 01. International Title Regulations (Qualification Commission) and then on the next page the link 1.0. Requirements for the titles designated in 0.31.
• To learn more on the FIDE Elo calculation and to find the Table of Winning Probability, click link 02. FIDE Rating Regulations (Qualification Commission) and then on the next page the link 8.0. The working of the FIDE Rating System.
www.fide.com/fide/handbook
Link 2. FIDE Players Rating List
Link Description: Download FIDE Players Rating List. Find chess players’ names, titles, FIDE ratings. Download is 1.6 to 3.5 MB. Before 1 July 2009, the New Rating List was available 4 times a year. From 1 July 2009, the New Rating List is available 6 times a year: on 1 January, 1 March, 1 May, 1 July, 1 September, and 1 November. The latest New FIDE Rating List for January 2012 and New FIDE Rating List for January 2012 with K-factors have been published. The New FIDE Rating List for January 2012 is 2.58 MB to download, for January 2012 with K-factors 2.68 MB - both as zipped text file.
ratings.fide.com/download.phtml
Link 3. FIDE Players Database
Link Description:
Find here the Elo results of each FIDE player for submitted chess tournaments as individual Elo calculations. FIDE recalculates the Elo results by 1 January, 1 March, 1 May, 1 July, 1 September, and 1 November. Before visiting the FIDE database, you are recommended to see a sample table from the database (it opens in a new window on a sister site) to learn how to read the Elo results. Read also explanation on what to do when you open the main page of the FIDE database.
ratings.fide.com
