Can I compare my ChessWorld Rating with other Rating systems?
No! The ChessWorld Rating system is carefully designed to give due credit for the specific format of on-line Chess as played on the ChessWorld server. We have evolved a unique system, based upon well proven International standards, that is best suited to the demands and expectations of our Members. As such, it is quite reasonable to use your rating, once you have played more than 50 games, to give you an indication of your relative ability as compared with any given opponent on ChessWorld. Because our system is designed specifically for ChessWorld there cannot be any meaningful comparison with the more common external measures that may be of interest. For example, ratings as awarded by ECF, FIDE and other formal bodies are based upon over-the-board, (OTB), play where it is possible to ensure carefully controlled and monitored conditions. The nature of web-based correspondence chess is such as to preclude any such controls, which cannot be replicated on this, or any other chess playing
