4 Chess ratings serve two purposes: (a) they tell you your relative ability,
5 and (b) are useful means for identifying and playing opponents of roughly your
8 This server utilizes the Glicko rating system developed by Mark E. Glickman
9 (with assistance and corrections by Dmitry Dakhnovsky and server
10 implementation by Vek and Hawk). The full explanation of this system is given
11 in the "glicko" help file.
13 In general, your rating will be adjusted by several factors: (a) the result
14 of your game (win, loss, draw), (b) your opponent's rating, (c) the stability
15 of your rating, and (d) the stability of your opponent's rating. If you want
16 to determine how your rating might change after a match with a given player,
17 use the "assess" command.
19 At present, there are separate ratings for three kinds of chess: Standard,
20 Blitz and Wild. Your current rating is available on your "finger" file. Once
21 you have an established rating (20 or more games) in a given type, your
22 highest established rating to date will also be displayed. Players with
23 established ratings will also have their ratings listed on several ranking
24 lists (see the "best", "hbest", "rank" and "hrank" help files).
26 By default, the "who" command lists logged on users in order of their
27 ratings. This way, you can identify and match players of certain ratings.
28 You can also use ratings in your "formula" for filtering out match requests
29 from other players. Ratings can also be used to filter out kibitzes and
30 whispers by the "kiblevel" variable.
33 TRANSFERRING RATINGS FROM ANOTHER CHESS SERVER
35 It is possible to transfer your rating from another chess server to this
36 server. Contact an admin concerning which admin should process your request
37 since different admins are on different chess servers. In general, you will
38 need to email your request to that admin. Please use the subject line
39 "Request for ratings transfer" and in the body of the email tell the admin
40 your handle(s) on both chess servers. Also be sure to "message" the admin on
41 the other server so the admin can verify that you are the person you claim to
46 (a) In the case of adjourned games that are resumed, ratings are adjusted by
47 the users' ratings at the time the match is resumed rather than the ratings
48 they had when the match was started.
50 See Also: assess best finger formula glicko hbest hrank kiblevel
53 [Last modified: October 8, 1995 -- Friar]