Ratings & Tournament Directors

The US Chess Federation is a not-for-profit membership organization devoted to extending the role of chess in the United States. USCF serves as the governing body for chess in the United States and as a participant in international chess organizations and projects.. The US Chess Federation provides official ratings for Over The Board, correspondence chess, and scholastic tournaments. Open tournaments are open to all USCF members. Every USCF member will have a provisional rating published after their first four games, and an established rating published after their first 25 games.

• Article from April 2005 Rating Supplement - Notes on the New USCF Ratings System Programming
• New Millennium TD Service Changes - December 2004
• New Feature: TD/Affiliate Support Area
  
• In Passing - remembering our members who have passed...
• New Service For TD's, Affiliates and Members - updated July 13
• Computerization and the Ratings System - an update
• Member Services Area
• Upcoming USCF Rated Tournaments
• Estimate your after tournament rating based on your tournament results
• Ratings News
• Tournament Reports Received
• Tournaments Rated
• State by State Ranked Ratings Lists NEW!!
• How to read your Chess Life Mailing Labels
• Over-the-board (OTB) Rating Distribution Chart
• USCF Invitational Event Requirements - revised August 2003 (#7 rev. 05/04)
• The New USCF Over the Board Rating System: A technical description of the new system can be viewed from http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/ratings/rrating.system.pdf (A less technical description explaining approximating formulas can be viewed from http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/ratings/approx/approx.html)
• Introduction to USCF Rated Tournamentsin .pdf format
• Individual Player Ratings
• Tournament Director/Organizer Information
• Top 100 Lists - The Official USCF Top 100 Lists for US Adult and Junior Players
• Ratings Distribution Charts
• TD CORNER Index
• Bits & Pieces Index
• List of Events Rated From Current Rating Supplement
• Upcoming USCF Rated Tournaments