Answers.Body: <p>If the Elo system is implemented in its purest form, there is no theoretical lower limit for a rating. </p>
  
  <p>Practically though, every chess organisation implements its rating system a bit differently and often there are rating floors that constitute the lowest possible rating. </p>
  
  <p>The USCF for example seems to have a <a href="http://mdchess.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=21:how-to-find-a-players-new-uscf-rating-after-an-mca-scholastic-tournament&amp;catid=9&amp;Itemid=7" rel="nofollow">rating floor of 100</a>. </p>
  
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Body: <p>This question comes from a lack of understanding of how ratings work.
  What is the lowest rating you can get ( or does it never stop decreasing )? </p>
  
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Title: What is the lowest possible rating you can achieve (if any)?
ThreadText: # What is the lowest possible rating you can achieve (if any)?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-25)
  
  This question comes from a lack of understanding of how ratings work.
  What is the lowest rating you can get ( or does it never stop decreasing )?
  
  **Tags:** rating
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  If the Elo system is implemented in its purest form, there is no theoretical lower limit for a rating.
  
  Practically though, every chess organisation implements its rating system a bit differently and often there are rating floors that constitute the lowest possible rating.
  
  The USCF for example seems to have a [rating floor of 100](http://mdchess.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21:how-to-find-a-players-new-uscf-rating-after-an-mca-scholastic-tournament&catid=9&Itemid=7).
  
  
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