Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://chesstempo.com" rel="nofollow">chesstempo.com</a>'s tactics/endgame problems (which give you a rating) are probably just as good an estimate as anything else. They might be a bit under or over, but all other assessments will suffer similarly. </p>
  
  <p>Similarly, playing on any of the online services (fics/icc are probably closest to reality) will give you a rating. Those are typically a bit inflated compared to FIDE or USCF.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: The USCF's ratings are also inflated compared to FIDE's.
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Answers.Text: Yeah. In tournaments don't they have you add 100 to FIDE for pairings (if you don't have a USCF rating)?
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Answers.Body: <p>Googling "<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=ELO+Chess+Rating" rel="nofollow">Elo chess rating</a>" provides a <a href="http://www.chessmaniac.com/ELORating/ELO_Chess_Rating.shtml" rel="nofollow">good answer</a>, though it does not give any insight into what good answers are, or at least how that page is scoring answers:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><strong>Question 1:</strong> blank=1000; f6,f3=2600; c5,d4=1900; c6,d4=1900; b4,c3=1400; c8,a6=1500; f6,g6=1400; e6,e5=1200; c8,d7=1600</li>
  <li><strong>Question 2:</strong> blank=1000; g2,e4=2600; g5,h7=1950; h5,g6=1900; g2,f1=1400; g2,d5=1200; f2,f4=1400</li>
  <li><strong>Question 3:</strong> blank=1000; c5,c6=2500; g3,g6=2000; e4,e5=1900; g3,g5=1700; e4,d4=1200; d6,e5=1200</li>
  <li><strong>Question 4:</strong> blank=1000; e5,e6=2500; b3,f7=1600; b3,c2=1700; b3,d1=1800</li>
  <li><strong>Question 5:</strong> blank=1000; e3,c5=2500; f5,h6=2100; e3,h6=1900; f5,g7=1500; f2,g3=1750; c8,f8=1200; f2,h4=1200; e3,b6=1750; e2,c4=1400</li>
  <li><strong>Question 6:</strong> blank=1000; g5,f6=2500; c3,d5=1700; c4,b5=1900; f2,f4=1700; a2,a3=1200; e1,e3=1200</li>
  <li><strong>Question 7:</strong> blank=1000; f6,h7=2500; f6,e4=1800; g6,g5=1700; a6,a5=1700; g8,h7=1500</li>
  <li><strong>Question 8:</strong> blank=1000; b6,d8=2500; c8,e8=1600</li>
  <li><strong>Question 9:</strong> blank=1000; e3,d4=2500; e4,g6=1800; e4,h7=1800; e3,h6=1700; d7,b7=1400</li>
  <li><strong>Question 10:</strong> blank=1000; d8,d7=2600; f6,e8=2000; h7,h5=1800; c5,d4=1600; c8,a6=1800; a7,a5=1800; f8,e8=1400; d6,d5=1500</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> Given the scores available above, the highest possible score is 2530, and the lowest possible score given all correct, but worse possible answers, is 1460.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Even though I know myself to score poorly at such tests, this offset my by some 400 points…
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Answers.Text: Be careful, the scoring is jacked.  I'm getting too many points for blatantly illegal moves.
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Answers.Text: Just curious, how much did you score?
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Answers.Text: @Binoj Antony: I didn't, I don't play chess... :-)
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Answers.Text: got 1575, where does that place me? :-)
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Answers.Text: @Soufiane Hassou: Not sure, sounds like a question to post, that being, "[Based on ELO rating, what percentile am I in?](http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/414/based-on-elo-rating-what-percentile-am-i-in)"
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Answers.Body: <p>Lucas Chess gives you a choice between playing for a "Lucas Elo" starting at 0 or a "Tourney Elo" starting at 1600.  It includes 40 odd engines which have been handicapped or are rated between 600-3000, so you can find opponents near your level.</p>
  
  <p>You could download the Shredder Classic 4 demo from the Shredderchess web site, and use it for free for one month.  The Shredder Classic engine is weaker than the real Shredder, but the interface tracks your rating I believe.</p>
  
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Body: <p>What software (preferably free) can I use to do a self assessment to determine my own Elo rating?</p>
  
Tags: <software><fide><rating>
Title: What software can I use to self-assess my own Elo rating?
ThreadText: # What software can I use to self-assess my own Elo rating?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-12)
  
  What software (preferably free) can I use to do a self assessment to determine my own Elo rating?
  
  **Tags:** software, fide, rating
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2012-05-12. Score: 5
  
  [chesstempo.com](http://chesstempo.com)'s tactics/endgame problems (which give you a rating) are probably just as good an estimate as anything else. They might be a bit under or over, but all other assessments will suffer similarly.
  
  Similarly, playing on any of the online services (fics/icc are probably closest to reality) will give you a rating. Those are typically a bit inflated compared to FIDE or USCF.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: The USCF's ratings are also inflated compared to FIDE's.  
  > **username_1**: Yeah. In tournaments don't they have you add 100 to FIDE for pairings (if you don't have a USCF rating)?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2012-05-12. Score: 5
  
  Googling "[Elo chess rating](http://www.google.com/search?q=ELO+Chess+Rating)" provides a [good answer](http://www.chessmaniac.com/ELORating/ELO_Chess_Rating.shtml), though it does not give any insight into what good answers are, or at least how that page is scoring answers:
  
  * **Question 1:** blank=1000; f6,f3=2600; c5,d4=1900; c6,d4=1900; b4,c3=1400; c8,a6=1500; f6,g6=1400; e6,e5=1200; c8,d7=1600
  * **Question 2:** blank=1000; g2,e4=2600; g5,h7=1950; h5,g6=1900; g2,f1=1400; g2,d5=1200; f2,f4=1400
  * **Question 3:** blank=1000; c5,c6=2500; g3,g6=2000; e4,e5=1900; g3,g5=1700; e4,d4=1200; d6,e5=1200
  * **Question 4:** blank=1000; e5,e6=2500; b3,f7=1600; b3,c2=1700; b3,d1=1800
  * **Question 5:** blank=1000; e3,c5=2500; f5,h6=2100; e3,h6=1900; f5,g7=1500; f2,g3=1750; c8,f8=1200; f2,h4=1200; e3,b6=1750; e2,c4=1400
  * **Question 6:** blank=1000; g5,f6=2500; c3,d5=1700; c4,b5=1900; f2,f4=1700; a2,a3=1200; e1,e3=1200
  * **Question 7:** blank=1000; f6,h7=2500; f6,e4=1800; g6,g5=1700; a6,a5=1700; g8,h7=1500
  * **Question 8:** blank=1000; b6,d8=2500; c8,e8=1600
  * **Question 9:** blank=1000; e3,d4=2500; e4,g6=1800; e4,h7=1800; e3,h6=1700; d7,b7=1400
  * **Question 10:** blank=1000; d8,d7=2600; f6,e8=2000; h7,h5=1800; c5,d4=1600; c8,a6=1800; a7,a5=1800; f8,e8=1400; d6,d5=1500
  
  **Note:** Given the scores available above, the highest possible score is 2530, and the lowest possible score given all correct, but worse possible answers, is 1460.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Just curious, how much did you score?  
  > **username_3**: @username_0: I didn't, I don't play chess... :-)  
  > **username_5**: got 1575, where does that place me? :-)  
  > **username_3**: @username_5: Not sure, sounds like a question to post, that being, "[Based on ELO rating, what percentile am I in?](http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/414/based-on-elo-rating-what-percentile-am-i-in)"  
  > **username_4**: Even though I know myself to score poorly at such tests, this offset my by some 400 points…  
  > **username_2**: Be careful, the scoring is jacked.  I'm getting too many points for blatantly illegal moves.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2015-09-27. Score: 0
  
  Lucas Chess gives you a choice between playing for a "Lucas Elo" starting at 0 or a "Tourney Elo" starting at 1600. It includes 40 odd engines which have been handicapped or are rated between 600-3000, so you can find opponents near your level.
  
  You could download the Shredder Classic 4 demo from the Shredderchess web site, and use it for free for one month. The Shredder Classic engine is weaker than the real Shredder, but the interface tracks your rating I believe.
  
  
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