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  <p>How can I play in a FIDE tournament</p>
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  <p>In exactly the same way you would a non-FIDE rated tournament. First enter. Then play.</p>
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  <p>How can I become a FIDE-rated player?</p>
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  <p>To get a FIDE rating you need to score at least one draw against at least 5 FIDE rated opponents in FIDE rated tournaments with a performance rating of at least 1400 over a period of not more than 26 months.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I have not kept up to date, but in the United States, as recently as the 1990s, FIDE-rated tournaments were hard to find. Most tournaments I ever heard about were USCF-rated only, for some reason. U.S. chess players seemed to have the impression that FIDE ratings were a European thing. I wonder if that is still true.
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Answers.Text: @brain how we can know about fide tournaments. is this any online process, website?
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Answers.Text: @PankajBisht FIDE rated tournaments have to be registered with FIDE at least 7 days in advance by the national federation and when registered they immediately appear on the FIDE website. For instance the tournaments for India are here - https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_list.phtml?moder=ev_code&country=IND. There is a search facility on the page which allows you to select other federations.
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Answers.Text: how did the 1st FIDE rated people get their ratings since i guess no one really had FIDE ratings? awarded like base step in mathematical induction?
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Answers.Text: @user30536 What? I mean the very 1st players to get FIDE ratings. Like did everyone just start 1200?
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Answers.Body: <p>To get a FIDE rating, all you need to do is play in a few FIDE rated tournaments. Many big open tournaments with lots of players are FIDE rated, so those would be a good bet. You can find these tournaments by just searching on Google "Chess Tournaments in x" where x is the region you live.</p>
  
  <p>There is no online sign-up process necessary. Once you play 9 FIDE-rated games and score at least 3/9 (unless the rules have changed) then you'll have a FIDE rating.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: And realistically speaking, if you are a beginner, scoring 3/9 in a big open tournament is unlikely at least for the tournaments I know.
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Answers.Body: <p>The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has several types of FIDE ratings. The easiest FIDE rating to get is the online FIDE rating.  For that purpose, FIDE has a relatively cheap website (you only need to pay 25 Euros [25-30 U.S. Dollars] per year).</p>
  <p>These are the most important links:</p>
  <p><a href="https://chessarena.com/?popup=registration" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chessarena.com/?popup=registration</a></p>
  <p><a href="https://chessarena.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chessarena.com/</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I am new to chess. I read about <strong>FIDE</strong> so my question is: How can I
  play in a FIDE tournament or become a FIDE-rated player?</p>
  <p>Is there any online process for that, or something else? Right now I only know about FIDE and not much about their process. Someone told me about FIDE but he was not very clear about them.</p>
  
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Title: What is the process for becoming a FIDE rated chess player?
ThreadText: # What is the process for becoming a FIDE rated chess player?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-23)
  
  I am new to chess. I read about **FIDE** so my question is: How can I
  play in a FIDE tournament or become a FIDE-rated player?
  
  Is there any online process for that, or something else? Right now I only know about FIDE and not much about their process. Someone told me about FIDE but he was not very clear about them.
  
  **Tags:** rating, fide
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-23. Score: 12
  
  > How can I play in a FIDE tournament
  
  In exactly the same way you would a non-FIDE rated tournament. First enter. Then play.
  
  > How can I become a FIDE-rated player?
  
  To get a FIDE rating you need to score at least one draw against at least 5 FIDE rated opponents in FIDE rated tournaments with a performance rating of at least 1400 over a period of not more than 26 months.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I have not kept up to date, but in the United States, as recently as the 1990s, FIDE-rated tournaments were hard to find. Most tournaments I ever heard about were USCF-rated only, for some reason. U.S. chess players seemed to have the impression that FIDE ratings were a European thing. I wonder if that is still true.  
  > **username_0**: @brain how we can know about fide tournaments. is this any online process, website?  
  > **username_1**: @PankajBisht FIDE rated tournaments have to be registered with FIDE at least 7 days in advance by the national federation and when registered they immediately appear on the FIDE website. For instance the tournaments for India are here - https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_list.phtml?moder=ev_code&country=IND. There is a search facility on the page which allows you to select other federations.  
  > **username_3**: how did the 1st FIDE rated people get their ratings since i guess no one really had FIDE ratings? awarded like base step in mathematical induction?  
  > **username_3**: @user30536 What? I mean the very 1st players to get FIDE ratings. Like did everyone just start 1200?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2018-05-24. Score: 4
  
  To get a FIDE rating, all you need to do is play in a few FIDE rated tournaments. Many big open tournaments with lots of players are FIDE rated, so those would be a good bet. You can find these tournaments by just searching on Google "Chess Tournaments in x" where x is the region you live.
  
  There is no online sign-up process necessary. Once you play 9 FIDE-rated games and score at least 3/9 (unless the rules have changed) then you'll have a FIDE rating.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: And realistically speaking, if you are a beginner, scoring 3/9 in a big open tournament is unlikely at least for the tournaments I know.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2022-12-02. Score: 1
  
  The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has several types of FIDE ratings. The easiest FIDE rating to get is the online FIDE rating. For that purpose, FIDE has a relatively cheap website (you only need to pay 25 Euros [25-30 U.S. Dollars] per year).
  
  These are the most important links:
  
  <https://chessarena.com/?popup=registration>
  
  <https://chessarena.com/>
  
  
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