Answers.Body: <p>I couldn't find anything on the USCF website. It may be in a members-only section, or the non-free sections of the rulebook, but yes, you can petition to have your rating floor lowered, according to this page: <a href="https://metrowestchess.org/community/knowledge/Ratings/Rating_floors_explained.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://metrowestchess.org/community/knowledge/Ratings/Rating_floors_explained.html</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>As you get older, your chess playing skill often declines. If a chess player has been playing chess regularly and he has been at his floor for a long time and he is getting older, is there a way for him to get his floor reduced? If so, how would he do it?</p>
  
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Title: Can you get your USCF rating floor lowered?
ThreadText: # Can you get your USCF rating floor lowered?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-08-11)
  
  As you get older, your chess playing skill often declines. If a chess player has been playing chess regularly and he has been at his floor for a long time and he is getting older, is there a way for him to get his floor reduced? If so, how would he do it?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-08-13. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  I couldn't find anything on the USCF website. It may be in a members-only section, or the non-free sections of the rulebook, but yes, you can petition to have your rating floor lowered, according to this page: <https://metrowestchess.org/community/knowledge/Ratings/Rating_floors_explained.html>
  
  
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