Body: <p>Can anyone provide a simple formula to convert the elo rating provided by the chess program Shredder to actual FIDE rating. I am only looking for an approximate formula, maybe something like: FIDE_rating = a * shredder_rating + b, where 'a' and 'b' are numbers. The purpose of this is to get a good estimate of your FIDE rating without actually participating in a FIDE rated tournament and to give people a feel for their chances of success before enrolling in a FIDE rated tournament.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: There's no reliable formula.
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Comments.Text: Your performance rating vs. a computer is going to effectively only tell you how well you can play vs. a computer!  A myriad of other skills (psychological, playing to tournament rules, clock management, endurance-based as well as mental toughness) beyond just skill over the board are what regular tournament players are equipped with. I've yet to see a only-plays-with-computer player start on the live circuit and NOT have his expectations dashed to the ground by players 400-600 points below some "lofty" assumed rating level that the player thought he could play at.
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Comments.Text: @Rauan Sagit: The Pocket Shredder app does provide a ELO estimation, as vague as that sounds. A fairly misguided feature of most chess software applications is to give you warm fuzzies about your potential ELO/FIDE rating assuming you even had the commitment to play rated OTB.
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Title: Conversion of Shredder elo rating to FIDE elo rating?
ThreadText: # Conversion of Shredder elo rating to FIDE elo rating?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-19)
  
  Can anyone provide a simple formula to convert the elo rating provided by the chess program Shredder to actual FIDE rating. I am only looking for an approximate formula, maybe something like: FIDE\_rating = a \* shredder\_rating + b, where 'a' and 'b' are numbers. The purpose of this is to get a good estimate of your FIDE rating without actually participating in a FIDE rated tournament and to give people a feel for their chances of success before enrolling in a FIDE rated tournament.
  
  **Tags:** rating, elo, software
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: There's no reliable formula.  
  > **username_2**: Your performance rating vs. a computer is going to effectively only tell you how well you can play vs. a computer!  A myriad of other skills (psychological, playing to tournament rules, clock management, endurance-based as well as mental toughness) beyond just skill over the board are what regular tournament players are equipped with. I've yet to see a only-plays-with-computer player start on the live circuit and NOT have his expectations dashed to the ground by players 400-600 points below some "lofty" assumed rating level that the player thought he could play at.  
  > **username_2**: @Rauan Sagit: The Pocket Shredder app does provide a ELO estimation, as vague as that sounds. A fairly misguided feature of most chess software applications is to give you warm fuzzies about your potential ELO/FIDE rating assuming you even had the commitment to play rated OTB.  
  
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