Answers.Body: <p>All FIDE rated tournaments have to be registered in advance with FIDE. Once registered with FIDE they appear on the FIDE website. The page for the USA is <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_list.phtml?moder=ev_code&amp;country=USA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>As you can see the US is very poorly served for FIDE rated tournaments. The main centers are New York, San Francisco, LA and St Louis.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks.  That is what I figured.  Too much travel and expense to play in them unless you live in those locations.
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Answers.Text: There's a bit of a bootstrapping problem as well.  If I understand the FIDE rating regulations correctly, a game played by an unrated (by FIDE) player isn't rateable unless it's played against an opponent who already has a FIDE rating.  Plus, FIDE rated tournaments have to be run by FIDE licensed arbiters, of which there are comparatively few in the US.
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Body: <p>USA does not have a lot of FIDE tournaments.  </p>
  
  <p>Are there any locations that have them more often than some small areas that may only hold one and never do another one?</p>
  
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Title: What locations in the USA have FIDE approved tournaments frequently?
ThreadText: # What locations in the USA have FIDE approved tournaments frequently?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-02)
  
  USA does not have a lot of FIDE tournaments.
  
  Are there any locations that have them more often than some small areas that may only hold one and never do another one?
  
  **Tags:** tournament, fide
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-02-02. Score: 2
  
  All FIDE rated tournaments have to be registered in advance with FIDE. Once registered with FIDE they appear on the FIDE website. The page for the USA is [here](https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_list.phtml?moder=ev_code&country=USA).
  
  As you can see the US is very poorly served for FIDE rated tournaments. The main centers are New York, San Francisco, LA and St Louis.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks.  That is what I figured.  Too much travel and expense to play in them unless you live in those locations.  
  > **username_2**: There's a bit of a bootstrapping problem as well.  If I understand the FIDE rating regulations correctly, a game played by an unrated (by FIDE) player isn't rateable unless it's played against an opponent who already has a FIDE rating.  Plus, FIDE rated tournaments have to be run by FIDE licensed arbiters, of which there are comparatively few in the US.  
  
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