Thank you. Out of curiosity I looked up two of our country's top players of the past who I knew to be still active; both have their (FIDE) rating ~400 points below their peak (which was in late 70's). But I suppose these cases are rare enough to be handled manually and case by case.
@AsDaGo said in #7:
> Your rating floor is 200 points below your peak official rating rounded down to the nearest 100. For example, since my USCF rating is 1843, my floor is 1600. Note that below a certain peak rating (I think it's either 1400 or 1600), you don't have a floor. Also note that your peak rating only takes into account official ratings, which are published every month. So if you are at your current peak rating, which we will say is 1790 and you play in a tournament and go up to 1810 but then play in another tournament and go down to 1795 before your rating becomes official, your peak will be 1795 when it becomes official, not 1810, and thus your floor would remain at 1500.
So, does that mean my rating floor is at 600? (My USCF rating and peak is 892)
@ThatRandomPerson111 said in #12:
> So, does that mean my rating floor is at 600? (My USCF rating and peak is 892)
No. You shouldn't have a rating floor yet as you haven't yet reached the required rating to get one.
I just got my first floor of 1200 when I cracked 1400. It's a really stupid system imho. Designed to prevent sandbagging, back when tournament winnings were actually lucrative for some people. Now it just leads to weird anomalies. You can artificially boost your rating by finding tournaments with many players at their floor.
@AsDaGo said in #13:
> No. You shouldn't have a rating floor yet as you haven't yet reached the required rating to get one.
What's the lowest rating to get one?
Also, what's the highest rating floor obtained purely by rating?
@ThatRandomPerson111 said in #15:
> What's the lowest rating to get one?
I think it is 1400 as @greysensei says.
> Also, what's the highest rating floor obtained purely by rating?
2000 maybe? I'm not sure if there is one, but I don't think I've seen anyone with a floor above 2000.
Found this but I'm not sure if it's still up-to-date: https://www.metrowestchess.org/Community/Knowledge/Ratings/Rating_floors_explained.html
According to it, anyone who has not reached 1600 yet should have a floor of 100, otherwise from 1400 to 2200. The cash prize exception is also interesting (and a bit weird).
@mkubecek said in #17:
> anyone who has not reached 1600 yet should have a floor of 100
The link says 1400 though.
@AsDaGo said in #18:
> The link says 1400 though.
1400 is the lowest floor; but you need to reach a rating of at least 1600 to get floor of 1400.
@mkubecek said in #19:
> 1400 is the lowest floor; but you need to reach a rating of at least 1600 to get floor of 1400.
It says "If a player's highest rating achieved is less than 1400, the individual's floor is 100." (Note it says "highest *rating*" not "highest *floor*.") Where does it say the lowest floor is 1400?
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