How to get my first fide rating?

I have some questions about getting a rating with FIDE and other tournament related questions:

1. How to get my first FIDE rating? Currently i only have a USCF rating (and its like 430 because i only ever played 1 tournament)
2. Are all FIDE rated tournaments on a DGT board?
3. Do i have to bring my own board? Because at some USCF tournaments you do
4. Is the time control 90+30 or 90 for 40 moves, or whats the time control?
5. How many games/tournaments do i have to play before i getting FIDE rating?
6. How to know my starting rating? I think someone that i know started at like 1250 ish

I know that this was a lot of questions, but answers will be greatly appreciated!

To get a FIDE rating, you must play in FIDE rated tournaments which are not common at the lower level in the US compared to Europe. At the lower level you're unlikely to play ion a DGT board. You need to play sufficient rated games to get a FIDE rating and right now the floor is 1400. You'll find lots of useful information on the FIDE website on how ratings are calculated.

@Planet_CHESS465 said in #1:

1. How to get my first FIDE rating? Currently i only have a USCF rating (and its like 430 because i only ever played 1 tournament)
   You need to play at least five games against FIDE rated opponents in FIDE rated events. And the calculated initial rating (essentially the performance rating calculated from your rated games and two "virtual" draws against rating of 1800) must be at least 1400 (the minimum rating).

2. Are all FIDE rated tournaments on a DGT board?
   No. Only those where an online broadcast is provided and even then, usually only certain number of top boards is broadcasted.

3. Do i have to bring my own board? Because at some USCF tournaments you do
   Depends on the organizer.

4. Is the time control 90+30 or 90 for 40 moves, or whats the time control?
   Depends on the tournament. Games rated for standard FIDE rating (classical games) must have at least 60 minutes for each player; if there is an increment, a 60 move game is assumed, i.e. e.g. 60+30 counts as 90 minutes. For rapid rating the minimum time control is 10 minutes, for blitz 3 minutes.

Most common time controls for classical games are

• 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes after that, increment of 30 seconds from first move
• 90+30 (90 minutes with 30s increment for the whole game)
• 60+30 (60 minutes with 30s increment for the whole game)
  Less often, you could still see e.g. 120 minutes for 40 moves plus 60 minutes for the rest (without an increment). And even 30+30 would still count as classical.

5. How many games/tournaments do i have to play before i getting FIDE rating?
   One is enough as long as you have at least 5 rated games. Those 5 games don't have to be in the same rating period (month), they can be spread over up to 26 months.

6. How to know my starting rating? I think someone that i know started at like 1250 ish
   The initial rating is calculated from your results (see above), the minimum is 1400 since April 2024 (i.e. if your calculated rating is lower, you will be unrated). Until March 2024 the minimum was 1000.

For more details see https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022024

Ok thanks

also having player 5 games does not mean you get rating.

1. you need to win at least one game
2. you calculated rating needs to above the floor of 1400

Both of which can be quite hurdles to pass assuming you uscf rating is really below 1000.

@petri999 said in #5:

also having player 5 games does not mean you get rating.

1. you need to win at least one game
2. you calculated rating needs to above the floor of 1400

Both of which can be quite hurdles to pass assuming you uscf rating is really below 1000.

I think that i could be maybe around there, ish, because my chess.com and lichess ratings are much higher than my currenct USCF rating (and as i said, i only player 1 tournament,)

You've only played one USCF rated tournament, so why the obsession with getting a FIDE rating? In the US, USCF rated tournaments are plentiful while FIDE rated ones are rare. Play in more USCF tournaments and get used to OTB at classical time controls before thinking about FIDE. There is no point in playing in those unless your performance is >1400 as otherwise you will not be rated.

Yeah, Lizani is right. I've tried and so far failed, and I'm rated about 300 higher than you in Lichess. It's not easy to do ALL of the following:
-Find appropriate local tournaments that are FIDE-rated
-Get sufficient games against players who are good and experienced enough to have a rating

• Get a good enough performance in those games.

But that's nothing to be embarassed about or anything- FIDE rating is designed for players playing international level tournaments. I get that it's fun to be rated on the same scale as all the best players in the world, but for most of us, our national rating is far more useful when we play OTB. In my experience, people I play against are far more interested in my national rating than whether I have an international one. Play some local tournaments, concentrate on improvement and that's how you'll get there.

@mkubecek said in #3:

You need to play at least five games against FIDE rated opponents in FIDE rated events. And the calculated initial rating (essentially the performance rating calculated from your rated games and two "virtual" draws against rating of 1800) must be at least 1400 (the minimum rating).

No. Only those where an online broadcast is provided and even then, usually only certain number of top boards is broadcasted.

Depends on the organizer.

Depends on the tournament. Games rated for standard FIDE rating (classical games) must have at least 60 minutes for each player; if there is an increment, a 60 move game is assumed, i.e. e.g. 60+30 counts as 90 minutes. For rapid rating the minimum time control is 10 minutes, for blitz 3 minutes.

Most common time controls for classical games are

• 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes after that, increment of 30 seconds from first move
• 90+30 (90 minutes with 30s increment for the whole game)
• 60+30 (60 minutes with 30s increment for the whole game)
  Less often, you could still see e.g. 120 minutes for 40 moves plus 60 minutes for the rest (without an increment). And even 30+30 would still count as classical.

One is enough as long as you have at least 5 rated games. Those 5 games don't have to be in the same rating period (month), they can be spread over up to 26 months.

The initial rating is calculated from your results (see above), the minimum is 1400 since April 2024 (i.e. if your calculated rating is lower, you will be unrated). Until March 2024 the minimum was 1000.

For more details see handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022024
oki

@Gingersquirrelnuts said in #8:

I get that it's fun to be rated on the same scale as all the best players in the world
The sad part is that the way it works today, FIDE rating only gives you an illusion of a universal scale. It probably works that way on the highest levels where players play a lot of tournaments and mix well internationally but e.g. FIDE rating 1600 or 1800 can mean very different strength in different countries. Or even in the same country if someone does not play in FIDE rated tournaments often enough and his/her rating is outdated.