Chess ratings are there alternate systems?

Question

I used to be a club player in england and my rating was 128. The best players in the country were around 200.

But i see there's another system that's more commonly used where people have ratings in the thousands.

How can i find out what my rating would be? Is there a translation table between the two ratings?

Answer 1

Alternate systems? What do you want to do, switch them from day to day?

I think there is an alternative system ( this means, in English "another") . Alternate means changing to & fro & back again.

As a chess player I thought I'd remind you of this. We don't have to accept American English do we ....

Answer 2

Just search on google

Answer 3

Yes. The 2 most common rating systems besides the ECF rating system are the ELO system and the USCF system.

ELO=(ECF*5)+1250: 1 ECF point = 5 ELO points.

Here's a webpage to convert your rating :

http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/bcftab...

Here's an approximate table :

ECF  USCF  FIDE

80     1340 1240

90     1420 1320

100   1500 1400

110   1580 1480

120   1660 1560

130   1740 1640

140   1820 1720

150   1900 1800

160   1980 1880

170   2060 1960

180   2140 2040

190   2220 2120

200   2300 2200