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		microtherion on Oct 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chess master Lev Alburt teaches strategy, patience... You get an initial rating by playing a number of tournament games against rated opponents. The results of every rated game (played at tournaments etc) are reported to a rating body. Back when I played (low level) competitively, rating lists were published every couple of months in paper form; nowadays it's all online, of course.

dilemma on Oct 29, 2017 [–]

>The results of every rated game (played at tournaments etc) are reported to a rating body

Sounds like another instance of centralization that must be disrupted by the blockchain

fjsolwmv on Oct 29, 2017 | [–]

You can chess go on lichess.com and get a rating by playing games

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