Get Official FIDE Chess Rating Playing Online

Hello chess blog friends, yes, it's true, you can actually get an official chess rating now by playing chess from the comfort of your home! FIDE ONLINE ARENA is the newest member of the Premium Chess community of arenas. Thanks to Premium Chess’ advanced anti-cheating technology, members are for the very first time able to obtain official FIDE online ratings, with a planned merging of online and over-the-board blitz and rapid ratings, revolutionising the way we think about and play chess.

Every day is scheduled a master challenge, a simul, live video lesson, or a thematic tournament.Find here today's events.

The chess world’s ultimate prize is a FIDE rating or title. Only the top 3% of chess players in the world get there, ranging from active club players to the current World Champion phenomenon, Magnus Carlsen. In addition to awarding official FIDE ratings, FIDE online arena offers the complete chess experience: events broadcasting, official FIDE tournaments and match play, full statistical analysis, game archive, a multi-lingual interface, and much more.
GM's & IM's: one year's free membership

All IMs and GMs, including WGM’s and WIM’s, are entitled to one year’s FIDE online arena and/or Premium Chess full membership. Find out more.

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Play Chess Online at FIDE Arena: Exciting FAQ

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013

Hi everyone, 

With its FIDE online ratings and highly advanced anti-cheating protection, FIDE Online Arena has generated great interest from chess players around the world. In the short period the limited test version of the arena has been operational, 2889 members have registered in 10 days, and over 30.000 games have already been played, 8.132 of those in the very popular Sit & Go tournaments.

We would like to invite chess players to visit FIDE online arena and see what's on offer; taking out FIDE online arena guest membership is simple and completely free. Just click here. http://arena.myfide.net

Upgrading to full membership
The current version of FIDE online arena is for testing purposes only and has only guest members. Full membership will be available only from October, which is when FIDE online arena becomes fully operational. At that time you will be able to upgrade from guest to full membership if you wish. Full members enjoy many benefits including FIDE online ratings, advanced anti-cheating protection, participation in master simuls and challenges, statistical analysis, free interactive master lessons and training facilites, a games archive, scheduled and Sit & Go tournaments.

Here are the answers to the questions most frequently asked by FIDE Online Arena members.

FAQ's

Will there be official FIDE scheduled tournaments and other events on the arena?
Yes, once FIDE online arena bcomes fully operational in October, full members will be able to participate in a a wide variety of official FIDE events.

Are my games saved?
From October, all full members' games will be automatically archived in PGN format onto a folder in their computers. The current test version of FIDE online arena has only guest members, for whom the most recent 5 games are available (lobby; details; played events). These games can be replayed immediately or saved as PGN files. Individual games can be saved one by one in PGN format at their conclusion by both guest and full members.

Why do some players have stars and crowns next to their names?
The users who have crown symbols and Fairness Index star ratings next to their names are members of national arenas who have access to the FIDE online arena for testing purposes only. They are not members of FIDE online arena. The current test version has only guest members, whose games are not monitored by the anti-cheating system. From October, all full members of FIDE online arena will receive a Fairness index star rating, which shows how many games they have played without breaching FIDE online arena's anti-cheating rules and code of conduct. Guest members of FIDE online will be able to upgrade to full membership from October.

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