Rank

All players on Playchess.com have a rank. The rank is decided by your number of days you have visited the server, the number of games you have played and your playing strength. FIDE grandmasters are automatically given the rank King, and international masters are given the rank Queen. These are the conditions needed for the different ranks on Playchess.com.

 

 

The symbol to the left of the names in the player list is the rank

 

 

Players who have logged into the server at least 500 times are given a black piece for their rank. This shows you immediately which players have been the most active on Playchess.com.

 

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Ratings

A motivation to play seriously is the possibility of playing for a rating. There are ratings for three different categories.

 

Bullet: Time controls of less than 3 minutes for a game, for instance 1+0, 2+0, 2+1, 0+1.

 

Blitz: Time controls between 3 and 15 minutes for a game.

 

Long: Time controls of 15 minutes or more.

 

The rating is displayed in the player list, the games list and in the game notation.