{"id":4907,"date":"2020-07-21T12:01:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victoriouschess.com\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2024-06-30T13:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T13:14:02","slug":"a-career-in-chess-as-a-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victoriouschess.com\/blog\/a-career-in-chess-as-a-player\/","title":{"rendered":"A career in Chess As A Player – Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tamilnadu\u2019s G. Akash a 23 years old was declared India\u2019s 66th Grandmaster at the second council meet of International Chess Federation for the year 2020 with FIDE<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>rating of 2495. Pranesh from Tamilnadu and Goa\u2019s Ameya Audi also gained International Masters titles at the same time. As per FIDE ratings, in men’s chess, Indian player Vishwanathan Anand stands at 15th place in the list of World top 100 players with 2753 points followed by Vidith Gujarathi at the 23rd place with 2726 points who both stand at 1st and 2nd place in Indian list.<\/p>\n

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While in women’s chess, Indian player\u00a0 Koneru Humpy<\/strong><\/a> stands at no. 2 as in the women\u2019s list of world top 100 players with 2586 points followed by Harika Dronavalli at 9 th place with 2515 points who both stand at 1st and 2nd place <\/em>in Indian list.<\/p>\n

India till date has 66 Grandmasters and 123 International Masters and not to forget 10 women grand masters.<\/p>\n

As we can see both men and women are successfully competing in this game equally and that too at international level. Popularity of this game is ever increasing in our country.
\nSo you see chess can also be considered as a career option nowadays. Let’s go through the process of transformation of an unrated beginner chess player to a good earning professional in the field of chess. In order to become\u00a0 a professional chess player you should get an ELO rating as per FIDE.<\/p>\n

What is an ELO rating ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ELO rating is the scale for calculating the skill or playing ability of a player in a chess game. A player with a 800 rating is considered a beginner, an average rating is of 1500 while 2200 rating is supposed to be professional level as per FIDE guidelines.
\nIf you don’t\u00a0 have a FIDE rating, you will be required to get one from the All India Chess Federation.<\/p>\n

How can an unrated chess player become a FIDE rated player in India?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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