Online Grading Service

The online grading service for Chess Scotland members was created by programmer Alex Bisset of Aberdeen in 2001. The highlight of the system is the opportunity to check your latest grade online anytime during the season. Simply type in your grading PNUM which you can find in the printed grading list or the member checklist. Join Chess Scotland now and see how your grade is calculated.

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Latest News (Sep 3 2010): A slightly different delay today. The September FIDE import file will not import. The programmers are having a look at why. Once that is fixed we think we will soon be back on the weekly upload schedule.

(Aug 18 2010): Apologies for recent and ongoing delays in getting online lookup access for new and rejoining members. An upload is available Aug 18. Gordon intends to get this uploaded in next few days. Prior to the change of computer package Gordon had devised an automated uploader - but that doesn't work with the new package. The revised uploader is being devised and meanwhile its back to manual hence delays.

Area Graders can set up the program for the new season. Download the latest master.zip and change the year to 2011 on the front of the program.

(July 30 2010): The new season has been set up and the Scottish Championships processed. The Grading List has been sent for printing.

(July 20 2010): We are almost ready for new season. As anyone knows when you change things in computing you risk introducing errors and so it was with the new website package which took a dislike to our use of halfs for draws. Thanks to the programming team for dealing with these issues and we hope to have the new season online before the weekend. Of course we didn't just change things for the sake of it - the new package should bring with it an enhanced grading service. Work continues on this project.

We will be uploading a temporary grading run to incorporate the Scottish Championship so that final Grand Prix scores can be calculated and winners announced. Once the GP tables are created this run will be redone removing the Championship data - the new 2011 season will follow shortly after.

Outside data and visitors: Some players have indicated they are not aware of the changes made to the conversion factor to be applied between ECF and CS grades. We now process ECF grades using the revised formula ECF*10+180= CS. See outside grade page for a discussion on the reasons why we believe a change was required.

FIDE rated games are now imported automatically using a spreadsheet supplied by FIDE every two months.

CS Members: New members should usually be able to access the online grading system on the first Wednesday after their membership has been processed. The online grading page indicates the date when grades have last been uploaded.

Non CS members: Non member adult players with over 10 games in a season cannot see latest grade in the ranking pages. However club lists and top player lists etc can be resorted by clicking the column called Published Grade and all start of season grades are displayed for all players - member or non member. Non member new adult grades appear as xxxx.

Club Lists: You can view all the members of your club by using the drop down menu on the right hand side of the online lookup page. The facility gives a default view of the latest grades of the first 100 players with a particular first club code. NB: The second club code is ignored. Non members may not be visible - see explanation above.

Area Graders: If you want to supply grading data please see the Area Grader page. Thanks to all area graders, clubs, congress officials, and individuals who compile grading data. Thanks to programmer Gordon Rattray.

ECF Lookup: The English Chess Federation online database. To convert ECF grades to CS multiply by 10 and add 180. (This is our new conversion formula from August 1, 2009).

FIDE Lookup: World chess federation database

Feedback: Please check that your data is correct by consulting online lookup. If you spot any errors pls email grading@chessscotland.com immediately.

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