CHESSRATER INSTRUCTIONS

Chess rater consists of a collection of 40 old master chess games.
You may simply play over the games for their own sake if you wish.
To use this program to the fullest you will choose one of the games
and play over them and take the role of the winning player.
The winning side will always be playing up the board.

Initially all the details of the games will be displayed.
Select a game you wish to play with the mouse. 

Click on PAGE for the next page or move the slider gadget on the right.

For a number of opening moves you will not need to guess the move.
The number will vary from game to game and will generally be between 8 and
12 moves (for each side).

After these opening moves have been played, 
you will then try and predict your players moves. 
Your choice will be selected from a number of prechosen candidate moves. 
In a few cases you will only have
one move to choose from. 
In this case you must get the correct answer.
In most cases you will be presented with the maximum number of options
which is 4. 
In same cases there will be 2 or 3 options.

Select your choice with the mouse.
If you guess correctly you will score points which will range from 1 to 6.
This depends on the approximate complexity and difficulty of the move.
If you score incorrectly you will not score for that move.
Regardless of whether you are correct or not the correct move will be
played.

RATING
The score for each game will always be out of 50.
Scores may vary from game to game so to get a consistent rating average 
your score over 10 games.
 
These are based on the ACF (Australian chess federation) rating system.
The ACF rating system is based on on the FIDE 
(The international chess federation) rating system developed by Professor
Elo.

The rating of 2400+ is only an approximation of the
strength needed to be an international master.
For all other categories only a current rating is needed.

46-50    International master      (2400+)
41-45    ACF Master                (2200-2399)
36-40    ACF Candidate master      (2000-2199)
31-35    ACF category 1 player     (1800-1999)
26-30    ACF category 2 player     (1600-1799)
21-25    ACF category 3 player     (1400-1599)
16-20    ACF category 4 player     (1200-1399)
11-15    ACF category 5 player     (1000-1199)
Below 10 ACF category 6 player     (below 1000)

If the score you recieve for a game is higher than any previous score, 
then the new score and the current date will be saved to disk.