Most ACTJCL events are submitted for rating in the Australian Chess Federation’s rating lists. The lists are updated on 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December each year.

There are two Australian lists – Normal and Rapid, and also an international (FIDE) rating list.

A tournament can be rated on the Normal rating list if each player has at least 60 minutes at the start of the game (whether or not there are increments); or each player has at least 30 minutes at the start of the game and increments of at least 30 seconds from the start.

A Rapid game is one in which each player gets at least 15 minutes for all moves but is otherwise too fast for the normal list.

A game faster than Rapid, for instance all moves in five minutes, is not eligible to be rated, nor are games involving variants like Transfer or Fischer Random.

Follow this link for the latest ACT player ratings.

Follow this link for the full Australian rating lists.

Congratulation to the ACT top juniors* on the 1 September 2011 list and particularly to our “top improver” Frederick Litchfield with his 233 jump on the normal list!

Age	Normal (boys)	Normal (girls)	Rapid (boys)	Rapid (girls)
U20	FM Junta Ikeda 2372!!	WIM Emma Guo 2027!!	Matthew Bennett 1724!!	WIM Emma Guo 1768!!
U18	Wenlin Yin 1954!!	WIM Emma Guo 2027!!	Matthew Bennett 1724!!	WIM Emma Guo 1768!!
U16	Harry Press 1652!!	WIM Emma Guo 2027!!	Michael Kethro 1536!!	WIM Emma Guo 1768!!
U14	Harry Press 1652!!	Jo Mason 1259!	Michael Kethro 1536!!	Jo Mason 1073!
U12	Michael Kethro 1618!!		Michael Kethro 1536!!	Kezia Karenina 731!!
U10	Glen Qi 1300!!		Glen Qi 1293!!	Helen Tong 713!
U8			Gus Campbell 400!!	Zoe Sugerman 358!!

*Only players with a reliable rating – indicated by a ! or !! are eligible to appear on this list.