NCR · National Chess Rating
🇮🇳 Every Game Counts · #myNCR
NCR — the National Chess Rating turns every over-the-board game into a rated game — whether the event is FIDE-rated or not. From your first school match to the open hall, each game you play now counts toward one rating, with a plain-English report to act on it.
Every over-the-board game counts — FIDE-rated or not.
Your rating, in your pocket — wherever the next board is.
Pick any one of the three ways below — we find your games and do the maths.
Tap the event you played, then tick your name — school, club, district, state or open, anywhere you played.
Pick your country, then narrow by state, month or a few letters — your events show up here.
Have a FIDE ID? Use it instead →
★ Today's Diagram
Picture the moves in your head — then See solution.
A new position every day · 20 in the rotation
Every over-the-board game counts — FIDE-rated or not.
Live · updated every day
Built on FIDE (Article 8), USCF and DWZ criteria · independently reviewed by titled players and Mathematics PhDs. How it’s built
★ NCR Player ID cards
Sample players · one NCR, every country
Who are you?
Player, parent, coach or organiser — open your page to see everything you get.
Watch first
Four short videos — what NCR is, how to claim yours, and guides for parents and coaches.
Your one rating for everything you play — school to FIDE.
90 sec
Find your name, verify, open your rating — start to finish.
2 min
What the numbers mean, and how to spot real progress.
2 min
The plain-words tour of what moves your number.
2 min
Masters panel · Monthly webinars
Live monthly webinars with titled players — sessions begin August 2026, included with NCR Pro. Four seats are taken. More masters are joining from around the world.
Photo: Krzysztof Szeląg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Escacs Valls d’Andorra · CC BY 2.0
Photo: ChessIsLife · CC BY-SA 4.0
More masters joining —
from around the world.
GMs, IMs and FMs are being added to the panel. New names are announced as they sign.
Titled player? Apply for the panel →Monthly sessions · live & interactive · first webinars August 2026
♞ Our key features
Ten things your chess ID does for you — all of them from one dashboard.
Also included
♟ 2,500+ master games to study your opening · ♟ 2 chess magazines, including the 37-year-old Shatranj Samrat · ♟ 3-minute Puzzle Rush · ♟ Your own repertoire studio · ♟ Games stored & replayable for life · ♟ A checked-scoresheet PDF for every game · ♟ A new daily diagram every morning
Pricing
Your NCR is free. One plan unlocks the rest.
Your NCR ID and your rating, calculated from the tournaments you have already played.
Claim your free NCRLess than ₹50 a month. Billed once a year — everything on, all year.
Billed once a year — ₹500 + GST · list price ₹100/month.
₹0 to register. NCR Pro is included for every student on your roster.
Billed once a year · minimum 5 students · we invoice your academy.
Partner with us →Your first tournament is free. No per-event fees, ever.
One-time licence, we invoice you · every future event included.
Host a rated tournament →♥ Our promise. 8by8verse keeps this free wherever we can — the small fee only covers servers, APIs and the team. When impact funding comes through, we'll make it free for all over-the-board players.
NCR ID and your first rating are free for life. Player, coach and organiser prices are + GST.
Contact
Player, parent, coach, organiser, or arbiter — whatever brings you here, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out and a real person will get back to you.
Other ways to reach us
Every Game Counts.
#myNCR
A real person reads every message — we reply within 24 hours, often much sooner.
FAQs
