GMPeak FIDE2702Michal Krasenkow
Poland
World No. 10 · July 2000
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8by8verse introduces NCR · National Chess Rating
Your Personal Over-the-Board Chess Companion.
🇮🇳 Every Game Counts · #myNCR
Every over-the-board game you play now counts — school, club, district and open events, whether they are FIDE-rated or not. The National Chess Rating is the strongest preparatory rating system for tournament players: it keeps track of all of them, and it is one of ten things your chess ID does — from reading your playing style to scouting your next opponent.
Every over-the-board game counts — FIDE-rated or not.
🏫School
♟️Club
🎓Academy
📍District
🏛️State
🏆Open
⚔️FIDE-rated
Your rating, in your pocket — wherever the next board is.
♟ NCR Calculator
Calculate your NCR — right here.
Free for life
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 →
Have a results link from your event? Paste it here →
See how NCR works →
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★ Today's Diagram
MASTERS PANEL
GMs & IMs, in your corner
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GM
Michal Krasenkow
Peak FIDE rating
2702
World No. 10 · July 2000
✦Polish Champion — 2000 & 2002
✦European Team Ch. board-1 silver — Batumi 1999
Photo: Krzysztof Szeląg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sessions begin August 2026
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Live monthly webinars with titled players
ONE RATING
Every board you play, counted
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NCR RATING1472▲ +56
FIDE-rated or not — every board feeds one rating.
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8by8verse introduces the National Chess Rating
YOUR JOURNEY
Over the board, made easy
↗
first school match→the open hall
A report after every event
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We make the over-the-board journey easy
Every over-the-board game counts — FIDE-rated or not.
🏫School
♟️Club
🎓Academy
📍District
🏛️State
🏆Open
⚔️FIDE-rated
Live · updated every day
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Players
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Tournaments
every game counted
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Countries
players worldwide
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♞ Masters on 8by8verse
GMPeak FIDE2702
GMPeak FIDE2564Krisztian Szabo
Hungary
Grandmaster since 2010
IMPeak FIDE2430Anup Deshmukh
India
International Master since 1999
IMPeak FIDE2415Akshat Khamparia
India
IM since 2011
GM-electPeak FIDE2485Ayush Sharma
India
GM-elect · born 2005
IMPeak FIDE2411Sanket Chakravarty
India
International Master · born 2004
FMPeak FIDE2456Ojasva Singh
India
Two IM norms completed
CMPeak FIDE2284Ravi Kumar
India
Candidate Master
WIMPeak FIDE2287Cécile Haussernot
France
Woman International Master · coaches in French and English
Built on FIDE (Article 8), USCF and DWZ criteria · independently reviewed by titled players and Mathematics PhDs. How it’s built
Who are you?
A Card for Every Seat in the Hall.
Player, parent, coach or organiser — open your page to see everything you get.
◆ Accessible — every game counts
◆ Actionable — reports end with a next step
◆ Continuous — moves with every event
NCR ID♟
Players
Every game you play counts.
One rating, a 21-read-out report and a next step after every event.
Explore your page →
♛
Parents
Watch them grow — honestly.
Progress you can actually read, on WhatsApp after every event.
Explore your page →
♔
Coaches
Your academy, on autopilot.
Classes, homework, report cards and fees — under your own brand.
Explore your page →
♜
Organisers
Pairings to prizes, sorted.
Swiss pairings, a live event page and NCR for the whole hall.
Explore your page →
Next live session
Girls & Women in Rated Chess — WIM Cécile Haussernot
A live Q&A for rated girls and women players. Bring your questions.
- ✦Peak FIDE 2287 · Woman International Master
- ✦European Youth Champion — Under-10 (2007) & Under-12 (2009)
- ✦French Women's Rapid Champion — 2020
watch on YouTube Live · all sessions →
WIM
Cécile Haussernot
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♞ Our key features
One ID. A Whole Chess Arsenal.
Ten things your chess ID does — tap a square.
AutomaticEvery game
Your NCR ID
Play any event, FIDE-rated or not — your rating updates by itself.
How it works →
New Online play
Know your style
Connect your online IDs — see tilt, session length, which openings hold.
Read my style →
New Before the round
Know your opponent
Their openings, clock habits, and the moment they usually go wrong.
Look them up →
Live entries
Events picked for you
Tournaments near you, matched to your level — with a straight answer.
Find my event →
21 read-outs
Every game, checked
Each game returns as a checked scoresheet — 21 read-outs, one next step.
See a report →
New Humanoid
Analysis in human words
Your game explained move by move, like a coach sitting beside you.
Read an example →
1,00,000+ puzzles8 books
Puzzles & books
Levels, themes and badges — plus the classics on live boards.
Solve free →
New Book to Board
Bring your own book
Add a PDF you own — every printed diagram becomes a live board.
Add a book →
Live monthly
GM & IM webinars
Titled players live every month — you can raise your hand and ask.
Meet the masters →
Same day
Report on WhatsApp
The day your event ends, your rating and report reach your phone.
Get mine →Also included
2,500+ master games · 2 chess magazines · 3-minute Puzzle Rush · repertoire studio · games stored for life · scoresheet PDFs · a daily diagram
♞ Happenings @ 8by8verse
What’s been happening here.
A free session with a titled player every week or so — and everything from the last ones, kept to watch back.
Contact
Let’s Talk Chess.
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
Questions? We’ve Got Answers.
How is my NCR calculated?
Your starting point is simple: already FIDE-rated? Your NCR starts at your FIDE rating — no reset. Never been rated? You start at 1200. After that, every over-the-board event counts — school, club, district, state, open or FIDE-rated. Each result moves your number based on how you scored, how strong your opponents were, what your rating expected of you, and a bonus when you’re clearly improving — the same time-tested maths world chess runs on, explained in plain words in every report. Prefer to watch? See “How NCR is calculated” in the videos above.
What is the criterion of calculation of NCR?
Built on the criteria behind FIDE (Article 8), USCF and DWZ — measured across five parameters of your play, not just FIDE events.
Who developed the NCR formula?
Independently reviewed by 8 GMs, 11 IMs, 6 WGMs and 15 FMs, with renowned retired Mathematics PhDs from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Cornell University.
Is NCR an official federation rating?
It isn’t an official federation rating — and doesn’t pretend to be. But built on the same FIDE Article 8 maths, it’s no less serious — the strongest preparatory rating for the over-the-board tournaments you actually play.
Is claiming an NCR really free?
Yes — claim your rating free. Paid plans add reports and tools, but your NCR and your rating never cost anything.
I’m FIDE-rated. Where does my NCR start?
At your FIDE rating — no reset, no starting from scratch.
I’ve never been rated. Where do I start?
At a baseline of 1200 — and you build from your very first rated game.
How does NCR work with my FIDE / USCF / DWZ rating?
It builds on your existing rating instead of replacing it — seeding from it, counting every rated game in between, rewarding genuine improvement, and giving you real reports, not just a number.
Does NCR work outside India?
Yes — it’s used across 52 countries, with a country-appropriate experience.