USCF rating system

Lauren here!
USCF means "United States Chess Federation".
There are about 90,000 members in the USA. When you play
20 or 25 rated games, you get a national rating.
If you get a rating of 2200 or above, that means you are a master!
2000-2200 means that you are an expert.
The world champ is around 2700-2800.
The average rating in the USA is around 1300.
My sister and me are in class "A", which means that my rating falls between 1800-2000.

How does your rating go up or down. If you loose a tournament game, you loose points. If you when a tournament
game, you gain points.
For example, if your rating is 1500 and you beat a 1515 player, you will gain about 15-20 points!
If you loose against a 1400, then you will loose around 15-20 points.

Some fun facts: did you know that the youngest person who hit master (2200) was ten years old?!
I find that very impressive.
If you hit 2200 or above, you are in the top 1% of the strongest chess players in the USA!