***** CC-Rating ***** Correspondence games that are part of certain tournaments are rated on ICC. See "help correspondence" and "help CC-Events" for details as to which events are rated and for information on how to join those tournaments. Only those tournament games are rated -- users cannot elect to start a rated correspondence game on their own. The correspondence rating that you will have on the ICC is completely unofficial in all other email and postal correspondence organizations and should be considered as such. From July 2002 until April 2005, correspondence ratings were maintained by Beats20Cents and other volunteers. They are now automatically updated by the ICC server. The ratings on ICC are not identical to the hand-maintained ratings, in part because the starting points are different. "best correspondence" lists the top players by correspondence rating (among those who have active and established ratings) and "rank correspondence" shows where you stand. Twenty rated games are needed to establish a correspondence rating, and two games per year are needed to keep it active (i.e. eligible for the "best" list). See also: correspondence, CC-Events