How To: Update Players' FIDE Ratings

If you have downloaded the FIDE Database, you can automatically update the ratings and expiration dates on your Master Player Files or on a tournament file. Use the following steps:

1.For a master file, just open the master player file that you wish to update. For a tournament file, open the tournament and display a players window.

2.Choose the FIDE>Update From Database menu item. The first time that you access the database after downloading or updating it, WinTD will take a bit of time to rebuild its indexes.

3.(For the Master Player File), use the File>Save operation.

If you have more than one master file, close the first, and repeat the steps.

Notes

•WinTD searches for update information based upon the player's FIDE ID. If the name on the master file does not seem to match the name on the supplement (the program tests the first two characters), you will get a warning and WinTD will give you the option to update or not. It may simply be that either you or the FIDE have a typo in the name, but you may also have an incorrect ID. If the problem isn't obvious, click No and go back and figure out what's wrong.