DWZ

See also: dwz, dwz., and d.w.z.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German DWZ (“Deutsche Wertungszahl”).

Noun

DWZ (countable and uncountable, plural DWZs)

  1. (chess) Abbreviation of Deutsche Wertungszahl (“German Rating Number”).
    • 2022 August 10, “Chess Ranking System: A Complete Guide”, in Square Off‎[1], archived from the original on 24 November 2022:
      Deutsche Wertungszahl, or DWZ, is a chess ranking system employed by the German Chess Federation in unified Germany in 1990. This system was the successor to the Ingo system.
      The DWZ rating system uses a chess rating calculator known as the ‘Gauss Error Distribution Curve.’

German

Noun

DWZ f (genitive DWZ, plural DWZen)

  1. (chess) abbreviation of Deutsche Wertungszahl (“German Rating Number”).
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