Yeah anytime u want just ask. :-)

I don't need it too often.

I'm kinda angry at the worst losee because my opponent kept moving at very little time left, sometimes a few minutes in a 3-day game to prolong not-losing (I was a queen up) and I timed out when I had to go on a tourney. Bad luck.

That does suck. I also hate losing or drawing a game that i should have won. it shows that my technique still needs work i believe. Or playing so badly you wonder if u should give up the game hahaha.

But losing by blundering and by timeout is something different.

Oh yeah! That's a league of its own. Almost enough to want to kill yourself i reckon.

http://www.chess.com/echess/profile/haddad56

What's his RD? May be the lowest on this site.

I didn't read through all four pages, but I'd say we really need Glicko. People of all abilities come and start playing, a 1200 could be a complete beginner, or a master-level player. You don't get this sort of unpredictability of newcomers in OTB play. We need a system that assigns an accurate rating quickly.

 47..

AWARDCHESS is 46 i believe.

LOL. Haddad finishes even more than Awardchess. 46 must be the lowest possible...

Awardchess has 44 my bad.. i just checked.

thank you richie_and_opera and a few others for your informative descriptions and analyses. I wanted to know why and how the rating system worked and now I do...much appreciated.

As for the rest of the discussion, I feel the need to add my own two cents....

most of us have taken a few stats courses and many of us are amateur chess fanatics...this I understand, but honestly, i must agree with richie_and_opera guys, what is the real issue here?

if you're looking for the kinda perfection in a system that gives you a case of the warm fuzzies perhaps you should go scuba diving in the Galapagos or something :0

just kiddin'

seriously, I play 20 games at a time, I finish one or two a day I have a glicko rd of 57 and I hover between 1450 and 1600... if I take a break and lose a couple of games cause  Icome home schwacked on good canadian beers then so be it.

the glicko rating system is a mathematical reflection, an expression, a representation

to quote the wisdom of a previous entry "What I am saying is there is no such thing as a "true" rating to begin with."

so the moral of the forum is:

1. play moves everyday and avoid timeouts

2. don't play drunk or tired (or stoned if you're canadian) if you want your rating to reflect your sober skill

3. Glicko is what we have unless you gotta better idea

4. Learn something new everyday, if you're not you're just wastin time

and thank you richie_and_opera for explaining to me why and how my rd changes

oh yeah and if you wanna increase your sample size ( and I know you do) or if I just outright pissed you off then challenge me to a game and I'll gladly accept

good luck out there!

I have 788 games and my RD is 104.  

what my RD now? I started gaining very little points lately.

64 Kacparov

thanks, I was sure it's much less. I'm comparing chess.com changes to CT changes.

The changes also depend on the opponent/problem RD which you don't know.

Difference between loss and win is 23 points. On CT with such an RD it's about 30.