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Painterroy
I wish there was an option to either reject games that you win in just a few moves because the other person timed out or maybe submit them to the Chess.com staff to reject this game for your ratings. I don't like that my rating actually goes up just because a game ended because of time limit forfeits when my opponent loses in under 10 moves & the game was even, but he lost because he didn't make the time limit. I want my rating to reflect actual games that were finished.
PepeSilvia
games that end in a couple moves don't count towards your rating anyway. and it all evens out in the end-- other ratings are getting the same bumps as yours and it's all relative anyway.
Well I just had a game end in 7 moves because the opponent lost on time (online, not live game) and my rating did go up some points. True not a lot of points to make any difference, but still it was a cheap win, one that is not a real win on my part.
Estragon
Your rating is simply a measure of your results to date, not your artistic performance. Quick time-outs happen, just like blunders and premature resignations. It's part of the game and it counts.
Trust that the system already has factored this in, and just go on to the next game. An old coach used to always remind me: "The more you worry about your play, the better your rating will be. The more you worry about your rating, the worse your play will be, and you will neither play well nor have the rating you want. Forget the rating, concentrate on improving your play and the rating takes care of itself!"
rooperi
What Estragon said, and also, remember that if you somehow manage to implement this for yourself, and nobody else does, that you are the one skewing the ratings, not everybody else.
In other words, it's the same for everyone.
AMcHarg
Everyone plays opponents who timeout so everyone's grade is effectively boosted by it and statistically this will have an even effect for everyone, keeping ratings fairly reliable. For this reason I don't think you should worry about it.
Estragon: "The more you worry about your play, the better your rating will be. The more you worry about your rating, the worse your play will be, and you will neither play well nor have the rating you want. Forget the rating, concentrate on improving your play and the rating takes care of itself!"
This is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever read relating to Chess, thanks.
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