Here are a few glorious examples what I mean:
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=120389908
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=120414410
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=120328306
http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=120328304
How in the DUCK am I supposed to win such a game??
Hi Gents.
I wonder why this is the case, that I as a 1200 player get to play 1500-1700 Players in a Tournaments first round in the first game. I mean SERIOUSLY, what is up with that?
Yes, my score doesn't drop much if I loose, but how am I expected to wih this?
Now I'm talking about the FIRST ROUND of the tournament. Later It's obvious players get better.
Anyhow, I, as a novice-player often loose. And this is perfectly OK, if it's a fair match. In my league there's a blunder and a few mistakes in every game. Happens to both players and it's an even match.
But I have a SERIOUS problem when soneone paints a target on my back and feeds me to 1500 and above players, because I have no chance of winning this.
I'm sure there's a way you can see what games I played last, somewhere in my profile. Try filtering for the tournament games and you'll see what I mean.
In EVERY tournament so far I had to play people with 10-30% better scores than me in the first round in the first game.
The result was that I have withdrawn from those tournaments where the Score difference is ridiculous.
Again: If I loose in a FAIR match (that is my score +/- 50 Points, or even a 100) I have no problem with that.
But the way it is, I seriously question the matchmaking system behind this.