ryanmmale wrote:
Okay, so I was playing someone who was 508 rated and I was 501 rated in rapid chess.
I was told I would be +8 points for winning & -8 points for losing. Fair play. It came down to us both being on the last second, they won. They got 36 points. I thought I understood the scoring system here but clearly I don't. How come they were awarded so many points?
The site uses the Glicko rating system that includes a measure of rating uncertainty called the rating deviation (RD) value. Your opponent had a higher RD value so had a larger rating changes. As they play kor that will go down as will the magnitude of rating changes.
https://support.chess.com/article/210-how-do-ratings-work-on-chess-com
Okay, so I was playing someone who was 508 rated and I was 501 rated in rapid chess.
I was told I would be +8 points for winning & -8 points for losing. Fair play. It came down to us both being on the last second, they won. They got 36 points. I thought I understood the scoring system here but clearly I don't. How come they were awarded so many points?