idk, maybe they could not play that game
One player gifted me 20 rapid rating points!
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Maybe he wanted his rating lower to go into lower rated tourneys. I heard complaints of this from posters.
bdchess617 wrote:
I created a 15|10 challenge, and a player named KnightDrag resigned after the first move, and then requested a few rematches, gifting me about 4 wins. I was totally confused why they would do this, because it cost them rapid points.
Sandbagging. One of my opponents did this to me. Except I gained 200 points. I made a forum about this, and my rating got reset to 1000. Yours will too 
I know exactly why. All you have to do is to look at the chess.com article on sandbagging. He wanted to drop his points so low, that he would meet the lowest rated players on chess.com, and possibly play a tournament for a membership or something.
Remember to report him, and explain clearly about what he did.
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There's another possible explanation for this mysterious phenomenon. Your opponent was YOU and you were farming your alternate account to give yourself free rating...
May 15, 2020
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#10
If that was true, my account would likely be closed for abuse. It's in the Community Guidelines
May 15, 2020
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#11
Could be cause of server lag or disconnection errors, does happen rarely
May 15, 2020
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bdchess617 wrote:
If that was true, my account would likely be closed for abuse. It's in the Community Guidelines
Not unless somebody reports you...
******** @Chess4PK reports you *********
May 15, 2020
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GM_chess_player wrote:
******** @Chess4PK reports you *********
I haven't reported him yet because I have no sufficient evidence that he committed this action of fair play abuse. But I am throwing out the possibility of him farming himself as it has others have done so before and it is not so unlikely.
May 15, 2020
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#15
Let's be real, chess. Com would of figured out if such thing were to happen
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Personally I'm a bandsagger, the opposite of a sandbagger. I purposely win so that I inflate my rating to the point I can enter higher rated tournaments. There's nothing in the guidelines prohibiting this.
I created a 15|10 challenge, and a player named KnightDrag resigned after the first move, and then requested a few rematches, gifting me about 4 wins. I was totally confused why they would do this, because it cost them rapid points.