Opponent elo WAY above mine why?

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Avatar of SomeRandomElf

Guys I decided to play a 3 min game and I was matched with someone who has an elo that’s more than 1000 more than mine. (I am at 116 opponent was 1247 or 1147) Why did that happen? Doesn’t seem very fair to me. 

Avatar of Drummer_GD_Elijah

Can you provide a link to the game?

Avatar of MariasWhiteKnight

Maybe no other player was available at the time.

You can limit the rating difference in the options.

As I keep saying, chess.com ratings are obviously not ELO. ELO doesnt jump all over the place like chess.com ratings do.

Avatar of Drummer_GD_Elijah

true

Avatar of somecrazyfrog
Drummer_GD_Elijah wrote:

Can you provide a link to the game?

I will try and send you a link

Avatar of somecrazyfrog
somecrazyfrog wrote:
Drummer_GD_Elijah wrote:

Can you provide a link to the game?

I will try and send you a link

Forgot I was on my brothers account LOL

Avatar of magipi
MariasWhiteKnight wrote:

As I keep saying, chess.com ratings are obviously not ELO.

Obviously. ELO is not a rating system, ELO is a rock band.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra

The rating system is called "Elo", named after its inventor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpad_Elo

(And yes, chess.com doesn't use Elo, doesn't even use Glicko, they use a modified version of Glicko that's horribly volatile.)

Avatar of Turtuguita

You can do it!!