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TonyClifton2019
hi! until today i only played 10 min games, sometimes 5min.
today i tried one of the other modes. it says „2/1“. my opponent and i had 2 min. i managed to win somehow and was rewarded an astonishing 170 points or so. how is this possible, in the other modes it’s around 10 points. and what do the numbers 2/1 mean? thank you.
Martin_Stahl
TonyClifton2019 wrote:
hi! until today i only played 10 min games, sometimes 5min.
today i tried one of the other modes. it says „2/1“. my opponent and i had 2 min. i managed to win somehow and was rewarded an astonishing 170 points or so. how is this possible, in the other modes it’s around 10 points. and what do the numbers 2/1 mean? thank you.

 

Since you haven't played many games in bullet your rating is uncertain, in the rating system that is called your rating deviation (RD), and a high RD value will cause large swings in rating, That value decreases the more games you play, as will the rating changes.

 

https://support.chess.com/article/210-how-do-ratings-work-on-chess-com

TonyClifton2019
ok i see.
and what do the numbers stand for? 2/1
TonyClifton2019
and thank you very much for clarification
glamdring27

2/1 means 2 minutes time to start and 1 second increment (added to your clock) for each move you make.

TonyClifton2019
ah thanks, i wouldn’t have understood that by myself ever!
itsmeian

hi