Weird ELO distribution for top 10 winners of tournament
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I just did a tournament and the top 10 players averaged 1200. the winner was 1400s. there was a guy in the top ten who was like 800. and then some dude with a 2400 rating was like number 6 or 7...way behind the beginners. Is this normal? What’s going on here?
Sep 12, 2020
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the beginners often get many ofter weak players as pairings, somits easy to get many wins. If i participate, i often get 2000s, so its difficult to get fast wins.
Sep 13, 2020
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You played in an arena tournament. In that format you get paired by rating.
https://support.chess.com/article/335-what-are-arena-tournaments
Sep 15, 2020
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#4
As others have pointed out, it is common (whether it is "fair" or the "best" way is personal preference). Think of it like a handicap in golf so that players of a wide variety of skill can still compete against each other fairly. One problem that arises with this is "sandbagging" where a strong player intentionally drops rating to play against weaker opponents. I believe Chess.com has a way to detect this though