Does ratings accurately reflect player's skill

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wasimch

I fail to understand that sometimes while playing with player of much higher ratings I feel I am playing with ease and have won many times yet at occions playing with lesser rating players I feel as if all my pieces are stuck and sometimes stratled with attacing moves.

Zinsch

The key word is "sometimes". Just because you are better or worse than your opponent, does not mean that you will always have the better or worse position.

madhacker

ELO is a record of past performance. Not a predictor of future performance. That would require a crystal ball.