I have played over 15,000 blitz games. I don't believe my chess rating should change 200 points over a period of time, but it does. I seem to go on streaks of winning for 2 months and my rating goes up, easily beating players 1200 to 1300. Then I go on streaks of losing, losing to players 1100 to 1200 (and they beat me quite easily). There seems to be a dramatic inconsistency in all of this. Anybody else experience any of this?
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mznor wrote:
In playing my first game on Chess.com, I received a rating of 1200, before I played. Why, and how was that arrived at?
adavisi wrote:
I have played over 15,000 blitz games. I don't believe my chess rating should change 200 points over a period of time, but it does. I seem to go on streaks of winning for 2 months and my rating goes up, easily beating players 1200 to 1300. Then I go on streaks of losing, losing to players 1100 to 1200 (and they beat me quite easily). There seems to be a dramatic inconsistency in all of this. Anybody else experience any of this?
Why dont you believe the rating should change 200 points? If you go on a streak of winning or losing, that seems like a perfectly normal thing to happen. If the rating changed a thousand or so, then that might seem drastic, but only 200 seems pretty normal to me. I've lost many games to lower rated players, and so I expected my rating to drop. Instead of losing to low rated good players, and winning against higher rated poor players, you could just play people the same rating as you, and win/lose the same amount of games. Then your rating would not fluctuate as much.
This looks like the right place for me to whine a little bit about people who lose the game on time because they are about to be mated in two. I get less points (whine). Does this happen often?
redcodyF wrote:
This looks like the right place for me to whine a little bit about people who lose the game on time because they are about to be mated in two. I get less points (whine). Does this happen often?
You don't get less points. Beforehand you get a set amount of points if you win, draw or lose (established when the game starts).
I agree!
joeyson wrote:
wow ppl
just play
ratings dont even matter
Says the 940
yes, I just quoted a 10 year old post.
Jul 9, 2017
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viswanathan wrote:
turtle wrote: i am starting to understand the rating system, but how do you determine points during a game? are certain peices worth different points?
turtle, the general points system followed is as follows:
pawn - 1pt.
knight/bishop - 3pts.
rook - 5pts.
queen - 10pts.
of course points are not everything... the position of your piece also matters.. for example you might not mind losing a bishop or rook to save a pawn on the 7th row.. and points dont have any bearing on the game result.. it is just a basic framework to help beginners understand the value of different pieces
Queen is 9 points
ratings are a measure of strength
My first cooment on the fourms. A queen is worth 9 points (viswanathan said it was worth 10.)
Why I started with 800?
I did too. It will bounce around at first though.
Jul 15, 2017
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yanzhichen2007 wrote:
Why I started with 800?
When you created your account you are asked your skill level. Each skill level is assigned a different initial rating.
No, actually @Martin_Stahl. On the app it just gave me an 800 rating without asking. About a year ago I made an account on my computer and it asked my skill level.
It seems like 900 is around 40th percentile.
Can I assume 1000 is 50th
1100 60th
What's the rating for an 90th percentile player?
Can I assume 1000 is 50th
1100 60th
What's the rating for an 90th percentile player?
So am I below, at or above average?
My Blitz rating is exactly 1000 (which is 53.7%)
My Rapid rating is 1138 (which is 59.5%)
My Glicko RD is much lower in Blitz because that is what I mostly play.
So if 1200 is "average" then I am below average but my percentile is above 50%.
Thoughts?
Nah, sounds like you're above average for chess.com.
Jul 21, 2017
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The average correspondence rating here is 1237, the average blitz rating is 1063.
When creating a new account you get to choose your skill level. One of those equates to 1800; but without any games to back that up, it is obvious it is just a default.