Weird. My live standard rating dropped down to 1667 from a high of 1889 or some such. I haven't played in several months. Maybe they're doing something with the RD?
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Also in this thread http://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/huge-rating-jump
It seems like there is no pattern in the increases, so all points to a server bug (mistake)
1295 to 1445 without playing any games. I'm just a natural chess genius I guess. 
Explanation for the Live Standard rating boost:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/standard-ratings-boost
MickyBJ wrote:
Why then did I go down from 1200 (to 1361) when I beat someone who has a rating above 1200 (1089)?? Admittedly don't have time to read the article... but hoping someone knows how this works anyway!
1361 is higher than 1200
Or a progressive tax?
can you get a title from playing live on chess.com?
Nov 4, 2014
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FIDE is now looking into rating online live games and USCF already does this. Of course, I don't think either organization uses this site for their rated games. There are too many problems with move inputs here.
Hello everyone, how can one get a title from playing online in chess.com or even facebook? :P thanks in advance for reply
Nov 10, 2014
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I have the problem: my realy rating in standart is 1698, but by mistake now it is 1998. How to fix it?
I do not play ratings games anymore, no time, but I play chess from time to time. Yesterday I had interesting position.
Find strongest move for white, or better the whole combination.
Good luck! :)
Compare chess classes to shotokan karate belt ranks...
By classes I mean chess ratings/titles to karate belts/ranks
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I would agree with Josh on that. Most Martial Arts schools award a black belt after 3-5 years of study (this always depends on often the person trains etc.) However, I train Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and a black belt typically takes 10-13 years of consistent study and only 1 person out of 10,000 people who ever train Jiu Jitsu will ever be a black belt. This is because most people want instant progress and overnight results, but when they find out how hard it is and that after 2 years of training they hardly know anything at all they quit, although most quit much sooner. I would equate a BJJ black belt maybe with a GM but I'm a beginner at chess so I don't know, it would make sense however.
I'm 1669 and that is not possible since I'm 1550 last week.
What's happrning?