Do you steal rating points from other people in tournaments?

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Avatar of PRESSALTF4

Do you "steal" rating points from other people in tournaments? For example, I play someone and I win and I got 10 points and he loses 10 points.

Avatar of Inexorable88
Yeah, that's how tournament play works as well as rated games but it depends on their initial ratings.
Avatar of AIM-AceMove

I always ask my opponent if he is cool giving his points to me.

Avatar of Cystem_Phailure

You don't steal points, you win them. When two players play a rated game they're betting with their rating points. If one wins, the other tanks, and the (odds-adjusted) points are shoved across the table.

Avatar of macer75

Yes, and if they catch you, you switch to plan B: robbery.