High win rate - low RD

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Kayla_Hayes

Hi! I'm pretty damn new to chess, just looking for some clarification on how RD works. This is gonna be a short post, but I'm just curious as to why I'm only gaining +6/+9 rating per match with a ~75% win rate. I'm definately not fantastic at chess, and usually score between 50-70 ish average accuracy per match.

From what I've read though, I feel like with such a high win rate, I'm probably a little underrated. My rating however, is going up pretty damn slowly. I would've thought I'd be getting a few more rating points per game to level this out a bit.

If it means anything, I started at around 250 elo after my first couple games (after never really ever playing chess much before) and I'm now sitting at around 450.

Thanks for any input!

tygxc

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"clarification on how RD works"
++ Here is the full explanation:
http://www.glicko.net/glicko/glicko2.pdf

"why I'm only gaining +6/+9 rating per match" ++ You win more and lose less rating against stronger players, you win less and lose more rating against weaker players.

"a ~75% win rate"
++ A 75% winrate indicates you play lower rated players. A normal winrate is 50%.

"with such a high win rate, I'm probably a little underrated." ++ You play weaker opponents.

"My rating however, is going up pretty damn slowly." ++ Because of weaker opponents.

"getting a few more rating points per game" ++ Then play stronger opponents.

Kayla_Hayes

Thanks for the insight. Though I don't intentionally play lower rated players. I'm just searching for matches and being auto paired with someone around my same elo, it just so happens that I'm almost always being paired with people maybe 50-100 elo below me. Is there any way to influence this? To get matched with people more around my elo/slightly above?