It happened to me soon after I started playing here and I didn't like the rating point effect either. So I started having a quick look at prospective opponents record before accepting a game.
I also "won" a game in which I was being thrashed by a player whose account was deleted. A look at his record explained to me both why he was kicked out and why I was being blown off the board but still I don't like those rating points.
Hard to programme the site not to award them tho' (I imagine).
Just had another victory becoz my opponent timed out. As he was a fair higher than me in the ratings it meant my rating went up a fair bit too.
But that's not how to progress so no flag waving or anything like that. I reckon maybe as many as 10% of my games have been won on time: half where I had an advantage and the other half no advantage.
I wonder what other people's experience is and why so many people do time out?
You can make a suggestion to the site for a rating scale because it is turnbased not live. You can adjust also setting on your online chess. Go to
Online Chess┘
Settings┘
Game Settings - You see this one below.
Auto-Win on Time:
Automatically claim victory when time runs out!
Tournament is auto timeout.
I have just had another victory becoz my opponent timed out. As he was a fair higher than me in the ratings it meant my rating went up a fair bit.
But that's not how to progress so no flag waving or anything like that. I reckon maybe as many as 10% of my games have been won on time: third where I had an advantage, third where I was at a disadvantage and the remaining third where it was equal.
I wonder what other people's experience is, why is it that so many people do time out, and what we can do about it?