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Corbellino

How is it possible to lose 50+ points for loss and then only gain like 3 measly points for a win? What goes into chess.com's scoring system?

Martin_Stahl

https://support.chess.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1444777-how-do-ratings-work-

 

There are a few things that go into deciding how your rating changes. Your Live Rapid and Daily ratings have high RD values so your rating in those time controls will likely fluctuate by larger values, unless you are playing someone very close to your current rating, where you should see smaller swings.