Huge Rating Increase

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Hyperi0n_Chess

Way back in August, I played a few games of 15|10 Standard Chess in the hopes of increasing my rating and to generally get better.

I stopped playing for a while and I logged back into today, played a game and my rating increased pretty dramatically. I was rated 1216 on my last game in August, and after playing a game today, it is now 1378.

Winning the game itself only increased my rating by 17ish (I think). Can anyone explain this?

Has there been a change to the rating system? 

MarquisPhantom

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/standard-ratings-boost

Hyperi0n_Chess

Thank you for clearing that up.