You are probably just really good win ten or eleven more games and you will be a super grand master.
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at first, your rating is unstable because they take the average of all your games or something like that. after a while, you'll get like plus 10 or plus 20
You are probably just really good win ten or eleven more games and you will be a super grand master.
I LOVE THAT!!!
the ratings need to give u that much of a variance initially because that way it can balance out after you play more games in the future. if u play and begin at 1200 but only increase your rating by about 10 each game you win, then it is not much of a fair assesment of ur level (if for example u were actually a 1700+ ranked player). the high variance is to see how well u can compete against higher ranked players from the start. I started at something like 1430 at online chess, but then dropped to 1100 after a month. It has taken me over 6 months to get back to that level since then.
Second game and another whopping 175 points to become 1597!!! Now, I will be thrown in the lion's den and be ripped apart!!! 
Really, there's a glitch somewhere!!!
@robinhood241: The huge variance definitely takes out the merit system. You become a rated player by playing and winning, not via a single or two games!
Isn't it better to have a slow but sure advancement of rating in the game? In that way, players will enjoy the game at their level.
Imagine this, I am now close to a 1600 rated player, and you said that after a month I will be a 1100! That's very frustrating alright!
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Chess.com uses the Glicko rating system where, in addition to your rating, you have a "Rating Deviation" value which measures the uncertainty of your rating. The purpose of this is to get you to your "correct" rating as soon as possible to ensure that you are matched appropriately. As you finish more games, your RD goes down to represent more certainty in your rating and only goes up again if you don't play games for a while or perform in opposition to your rating. If your RD is very low, your rating will only go up or down by 10-20 even for a significant victory or loss.
If you enjoyed your games - which I'm guessing you did - whether your rating goes up or down and how much is surely a secondary consideration.
But the rating will help you find opponents likely to give you a good game. Don't be too quick to think that you will struggle against 1500 or 1600 rated opponents. Try it and find out.
If you are used to Philipino or ELO ratings, on line seem to me a bit higher. You may well do fine against 1500 or 1600 players here. Indeed I'm betting you will. :)
coneheadzombie wrote:
It's just the way it is. When you first come to chess.com, if you win a game against, say, a 2000, then you are 2000 yourself. =)
Kewl! That is a nice encouragement, if you put that way! 
@johnyoudell: I sure did! Adrenalines are pumping hard! hahahaha!
Thanks for the encouragement!
@omnipaul: I get it, the correctness of RD will depend on the number of games I play! Thanks!
In my very first two games with a rating of 1200 each, I received a rating of 1362 for Standard and 1422 for Blitz. A plus of 162 and 222 points!!!
How come? I mean, I am elated to receive such ratings, but isn't there a glitch somewhere? How will I maintain these ratings against rated players?
"What are you complaining about? Isn't it that you play to win to get higher ratings?"
That's the gist of my thread! I want to win gradually, feel my way up to the top! What happens now if I play a rated player and lose? I can only expect my rating to be somewhere between 1100 and 1200!!! That's a big letdown for me!