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timbeau

Why, in my first game - in which I stupidly timed out - did my nominal 1200 rating

go down by the specific amount of 168? ... Please!

furtiveking

For your first few games, your rating will go up/down a whole lot more than they will later. 

Meaty_Oakr

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-ratings---how-they-work