Question about how inconsistent chess ratings are...

Whenever I win a game against a much higher rated player, he only loses about 2-3 points. I only gain like 20. Shouldn't he be losing a lot more points? How is this fair?

the rating system is very complicated.  The simplest explanation I can give is that the fewer games you play, the less accurate your rating is.  If your rating is less accurate, it can go up and down by more points when you win or lose, but since your rating is not accurate, your opponent only gains or loses a couple points.  The more games you play, the more accurate your rating is and the more points the other person will gain or lose when they play you

How many points you win or lose depends on the rating difference and your clicko at the time.

http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/glicko/glicko.doc/glicko.html

Thanks. I didn't know that it depended on how experienced you were.

Some one please explain this.. I played a guy rated about the same as me 1300, when i beat him i gained about 4 points.Then i played another person from the matchup and he beat me and I lost 10 points !!! how does that work?

and the matchup is what exactly? 

and stop reviving dead threads...it's annoying

It was blitz, and this is my first post so try not to be annoyed, just asking