Ratings fluctuations
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Obviously everyone's rating fluctuates a certain amount, but at what point do you look at someone's rating graph and start to think something suspicious is going on.
Well, obviously it's not life and death stuff, but I still find it an interesting consideration.
checkinthrees wrote:
Not sure I agree with the demographics bit. I lose to a lot of people from India/Russia/China, but then I beat a lot of people from those countries. likewise people from 'western' countries. Still, my average fluctuation isn't more than 100 points. I find it strange/suspicious that people's ratings would be fluctuating by , say, 300 points.
Think sometimes it depends on what time of day you play and what demographic of people are playing at that time. I find ( no offence to anyone ) but when the majority of challenges are from the USA India my rating tends to rise significantly. However the tougher matches tend to come from Russia and China and I can get a few dips in ratings. Base this on playing blitz only online.
