You can choose the rating range for your opponent, and who can challenge you in your settings.
See here: https://support.chess.com/article/1962-how-do-i-choose-what-rating-my-opponents-are
Stop 👏 Randomly 👏 Challenging 👏 Higher 👏 Rated 👏 Players 👏 To 👏 Rated 👏 Games
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Jun 28, 2023
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#3
I understand your feeling of annoyance 
So yeah, it's helpful to know the feature described above.
Quick question: I see there is an option "My friends can challenge me no matter what". I assume that means that even friends outside the rating range specified can challenge you? That would be a desired feature to me, just wanted to confirm.
Jun 28, 2023
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#4
I believe so, you may get a warning message about the rating difference which should not impact sending a challenge.
Jun 28, 2023
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#5
Same here. I have a 500 rated from who plays at a level similar to mine, so I end up losing a lot of elo (something like +2 for a win, -6 for a draw, -14 for a loss)
Jun 28, 2023
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#6
Inspired by this post, last night I set my incoming challenges to -400 and above XD
Ur 1784 💀 ur not him
Jun 28, 2023
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#8
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
I’m sure I’m not the only one who gets this, but every five minutes it seems I’ve got another challenge from a 500...
if you want a game, message us first, at least, and then we’ll see if we can have an unrated game, maybe...
This and other reasons (like not wanting a friendly game to be more pressure on their side) is why I typically only play unrated games with chess.com friends. When I play a "friendly" game, I don't want to be taking their rating points (as well as a way of protecting my own rating).
For people much lower rated than me, I still usually give them a game or two for learning purposes though. Rating isn't as important as the person. Besides, I was so thankful when higher rated players accepted my games (mostly when I was much lower rated) and so me now being the higher rated player than most, I return the same favor to the people who want to play against me.
Although, just like you mentioned @DoYouLikeCurry I usually setup unrated games via messages before just accepting a game.
Jun 28, 2023
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#9
I understand the sentiment that one can try to help out lower rated players, but really it's a favor for them, and i don't think one is obligated to accept a lot of such requests. One can choose how to allocate one's time. I don't get that many random requests but i've taken to the practice of only accepting such requests only if the person and i have had enough interactions that I somewhat trust them, -- similar I guess to both @DoYouLikeCurry and @KeSetoKaiba.
Jun 28, 2023
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#10
Fully agree with lots of you - I should clarify that I do play lower rated players (I even do coaching with some) I just get annoyed when people just randomly challenge me with no context when I have no clue who they are. And it’s always rated.
Jun 28, 2023
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#12
ilya-ssehc wrote:
[Removed - DB] 1800 u act like a 2500 💀
Well, I don't see how that's relevant when talking about random challenges from beginners
Jun 28, 2023
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#13
I just stop checking my challenges. The only time I check my challenges is if my friends want to play me and then I see like 10 challenges. Please stop it’s starting to get out of hand
Jun 28, 2023
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#14
@ilya-ssehc I think it’s a valid concern to anyone far enough above the rating to get 0elo for the win, no? I’m well aware there’s a huge gap between me and titled players. That’s why I don’t challenge them to rated games. Do you see what I’m trying to say?
Also, say what you like being 1800 puts you in the top 0.6% of chess.com so I don’t think it’s unreasonable to refer to us as “higher rated players” - as, although we may be considered simply the upper level of intermediate, we are still higher rated than over 99% of the platform.
Also, say what you like being 1800 puts you in the top 0.6% of chess.com so I don’t think it’s unreasonable to refer to us as “higher rated players” - as, although we may be considered simply the upper level of intermediate, we are still higher rated than over 99% of the platform.
It’s super frustrating.
When I’m on a bullet grind/session and a 2100 or smth randomly challenges me, I just assume it’s a rematch from my previous opponent and start playing. Then, when I realize who I’m playing it’s too late and I can’t abort, so I have to play a game where it’s like 3-8-13 or smth where I barely gain anything if I win
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
I’m sure I’m not the only one who gets this, but every five minutes it seems I’ve got another challenge from a 500. Occasionally I even accidentally click on the challenge and then have to abort (which I don’t like doing) or play a game for 0 -8 -16. It’s super annoying and doesn’t endear you to us!
if you want a game, message us first, at least, and then we’ll see if we can have an unrated game, maybe.
But we gain nothing from playing you, and you won’t learn anything either. So please: just stop.
Rant over, sorry about that, I’ve been awake for only half an hour and already had three challenges 😂
i feel like this is a symptom of taking yourself too seriously, 1800 is not that high rated and i say this as a fellow 1800
d4iscrazy wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It’s super frustrating.
When I’m on a bullet grind/session and a 2100 or smth randomly challenges me, I just assume it’s a rematch from my previous opponent and start playing. Then, when I realize who I’m playing it’s too late and I can’t abort, so I have to play a game where it’s like 3-8-13 or smth where I barely gain anything if I win
Don't diss us 2100s =(
no self respecting 2100 rapid would do that omm
just goofy ahh bullet players (blitz players usually don't do that as well)
Jun 28, 2023
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#18
TarZanIQ wrote:
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
I’m sure I’m not the only one who gets this, but every five minutes it seems I’ve got another challenge from a 500. Occasionally I even accidentally click on the challenge and then have to abort (which I don’t like doing) or play a game for 0 -8 -16. It’s super annoying and doesn’t endear you to us!
if you want a game, message us first, at least, and then we’ll see if we can have an unrated game, maybe.
But we gain nothing from playing you, and you won’t learn anything either. So please: just stop.
Rant over, sorry about that, I’ve been awake for only half an hour and already had three challenges 😂
i feel like this is a symptom of taking yourself too seriously, 1800 is not that high rated and i say this as a fellow 1800
Idk, i think it's valid to be bothered. If the difference in rating is over 1000 points it's generally not even an interesting game, so accepting the challenge is purely for the opponent's sake.
I haven't played rated rapid on this account in over two months but my other account is rated higher; I don't consider myself high rated but I still don't like random challenges with no context -- like seriously, at least send me a message and bother to be polite, because I don't trust random people on the internet.
Jun 28, 2023
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#19
Guys omg check out this forum post:
[Removed - DB]
the guy has a 1 day old account and has gone from 18% accuracy to 98% in just one day and is claiming he’s not a chess cheat. It’s brilliant 😂😂.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who gets this, but every five minutes it seems I’ve got another challenge from a 500. Occasionally I even accidentally click on the challenge and then have to abort (which I don’t like doing) or play a game for 0 -8 -16. It’s super annoying and doesn’t endear you to us!
if you want a game, message us first, at least, and then we’ll see if we can have an unrated game, maybe.
But we gain nothing from playing you, and you won’t learn anything either. So please: just stop.
Rant over, sorry about that, I’ve been awake for only half an hour and already had three challenges 😂