Understanding Ratings
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Hello, I have a quick question I am wondering if anyone has any ideas about. My ratings in different game modes are all over the place. I have 1450 in daily, 950 in rapid, 650 in blitz, 600 in bullet, and 1950 on puzzles. I’ve done enough games in each game mode that I’m pretty confident they’re accurate. I don’t really care about ratings since chess is just for fun for me but I find it curious that they’re all over the place. Is it common for ratings to look like this for different game modes or am I doing something unusual? I’ve noticed with the puzzles I tend to just instinctually try moves without fully calculating them and I get it right often enough that I’ve reached a higher rating than I deserve but in games this doesn’t work and I just blunder far too often especially in faster games. Does this seem like a reasonable explanation for such a weird distribution of ratings? And does anyone have any tips for how I can work to get my skill levels in the faster games to match my daily and puzzle skills? Any advice is appreciated!
