What would happen if a 1300 rated player in daily chess played only 2000's? (0 rating points lost)

RALRAL3333 · 2018-07-26T03:54:57-07:00

Hello everyone, another hypothetical but highly unrealistic situation to discuss. The situation is that there is this hypothetical 1300 in daily chess who wants to play ONLY 2000 and above players because that means this player will not lose rating points for losses, and only in the unlikely event t

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opawnent

Jul 29, 2018

#21

actually you still lose fractions of rating points, like 0,13 for every loss, so eventually you will lose some rating.

NM darkunorthodox88

Jul 29, 2018

#22

at 1300, he would probably get better by osmosis. seeing good moves often being played improves your chess intuition. Strong players can often play on autopilot agaisnt weak players mainly because of "muscle memory" with good principled moves.

seeing dozens of times, what good chess looks like will definitely improve your chess. although by how much exactly, i cant say.