I sense that a lot of players have a neurotic obsession with points. An easy way to maximize your points would be to have two identities (based on two different email addresses.) Let's say NeuroNut plays around 1500; he has two handles NeuroLo and NeuroHi. Initially he gets both to 1500. He then plays NeuroLo against NeuroHi and consistenly looses with NeuroLo until he has transferred 300 points to NeuroHi. NeuroLo then goes out and gets his rating up to 1500 again. He enjoys contempating his NeuroHi personality with a 2100 point rating. That could account for some low-rated players playing higher than expected.
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Mr_Spocky wrote:
You have bad chess days and good chess days. When you get a good one you get 100 up when you get a bad one you go down by 50 to lower rated player with a good day
yes - it occured to me maybe you meet the same people on the way down that you beat when you were on the way up.
CoyoteLoco wrote:
I sense that a lot of players have a neurotic obsession with points. An easy way to maximize your points would be to have two identities (based on two different email addresses.) Let's say NeuroNut plays around 1500; he has two handles NeuroLo and NeuroHi. Initially he gets both to 1500. He then plays NeuroLo against NeuroHi and consistenly looses with NeuroLo until he has transferred 300 points to NeuroHi. NeuroLo then goes out and gets his rating up to 1500 again. He enjoys contempating his NeuroHi personality with a 2100 point rating. That could account for some low-rated players playing higher than expected.
Yes but then he would lose really badly against other 2100 rated
Maybe they are better than there rating says.