Why is it when I get matched up with a much lower player than me

THEY PLAY LIKE A PRO

womp womp

Accuracy isn’t all-telling, especially without considering the rating of the opponent. Estimated rating is a better indicator.

it's the other way around

the other games were around there rating he just had a good game

it's super common on this site for higher rated players to drop several hundred points so they can whip lower rated players. it's worth checking a player's peak rating before the game starts to get a sense of what you're up against.

Depends on the length of the game

how many moves was the game?

same happens to me sometimes

You seemed to be losing on purpose in that game.

9. Ke2, seriously? 11. f4? 12. Ke3?

I have a hard time believing that anyone would play moves like that outside of sandbagging shenanigans.

https://www.chess.com/game/live/99791477747?username=angelicnightcore

Are you accusing me of smt

Nf3 was already weird, you played like my friend (elo 428)

The player was only rated 27 points below you .

You made some blunders. You lost.

yes my brain needs caffeine to win

Wat!?

caffeine is my steroid for chess 🫠

what is a steroid

its good stuff

the accuracy of a game someone plays doesn't really mean anything if all the good moves are handed to them. You made a couple of blunders and because your opponent capitalized on punishing your moves, they were given a higher performance. It's not called sandbagging if you are the person who is making your opponent's life easier.

However, I will give it to you: your opponent seems to be performing much better now, and it has only been a month. It doesn't exactly mean that your opponent was sandbagging, as they did not have any suspiciously large peaks prior to your game. Just keep playing and move on. This case is very normal, imo