Why Not Pair Players Of Approximate Rating ?

Only play 10 minute blitz with current rating of 201. I have yet to see a rating as high as 800, but many in the mid to upper 300s and others with ratings of 400. It's not uncommon for someone in the mid to upper 300s resign making we the winner. Quess they are being considerate.

Also contrary to what others have said it is not possible for me to set parameter ratings of those i would like to play, say low of 150 and no higher than 300. If **Chess.com** allowed that from non-paying players their monthly income (IMO) would decrease at the very least by $5000 a month and more likely closer to $20,000 a month.

#24    "Whole lotta whining from a scrub busta"

Thank you for your insightful wisdom

You can set parameters. Problem solved. NEXT? 

Only if U R a paying player.  Same goes if one wants to upload a photo for their avatar. Just had two players in the last half four with a rating above 300 that resigned. They have photos so are paying members of Chess.com. SO WHY DON'T they set their parameters so they don't have to waste their time playing someone with a rating below 200 ???

When i say they resigned they were playing White and never made a beginning move ... just resigned and they both had a strong internet connection (4 bars).

Have you checked the settings? Why keep making up stuff. I think you are trolling.

How does one maintain a rating of 200? It seems like you'd have to have absolutely no interest in the game, but continue to play anyway.

I can guarantee the setting is there, for all members. I have verified it on a non-premium account as well.

https://www.chess.com/settings/live

It is about halfway down that page. Also, creating a Custom Challenge will also allow you to modify the ranges, on both the website and the app. You can't use the quick game options to get access to them, since those will use the defaults.

Thank U Martin Stahl for not giving up on me. I tried clicking on "Any" for both Incoming and Outgoing but nothing happened so i copied it to paste here. Now for the 1st time i see the choices, but wasn't able to even see them to know the available choices. However, even here there are apparently no choices allowed for "Max Outgoing" for a non-paying member. The only option that was turned on was "Dark Mode" (whatever that means). All other options on the link page were locked off.

Will go back and try again. It would sure be a relief if i could set the Out Min to -50 (i take that to mean -50 of my rating) and +100 of my rating.

OK Martin Stahl i was clicking on the arrow instead of the "Any" ... have set the minimum of -50 and the maximum of +100 for both incoming and outgoing. Will be interested to see the difference in player availability. THANKS again for your HELPFUL posts !

201? I feel like Kasparov. Anyway, keep playing and you'll be able to reach 1000, you can!☺

It worked OK for a couple 10 minute blitz games and then i was matched with Soltan Semedli with a rating of 398. At least i held him off for 25 moves before being mated.

Went back and checked the under/over and the "Outgoing" had been changed back to "Any" for both the minimum and maximum so changed them back to -50 and +100. 

Soltan Semedli

This is now mucho better with matched players. Just finished a game with 44 moves with less than 10 points rating difference. Much more of a learning challenge. The other player with the lower rating won, but it was a more stimulating game THANKS to Martin_Stahl not giving up on me or belittling me.

So, this thread is closed as far as i'm concerned. I do like Kasparov's aggressive play and will stick with the Ruy Lopex opening. I always try to play aggressive when playing black while also being defensive. Very much like Kasparov's philosophy of life. I don't care if i ever achieve a blitz rating greater than 300 as i just enjoy the competitive challenge of a fair match like that of Grand Masters whose ratings are similar.