Why rematching the same person doesn't help with your skills

So there's this one guy I forgot his username who claims people have inflated ELO by 400 points if they don't rematch, but technically I can prove how he is wrong. As you can grow more if you don't rematch. (If you find the username who called everyone who doesn't rematch a coward tell me the user so I can get him in here.)

1. Not rematching and playing new opponents means you will play against the same minded player. You will see similar strategies and openings and nothing new. And if you're losing and winning them your ELO will be underrated as you usually don't learn anything against the same player.

2. Playing new people can open up a wide range of strategies, gambits, openings, and ways to defend more attacks. As not everyone has the same mindset, you will encounter someone who plays a very different opening compared to others, well it happens occasionally! This gives way more room to be better chess and actually perfectly have a rating that resembles opponents of similar ELO. If you just play rematches you will get the idea of people being almost exact to each other and actually lose ELO points when your actual skill is higher than your rating when you do play new people.

People who accept rematches might be losing their memory of other openings and strategies as one person can't pick up and remember all the things they learn.

I hope this makes you feel differently if you're the type to accept most rematches and see you're possibly losing ELO points.

Not trying to make any arguments but take this better than you do with rematches.

*put hear hear meme here*

Lol

So do you agree or not I don't get it

Yeah, I agree with your statement.

That guy is a troll. No one agrees with him, and no one believes him. You could have saved the effort.

@bossybwudx that guy is in 5th grade and is desperate for attention. He made a forum for LONELY people even though he could go on there and have a purpose there

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/120674654406?tab=analysis&move=1

Solid game for me

chomping on hanging pieces increased my elo by 400 points

Yummy knight they forgot to defend!

Someone put a link of dis forum and tell him to look at it

I thought that stupid post was ragebait at first, but now it's incredibly obvious that he genuinely believes every word he says. It's unbelievable 😂

I just told him this and left it at that:

1. "Just because people are coming to conclusions you don't like, doesn't mean they aren't reading your post. It means you are wrong."

2. "You're just mad because people don't accept your rematches."

It's pointless, but it's funny too.

Lol

5th grade mad people doing 5th grade mad things

Playing with new players can lead you into midgames and endgames that vary in structure, allowing you to practice a wider range of positions and strategies. This variety is key to understanding more about chess as a whole and not just getting comfortable with a specific type of game.

Yes but playing rematches can also have benefits. And it's possible to play new opponents and sometimes rematch them.

Unless you're too scared.

Having a balance between rematching and finding new opponents can be VERY beneficial but around 80% you do not need a rematch

Yes like that one 5th grader @bossybwudx lol