Points System

i really hope some one can help me understand the point system beacuse it sucks

Here ya go ....

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-ratings---how-they-work

Godd luck ;)

thank you for the in fo

I do know that losing to someone with a lower score than you drops your own score a lot more than if you lose to someone higher.  Beating someone higher than you gives you heaps more points.  I think it's possible to get heaps of points by only playing those lower than you and always winning (if possible).

@Diaboloking #4: Yeah but it kinda takes the challenge out of the game...

well it doesn't always accumulate quickly, when my rating was 1300 i would only get a +1 beating a 900. they design the system so that it's way more practical to seek challenges with people above or at your level/rating

 I recently won a game buy resignation it was a team match there were 26 moves but no points were rewarded why is this?

This http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=31098026 was unrated.

I read somewhere that some peoples rating just go up all the time, so i guese it's kind of floord.