Hello everyone,
Hope you all are having a good day.
I've been thinking about something very recently that start puzzling me a bit too much.
These days I'm winning too easily against 1800+ elo rated players.
People with 1780-1800+ rating making obvious (if not stupid) mistakes are in almost every 1-min games I play.
Did chess.com change something in its elo algorithm?
Does the elo for new players has recently increased?
Anyone feeling the same or experiencing the same situation?
From January to August (8 months), I managed to break beyond 1850 elo rating only 3 times.
Jan 1st, 2020 : 1857 elo
Feb 23, 2020 : 1876 elo
Aug 26, 2020 : 1859 elo
But from September to October (only 2 months), I've already break 1850 elo 3 times.
Sep 23, 2020 : 1903 elo
Oct 15, 2020 : 1871 elo
Oct 30, 2020 : 1854 elo
And since Nov 6, I'm above 1884 elo and continuously rising.
I break 2000 elo today. That's a first since I'm here. (6 years with this account)
All this doesn't mean I don't believe in me and my ability to progress.
But all this (opponents making what were obvious mistakes a couple of months before for the same level; a steady rising beyond 1850 elo, sure, only since 5 days but still) just feels too good to be true.
I know I'm making progress but this feels very sudden.
I didn't change anything in particular in the way I'm learning chess so this feels very odd.
Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks in advance.
They raised all bullet player ratings by 150 points on September 10, 2020.
That would explain it.
Hello everyone,
Hope you all are having a good day.
I've been thinking about something very recently that start puzzling me a bit too much.
These days I'm winning too easily against 1800+ elo rated players.
People with 1780-1800+ rating making obvious (if not stupid) mistakes are in almost every 1-min games I play.
Did chess.com change something in its elo algorithm?
Does the elo for new players has recently increased?
Anyone feeling the same or experiencing the same situation?
From January to August (8 months), I managed to break beyond 1850 elo rating only 3 times.
Jan 1st, 2020 : 1857 elo
Feb 23, 2020 : 1876 elo
Aug 26, 2020 : 1859 elo
But from September to October (only 2 months), I've already break 1850 elo 3 times.
Sep 23, 2020 : 1903 elo
Oct 15, 2020 : 1871 elo
Oct 30, 2020 : 1854 elo
And since Nov 6, I'm above 1884 elo and continuously rising.
I break 2000 elo today. That's a first since I'm here. (6 years with this account)
All this doesn't mean I don't believe in me and my ability to progress.
But all this (opponents making what were obvious mistakes a couple of months before for the same level; a steady rising beyond 1850 elo, sure, only since 5 days but still) just feels too good to be true.
I know I'm making progress but this feels very sudden.
I didn't change anything in particular in the way I'm learning chess so this feels very odd.
Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks in advance.