I did some research about that matter, and found an article that answer it: https://support.chess.com/article/210-how-do-ratings-work-on-chess-com
Basically, this is because Chess.com hasn’t seen any games from you in a while, and there is no way to tell whether you’ve been practicing and getting better other places, or if you haven’t been playing at all. I have seen your rapid games, and I think you were playing in each while a game.
Yes that was my only guess. It's true I have been playing rapid time formats much less frequently the past few months. Still quite odd though that in my last game, I gained 24 points and my opponent only lost 9.
If you haven't played games in a while, it's likely that your current rating is more inaccurate, so you'll gain or lose more points. Eventually your rating will stabilize. The same reasoning goes for your opponent.
Yes that was my only guess. It's true I have been playing rapid time formats much less frequently the past few months. Still quite odd though that in my last game, I gained 24 points and my opponent only lost 9.
I think by doing that, it is the best way to deal with it
I did some research about that matter, and found an article that answer it: https://support.chess.com/article/210-how-do-ratings-work-on-chess-com
Basically, this is because Chess.com hasn’t seen any games from you in a while, and there is no way to tell whether you’ve been practicing and getting better other places, or if you haven’t been playing at all. I have seen your rapid games, and I think you were playing in each while a game.
Ah yes I see, it's because my glicko RD has increased due to infrequent games. Thanks for that link.
I was rated at 372 then after I won the first game of the day it went up 52 points.
I hope this isn't a terribly stupid question, but I've noticed since my rapid rating passed 1300 or so, suddenly each win/loss resulted in around +/- 15 or 20 rating points, instead of the usual 7-9 points. I've looked at the recent games of my opponents at a similar level, and their games are resulting in rating changes of 7, 8, 9 points. Is there a mathematical or other reason for this?