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SnoopDog176 Senior Member Occupied Palestinian TerritoryPosts: 918
Reply | 4 Aug 2008, 11:30:20   Rating drops after corr win How can this be right? before the game ratings: SnoopDog176 2075p Kingsfull 1490 Chess 20/720 1-0 Aug 4 03:03 I then beat Kingsfull. here's current rating. Current rating: Chess Corr: 2013p (3 games played, need 2 more) I know it's provisioanl, but I dropped 62 points after a win. Huh???? |
BlueMax Founding Member United StatesPosts: 3
Reply | 4 Aug 2008, 15:27:26   Re: Rating drops after corr win As strange as it may be, I've had it happen six or seven times on the old caissa site, over the years. In an attempt to get an explaination, I never received a response.
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AdminBrian Administrator Posts: 500
Reply | 4 Aug 2008, 20:06:49 In reply to SnoopDog176 Re: Rating drops after corr win During the provisional period it is completely normal for your rating to change like this. This is because during the provisional period your rating is being adjusted more to the average rating level of the site as a whole, rather than in a normal game where your rating is adjusted relative to your opponent's rating only.
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Gladiator Elite Member United KingdomPosts: 642
Reply | 6 Aug 2008, 08:55:27 In reply to SnoopDog176 Re: Rating drops after corr win Let's say you play 2 2500 rated players in your last 2 games and you beat them, you will be probably the strongest player on this site, rating wise.
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