More proof this site is rigged

why is everybody that you disagree with a troll?

it should be disturbing to you that a new player quitted this site within a day from a bad experience if anything.

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All these just created accounts is crazy

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What are you talking about

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maybe he just played a trashy opening lol... f4 on the fourth move??? hmmm...

MariaHNestM wrote: NewYearsGambit wrote:

How can you beat a player with a 2 year old account getting to 1300+, 1181 games, but then lose to 800s? The pairing system on this site is completely faulty and fallacious.

maybe he just played a trashy opening lol... f4 on the fourth move??? hmmm...

That doesn't explain losing to 800s though. This site hopes people will do what you do, just ignore other variables while looking at one plausible "outlier".

IIRC 800 is "beginner" which you select when you register. Usually "beginners" will select this and find out they're much higher or lower rated

Anyone can lose to a lower rated player, especially if they overestimate their own skill and underestimate that of their opponent.

MariaHNestM wrote: NewYearsGambit wrote:

How can you beat a player with a 2 year old account getting to 1300+, 1181 games, but then lose to 800s? The pairing system on this site is completely faulty and fallacious.

maybe he just played a trashy opening lol... f4 on the fourth move??? hmmm...

That doesn't explain losing to 800s though. This site hopes people will do what you do, just ignore other variables while looking at one plausible "outlier".

IIRC 800 is "beginner" which you select when you register. Usually "beginners" will select this and find out they're much higher or lower rated

Did you not read the previous reply? You are making a one off excuse for something that is not one off.

I lost to a 549 rated player (USCF) that was 450 points below my rating. I played a pretty trappy opening instead of a solid one, underestimating his strength, and I got destroyed. So that's true

vamsim7 wrote: shadowtanuki wrote:

Anyone can lose to a lower rated player, especially if they overestimate their skill and underestimate that of their opponent.

I lost to a 549 rated player (USCF) that was 450 points below my rating. I played a pretty trappy opening instead of a solid one, underestimating his strength, and I got destroyed. So that's true

One singular event doesn't prove or disprove a pattern.

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The Perception of Manipulation in Chess.com

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I am not claiming manipulation, the pairings are too random. This creates an overlap.

More proof this site is rigged

That's quite a facade