Here is another example:
I lost four games in a row and game review shows:
My Game rating vs My Opponents game rating
1550 vs 1850
1750 vs 2025
1650 vs 1950
1650 vs 1750
Basically I played above my level but my opponents even outscored me. okay I know small sample size ... , but I see that too many times to believe it's nothing.
Hi,
I am playing a lot of blitz lately and notice, that I constantly loose games against players that play 500-600 rating points higher than there actual rating. That means, I am a (bad) 1200 rated blitz player playing against other 1200 players that kill me playing like 1850+ players. And not only once in a while, what I could explain in a way. No constantly. Sometimes 20-30 times on a weekend. How is that possible?
On the other hand I have a lot of games where I play much higher than my current rating and somebody could say the same about me.
What is it that I don't understand?
See as examples the following games I lost
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/120725438041?tab=review
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/120652840837?tab=review
And the following I won:
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/120655224853?tab=review
(This one is maybe not the best example, because I studied the London a lot)
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/120569381169?tab=review
So I guess, I don't understand the rating system/importance of accuracy. What would you say?
Thanks for your input
Jürgen
P.S.: I even found it harder to go from 1000 to 1100 than going from 1100 up to 1300 at one point. Exactly because of the same reason ...