I have played on this site for some time now, (live only--mostly standard games) and one thing that bugs me is the rating inflation that happens on this site. For example, im like a 1500 on this site...but i know that rating would be lower at sanctioned events.
Here are two very, very simple things chess.com can do to immediately stop the rating inflation.
1. no huge point jumps in the beginning, the most anyone could get is +30 points and that is if they beat someone who is 300 or more rating points higher than they are
2. one should not gain ANY points for beating someone who is 300 rating points lower than they are. I played a game today against someone 350 rating points higher than me...i lost the game and 2 rating points...i should have lost zero.
someone who is 300 points higher than his opponent should beat them 100 out of 100 times and because of this no points should be gained. Adversely no points should be lost by the loser. This is just basic elo calculations that would make every rating on here more accurate. It would eliminate rating inflation on this site and rid the forums of all those rating questions ie. my_live_rating vs USCF/FIDE
Just my thoughts,
-Sensuinaga
Glicko is superior to Elo.
My USCF is higher than my live rating here, but comparisons of this sort are absurd. Each rating is valid within the pool of players in which it was earned, not outside.
i think the rating system should be as close to the uscf's system that way a player really knows his/hers true rating.....
Ratings are a measure of playing strength relative to players in the same rating pool. Your chess.com rating measures your playing strength relative to other chess.com members. If you want to know your true playing strength relative to other USCF players, you need to play in USCF rated events.