rating went down after winning?

merman

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20 Jun 07

merman

Joined: 18 Jun 07
Moves: 692

20 Jun 07

my rating went down after winning a game! why?😠

Sicilian Smaug

Joined: 15 Aug 05
Moves: 96595

20 Jun 07

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zebano

127.0.0.1

Joined: 27 Oct 05
Moves: 158564

20 Jun 07

In short, provisional ratings are averages of the following numbers
opponents rating if you drew
opponents rating + 400 if you won
opponents rating - 400 if you lost.

KingDavid403

King David

Planet Earth.

Joined: 19 May 05
Moves: 175538

21 Jun 07

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Originally posted by merman
my rating went down after winning a game! why?😠

After you complete 20 games you are NOT provisional rated anymore. It's all uphill from there if you win. 🙂

merman

Joined: 18 Jun 07
Moves: 692

22 Jun 07

I'm really pissed off at this lose points after winning thing, should I just not play people that are rated lower than me?

Phlabibit

Mystic Meg

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Joined: 27 Mar 03
Moves: 17242

23 Jun 07

Originally posted by merman
I'm really pissed off at this lose points after winning thing, should I just not play people that are rated lower than me?

You should play anyone you feel like playing, finish up your games and get your true rating. Just because your rating goes down isn't a problem... once you establish your rating more high rated players may want to play you, but I don't feel you should limit yourself yet because you lose a few points for a win.

Eventually, your rating will be your true rating.

P-

irontigran

Joined: 26 Jun 06
Moves: 59283

23 Jun 07

my true rating is 1670...im just a sucker for accepting draws from people who are polite 🙂