07 Mar '13 12:46>
Ratings - including my own - change a lot in the course of one game and of course continue to move about over time. I would like game records to establish the rating of the opponent I actually challenge and the result on that basis.
Lots of things make me think this.
-Some strong players suddenly give up (or get kicked off) and their rating plummets to a ridiculous extent, totally ruining the record in my opinion. (No I really did beat that 2300 player, not the 895 player who has left the site).
-Clan games look like a totally unfair match when they were perfectly fair at the outset.
- I look and feel like a grade bully (not my phrase!) for beating a lower rated player when the initial challenge was perfectly fair.
-Strong players refuse to resign a lost position or to agree a draw and I suspect they are waiting until my rating improves as much as possible so they get their result to look better. (Otherwise I can't see why some of them persist so long).
So I say fix the grade at the point of starting play and keep that as the permanent record.
Lots of things make me think this.
-Some strong players suddenly give up (or get kicked off) and their rating plummets to a ridiculous extent, totally ruining the record in my opinion. (No I really did beat that 2300 player, not the 895 player who has left the site).
-Clan games look like a totally unfair match when they were perfectly fair at the outset.
- I look and feel like a grade bully (not my phrase!) for beating a lower rated player when the initial challenge was perfectly fair.
-Strong players refuse to resign a lost position or to agree a draw and I suspect they are waiting until my rating improves as much as possible so they get their result to look better. (Otherwise I can't see why some of them persist so long).
So I say fix the grade at the point of starting play and keep that as the permanent record.