Why is my rating so high? • page 1/1 • General Chess Discussion • lichess.org

I have never been rated 2100 in my life. I haven't been studying - nothing. And it doesn't seem like my opponents are playing at 2000 level either - has there been a general ratings inflation recently?

InkyDarkBird

#2

You have only played a few games so far on Lichess. Play more to narrow down your rating.

#3

pointlesswindows

#4

Covid pandemic is the main cause, because people with high rating get ill and start to play badly, losing hundreds of points. That's a chain reaction.

george_mcgeorge

#5

Well, first or all, you haven't played that many games - 17 games aren't all that much, thus your rating isn't that stable. It will be stable, when you have played some more games.

But: You are higher rated here on lichess as you are OTB, because Lichess does not use the ELO-rating, rather it uses the Glicko2-rating.

And, as mentioned before, the pandemic has brought many new players to chess and lichess - and new players as well as players who haven't played in a while and never played OTB to begin with, usually play moves, that seem more random and inaccurate. This gives more experienced and advanced players the opportunities, to get a superior and eventually a winning position - and those positions often lead to a win. Thus, a player, who was a completely beginner over a year ago or so now can be an advanced player, beating other players. Actually, I think @ TheKingClash explained the infaltion-problem a lot better.

Anyways, regarding your question, I also am astonished that I have reached like 2222 imaginary points - though I am not going to complain about it!

Last but not least, we play chess to improve, to learn, to have a fun time. Not to get a certain amount of - basically worthless - imaginary point that show, how good you have been at beating your recent Opponents - rating isn't necessarily equal to your actual "chess ability".

Well, first or all, you haven't played that many games - 17 games aren't all that much, thus your rating isn't that stable. It will be stable, when you have played some more games. But: You are higher rated here on lichess as you are OTB, because Lichess does not use the ELO-rating, rather it uses the Glicko2-rating. And, as mentioned before, the pandemic has brought many new players to chess and lichess - and new players as well as players who haven't played in a while and never played OTB to begin with, usually play moves, that seem more random and inaccurate. This gives more experienced and advanced players the opportunities, to get a superior and eventually a winning position - and those positions often lead to a win. Thus, a player, who was a completely beginner over a year ago or so now can be an advanced player, beating other players. Actually, I think @ TheKingClash explained the infaltion-problem a lot better. Anyways, regarding your question, I also am astonished that I have reached like 2222 imaginary points - though I am not going to complain about it! Last but not least, we play chess to improve, to learn, to have a fun time. Not to get a certain amount of - basically worthless - imaginary point that show, how good you have been at beating your recent Opponents - rating isn't necessarily equal to your actual "chess ability".

userfriendly2

#6

Play 2000 games then come back and ask the same question

EvergreenGiant

#7

Just keeps going up...

Akarsh_2010

#8

@EvergreenGiant said in #7:

Just keeps going up...
it seems like you have come another site, either chess24 or chess.com, where ratings are usually 300-400 points lower, since they use a different rating system, so if you are 1800 here, you would be 1400-1500ish chess.com.

@EvergreenGiant said in #7: > Just keeps going up... it seems like you have come another site, either chess24 or chess.com, where ratings are usually 300-400 points lower, since they use a different rating system, so if you are 1800 here, you would be 1400-1500ish chess.com.