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some people just playing much lower rated players

(all these things im talking about here is about unrated bullet/blitz)

i would like to ask a question. is it a good experience if someone whos rated over 1000 points higher than you plays you? multiple times? you could think playing players who are higher rated than you would be a fun and learning experience. but clearly someone than higher rated will completely crush you and not even give you a chance to have slight amount of fun. you cant learn a lot from them since youll get crushed almost instantly. my point is i see some people only playing players much lower rated players than themselves (one example is playing 1500 lower rated to 300 lower rated) and i believe that SHOUDLNT be allowed. on tournaments thats clearly a must but on unrated quick chess thats just nonsense. only challange would be to not lose 50 in a row and there will be no gain in such . also i dont feel like the higher rated players should have this false sense of feeling which happens if you dont play higher/similar rated players and you feel like you will not be beaten in chess when thats clearly wrong. thanks for reading

in 1 sentence: i think playing players only much lower rated(or at least less than ~400) than you in unrated bullet/blitz shouldnt be allowed.
i enjoy playing higher rated players a lot. i've won vs a lot of them i would say. since they play the perfect move more often, i get hints to play the perfect move myself and that way i play better chess. on the other hand i have a lot of problems vs lower rated players than myself :D
@CoderBoy , why dont you play vs 3600 rated Stockfish then, SF can play 98-99% perfect moves. :)

@enoko , I agreed that 200~400 higher rated opponent is the best opponent!
im talking about players about 500-100 points higher rated. @CoderBoy do you enjoy playing someone 2000 rated? this is my point
@enoko yes i do, i think for me till 2400 is ok, however more than that becomes ultra savage and i'll lose motivation losing more than 20-25 games in a row but vs 2000 rated i think i can get 20% winrate or more.
I mean sure you're right, but why shouldn't it be allowed lmao how does it affect you?
I have more problems facing lower rated opponents than higher rated ones.
I play a lot of casual, yes, and i have to face a lot of weaker opponents, yes, but often they crush me faster than higher rated ones. I just take too many chances against lower rated ones or i don't take them serious. Also i always have to play against higher rated ones in my chessclub. That kinda helps (even though they crush me: That way you learn).



200-400 higher rated being fine also means that 200-400 lower rated is also fine

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