Lately I've been recieving so little points. Everytime I start a rapid game the amount I win is usually about 7-15 and lose about the same.
However for some reason when I join bullet games I lose and gain almost 8x that amount each time. I averaged winning about 50-80 points per win and about the same for losing.
Can anybody tell me why this is happening??
The site uses the Glicko rating system that includes a variable of uncertainty called the rating deviation (RD) value. When a player is new or new to a rating pool, their RD is high and will have a higher magnitude in rating change after each game. The more games played drops that RD value. When it is low enough, you'll get low changes like you're seeing, depending on the ratings and RD values of your opponents.
There is also a mechanism of rating age, where if you don't play in a pool for a while your RD value increases so you can begin getting bigger changes.
https://support.chess.com/article/210-how-do-ratings-work-on-chess-com
Lately I've been recieving so little points. Everytime I start a rapid game the amount I win is usually about 7-15 and lose about the same.
However for some reason when I join bullet games I lose and gain almost 8x that amount each time. I averaged winning about 50-80 points per win and about the same for losing.
Can anybody tell me why this is happening??