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YellowFierce

So i have played 3 matches today. 2 of them i won. my oppenet was around 350 elo(like me) and then when they lost they went down by more than 100 ELO. is this a new feature, looking at the games cuz both the people i won against played trash(no offense). 

AMagirlcom

was their account new?

YellowFierce

i did not check that.

Why would that matter anyway

AMagirlcom

when your account is new, your rating goes up and down large amounts

AMagirlcom

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8566476-how-do-ratings-work-on-chess-com

insane

it’s called provisional rating