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'Breaking a 1500' and maximising rating are way different goals though. If you want as high a rating as possible, playing lower-rated players is probably not go
by Anderkent 9y ago
'Breaking a 1500' and maximising rating are way different goals though. If you want as high a rating as possible, playing lower-rated players is probably not going to get you there - you're only getting a small increase per game.
- kendallpark 9y agoBut you're taking on less risk. If you play other people around your ranking it's easy to actually lose.
- Anderkent 9y agoSure; you're reducing variance at the cost of reducing expected gains in ranking.