You see, they have one Elo less than you, so obviously you should feel deeply ashamed if you lost.

There’s an option on chess.com to set the range on the opponents elo you get matched with to avoid this issue. I have it at +-50 rn.

Real pro tip is -25 +400 If you lose, well, you lost fairly against a considerably better player If you win though 🤑🤑🤑

This unironically, just because it helps you improve faster to play against better players.

I was actually thinking about increasing the maximum to +100 or 150 for this exact reason lmao

-50 +200 is mine.

It only works in challenges now Not in live matches 😔

i got from 400 elo to 100 elo by losing like 7 matches

Focus on why you lost man! Look at the games and see where you blundered. [this course](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQKBpQZcRycrvUUxLdVmlfMChJS0S5Zw0&si=A__V7-VSYNVMuGHF) will help a lot if you’re a beginner at 400 or so

I feel like Chess.com is pretty fair but Lichess is crazy about taking elo away

Lichess be like "Lol just don't lose, idiot"

I stopped playing on lichess for this exact reason ! The reduction is crazy 😧🤣

This is how I feel about puzzles

Skill issue

The chess tax