Rating inflation - Chess Forums

Making this thread to see if there's anyone else that suspects there's been quite a bit of rating inflation the last month or so. A lot of the opponents I play (in rapid) have recently reached their all time high ratings, often with big increases. As have I. Always nice to gain rating, but kinda odd

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