Answers.Body: <p>You probably lost <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system" rel="noreferrer">rating</a>. This is a number that represents how good the platform thinks you are at chess (higher = better). In general if you beat someone who's rated higher than you, you will gain rating points, and the higher-rated they were compared to you, the more you gain.</p>
  <p>Since you were rated higher than your opponent, you were expected to win.* Since you didn't win, you lost rating points while opponent gained it. The material count in the end position doesn't matter.</p>
  <p>*More accurately, since the change is small, you were expected to draw - but if one party won, you were considered more likely to win than your opponent.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Recently played this game on chess.com and it ended up in a stalemate then also I lost one rating and the opponent gained one rating. How is this possible as I have more points in the end?</p>
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  <p>Edit: For clarity I was referring to the rating</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Does this answer your question? [How do you calculate elo?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/15135/how-do-you-calculate-elo)
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Comments.Text: The question isn't about stalemate at all; this is for questions about what stalemate is, or why a position is stalemate. You appear to understand perfectly well that the game was a draw; the question is about the consequence *on rating* of having a drawn game - and in this case it *doesn't matter why* the game is a draw.
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Comments.Text: Anyway, do have a look at that game review if you want to improve at chess, and also try to take a more organized approach to understanding the endgame. I assume you already know that you won't checkmate if you have only a knight, and I assume you have the goal of promoting one of those pawns so that you can get a better piece that you could use to checkmate the opponent. Therefore, your first priority should be to *keep the opponent's king out of the way of your advancing pawns*, by using your own king and checks from your knight to protect the squares in front of your pawns.
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Comments.Text: In a recent USCF game I played against a much stronger player, I lost but didn't change my rating at all, but my opponent gained a single point. Depending on how the formula goes the rating change isn't the same. Or it could just be a rounding error.
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Title: Why did I lose a point of rating in stalemate?
ThreadText: # Why did I lose a point of rating in stalemate?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-04-26)
  
  Recently played this game on chess.com and it ended up in a stalemate then also I lost one rating and the opponent gained one rating. How is this possible as I have more points in the end?
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/2yB8cfM6.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/2yB8cfM6.png)
  
  Edit: For clarity I was referring to the rating
  
  **Tags:** rating, stalemate, chess.com
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [How do you calculate elo?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/15135/how-do-you-calculate-elo)  
  > **username_1**: The question isn't about stalemate at all; this is for questions about what stalemate is, or why a position is stalemate. You appear to understand perfectly well that the game was a draw; the question is about the consequence *on rating* of having a drawn game - and in this case it *doesn't matter why* the game is a draw.  
  > **username_1**: Anyway, do have a look at that game review if you want to improve at chess, and also try to take a more organized approach to understanding the endgame. I assume you already know that you won't checkmate if you have only a knight, and I assume you have the goal of promoting one of those pawns so that you can get a better piece that you could use to checkmate the opponent. Therefore, your first priority should be to *keep the opponent's king out of the way of your advancing pawns*, by using your own king and checks from your knight to protect the squares in front of your pawns.  
  > **username_2**: In a recent USCF game I played against a much stronger player, I lost but didn't change my rating at all, but my opponent gained a single point. Depending on how the formula goes the rating change isn't the same. Or it could just be a rounding error.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2024-04-26. Score: 17 | Accepted answer
  
  You probably lost [rating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system). This is a number that represents how good the platform thinks you are at chess (higher = better). In general if you beat someone who's rated higher than you, you will gain rating points, and the higher-rated they were compared to you, the more you gain.
  
  Since you were rated higher than your opponent, you were expected to win.\* Since you didn't win, you lost rating points while opponent gained it. The material count in the end position doesn't matter.
  
  \*More accurately, since the change is small, you were expected to draw - but if one party won, you were considered more likely to win than your opponent.
  
  
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