The rating is based purely on game Stuck between idk idc and idgaf shirt – beat someone and your rating increases, lose and your rating decreases (draws transfer a small amount of rating from the higher rated player to the lower rated player). If you’re consistently winning, you rating should be higher than that of your opponents. Can we have a link to your lichess profile?

Your rating is based on Stuck between idk idc and idgaf tshirt whether you win, lose, or draw. It doesn’t matter how you win. The purpose of a rating is so that you will get matched with players of similar skill level and therefore win about half of your games. Chess is so great that we use rating systems. Compared to video games like Overwatch and League of Legends where the formula is hidden and much poorer. The reason games’ rating systems aren’t transparent is because they aren’t meant to optimize to reflect your skill or match you against equally skilled opponents. They also have to try to get you to spend money on the game and get you addicted.