If you are getting more high or low-rated opponents than you want, you may want to adjust the rating range of your opponents.
How to adjust your rating range
Hover over 'Play' in the left menu, then click on 'Play'
Click on the cog wheel ('Settings') located at the top right of the board. Alternatively, go to your settings and select 'Live Chess.' Both methods will open a menu containing Live Chess settings.
Go to the 'Play' tab and select the 'General' tab to see settings for incoming and outgoing challenges:
Incoming are challenges people send to you, such as by clicking on your name and sending a challenge directly to you, which you can accept or not.
Outgoing are the challenges you send when you click on the 'Play' button to find a match — This is the option you will want to change to affect your matching in live chess.
Click 'Save' to apply the changes!
Setting the rating range
The ranges are always relative to your own rating. In the image above, the range is set to -150 and +150. This means that if you are rated 1200, you will only be matched with people between 1050 and 1350. If you win some games and your rating goes up to 1300, then you will be matched with people from 1150 to 1450.
📝 The narrower you set this rating range, the longer it can take to find a match. We do not advise setting either + or - to below 50.
Mobile
Tap on 'New Game', choose 'More', and then select 'Custom'
In the custom game menu, your rating will be displayed in the center, along with two boxes indicating the rating range of opponents you will receive
Use each box to select a new range. In the above example, the player's rating is 1200, and they will be matched with opponents between 1000 (-200 from their own rating) and 1400 (+200) in rating
Tap 'Play!' to be matched with someone in your chosen range!