The Win Win Win Lose Strategy

The strategy:

1. Pick a rating somewhere 1460-1499 or 1760-1799 or 2060-2099. Whichever you are most comfortable at.

2. Let's say you start at 1763. Pick battles where you stand to gain 7-9 rating per win. So, in the next few matches if you win, let's say you gain 8, 9 and then 7. Now, you are at 1787. You can win one more battle. Let's say you win and gain 8 more. Now your rating is 1795.

3. Now the losing part. You pick a similar battle where you stand to win 7-9 rating. Note that if you lose, you stand to lose 27-30 rating. That's what you do. Let's say you lose and your rating drops by 29. Your rating now is 1766.

4. Go to step 2.

How does it work:

In the above steps, you won 4 matches and lost 1. In terms of tournament score, that is 38 times 4 minus 30 = 122 gain in tournament score. In other words, you scored at a rate of around 30 per win but without increasing your rating.

Why does it work:

Opponents are picked from a pool of rating range 300 each. Ranges include 1200-1499, 1500-1799, 1800-2099 etc.