Low League Points for Big Victories Question

[billwake]

I don't understand why when I beat the #1 person is a league who has over 2,000 points, I only earn 10 points for beating him. I have 427 pts, so I think I should have earned a lot more for beating the top dog.

I also just beat a guy with over 1,000 pts, Ranked #7, and I only earned 9 pts.

Then when someone with a similar rank to me beats me, they get 20 league points.

This does not seem fair. I thought you are supposed to get more league points for beating great/top players and fewer points for beating average or bad players.

Can someone please explain this to me?