Masterpieces & Meltdowns: Share Your Best (and Worst) Games

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This game was from a custom position I played as black in a daily tournament. It had the most sacs (that made sense) I have ever seen.

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Played this crazy game as black just now. Had a lot fun. Maybe made one major mistake by pushing f5 but got lucky. I sacrificed the knight to absolutely overwhelm the king's safety. Missed a tactical shot to sacrifice the rook for a mate in 4.

I also have a question: How to stop being too "emotional" during a chess game? I often get carried away by my emotions in a completely winning position and end up losing..and lose 10 games in a row after a heartbreaking loss... Any suggestions/experiences that might help?

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TheAssamAssassin-68 wrote:

Played this crazy game as black just now. Had a lot fun. Maybe made one major mistake by pushing f5 but got lucky. I sacrificed the knight to absolutely overwhelm the king's safety. Missed a tactical shot to sacrifice the rook for a mate in 4.

I also have a question: How to stop being too "emotional" during a chess game? I often get carried away by my emotions in a completely winning position and end up losing..and lose 10 games in a row after a heartbreaking loss... Any suggestions/experiences that might help?

If I were to analyze this game independently, I would never be able to say that f5 was a mistake, because I thought it was a better idea to close the centre and attack the king-side. But of course, you and your opponent are much higher-rated, and possibly know way more theory and tactics than I can dream of cry
Hence, I may not be able to give sound advice on chess, but I do have an opinion or two on the mental and emotional side of things.

In my experience, every chess player who plays with a certain level of seriousness, encounters this problem. It is easy to say 'don't be emotional', but that doesn't help. What could help you is to follow the process without letting emotions flood into your game. What I mean by that is in winning positions too, focusing on looking for checks, attacks, forcing moves, and threats (or whatever your process is) without thinking about whether the position is winning or losing is key. My second suggestion is to set up winning positions against bots and trying to convert them, no matter how easy they seem. Finally, even if you lose such games, the best thing is to stop and take a break for 5 minutes before playing another game. Stock brokers, traders, and even poker players tend to go into this mindset where they look to compensate a loss by playing 10 more games, purely with the intention of gaining back what they lost. Most of the time, it doesn't work. In chess too, many of us try and continue playing relentlessly after a loss to either gain back our lost ELO, or to feel better after losing an easy game. But a few deep breathes, a glass of water and a 1 minute walk around the room can do wonders sometimes. 
Let me know if this was helpful and whether this worked. We've played each other before and I know you are really good. The right mindset will take you even further. Good luck!