"Bad Days"

Is it just me, or does everyone here get days when they "couldn't play chess if they're life depended on it?" I personally have had three occasions. The first time I was rated in the high 1300's but droppped to 1257. The second time again I was in the high 1300's but fell to 1273. The final time is when I was rated 1449,  I fell to 1346. Does this happen to everyone? If so, how often does it happen.

I sure do. I think if you drew a graph showing your results it would look like a squiggly line with peaks and troughs. Occasionally you will get a severe trough or downswing which correlates to "bad days". It happens to everyone I think but some people worse than others depending on the strength of their consistency. Consistency has always been my biggest weakness in games and sport.

yeah I have hade a few of those days you would esspecially know Sambirder from your experiance

i know. but the strange thing is - its on the days that i turn out to be crap that i am most confident before i start.

i'll be bouncing about, begging dad for a game. then, when we start, i lose ma queen 3rd move!