Dizziness while trying to analyse board

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NaleVex

In advance must to sorry for my not best English, just not my native but I just hope to get more help with it.
The are two big problems with my chess play, at first, I have big problems trying to analize current game and find some good moves, every time I try to "look over whole situation", to check all pieces and whole board, dizziness appears in my head, literally. And I just cannot think proberly about strategy and so on. And in the same way, I very often cannot see danger situations, just losing pices like a blind idiot that cannot see simple moves that cause me to lose by myself.

What am I doing wrong?

ohheyitsjo
With losing pieces, it helps to look at the square you want to move you piece to, and then imagine lines running out in each direction. Do the lines land on an enemy piece? Would that piece be able to take your piece if you moved it there?
MarkGrubb

Is it the time pressure? I see you play 10 minute rapid and daily. Do you find it difficult in both or just rapid? I struggle to think about a position as soon as there is a clock running, even if it has plenty of time on it. I prefer long games.

NaleVex
MarkGrubb wrote:

Is it the time pressure? I see you play 10 minute rapid and daily. Do you find it difficult in both or just rapid? I struggle to think about a position as soon as there is a clock running, even if it has plenty of time on it. I prefer long games.

Mode doesn't matter, I'm just like blind pigeon moving pieces without any purpose. Dayly chess I played quite along time ago and dropped because of the same problem. In addition, I found that it doesn't matter how many time I have, cause if I have too much I'll just be even more annoyed by the fact that I just spend more time not finding any good move, like accumulative aggression.

To be honest, I didn't even know before trying chess again this time that I may be tilted SO much because of the game. I mean I play PC games for a long time and there was anything, being bad by myself or lose the game cause of teammate is ok, that happens, but since I started to play chess again it's my first time when I found that hand can hurt so much and for so long after you hit the table..

Knights_of_Doom

Maybe remember to breathe?  (not a joke, some people stop breathing under stress or when concentrating intently)

jonnin

This isnt normal, and you may want to see a doctor about it.  It could be inability to handle stress, it could be some sort of mental issue (eg concentration/hyperactive/etc).  It could be some sort of disability that is being brought out by the game.  

there may be things you can try;  the mind blanking meditation techniques like you would use when shooting or navigating at high speed or the like ... where you dismiss everything in your head, no thoughts at all, and just BE for the moment (this takes practice).  Or mental exercises like taking a 10 second look in a room the listing what you saw without looking, see how much you get...  these things sharpen your focus and mind and will, after a time, help.  Stuff from zen & the art of archery or the book of the 5 rings, in other words.  These are more about physical activity but it applies to anything.  

Flyinmanatee

I'll be Mr Obvious here but are you getting regular eye examinations? Have you played around with the contrast and brightness of the screen or tried another screen? As far as the time situation I've played about a hundred rapid games and I'm to the point where I hardly look at the time, taking satisfaction (progress) in playing well despite even running out of time. one of the tips I really like is to go ahead and play from behind and not dwell on that blunder.

NaleVex
Knights_of_Doom wrote:

Maybe remember to breathe?  (not a joke, some people stop breathing under stress or when concentrating intently)

Don't think so, I even breathe faster and deeper while in stress.

>This isnt normal, and you may want to see a doctor about it.  It could be inability to handle stress, it could be some sort of mental issue (eg concentration/hyperactive/etc).  It could be some sort of disability that is being brought out by the game.  

I take some antidepressants now. Therapist says that I have no depression but some sort of personality disorder. I tried a lot from meditation to mental exercises, the fact that doesn't matter how clear is my mind, I tend to become tilted anyway, it's not about how clear is mind, it's about what happens.

>I'll be Mr Obvious here but are you getting regular eye examinations?

When trying to look at board I sometimes try to move focus on something else after I get dizziness, doesn't matter. It feels like I just cannot concentrate at all, lack of inattention leads me thru whole life.

jonnin

I take some antidepressants now. 

^^These could be as much the cause as anything else.    They mess with you, even if they help as well.   Maybe you can try a different one?  

NaleVex
jonnin wrote:

^^These could be as much the cause as anything else.    They mess with you, even if they help as well.   Maybe you can try a different one?  

It doesn't make sense cause I had all that problems above even before taking them. The ones I use now mostly just make me fall asleep better cause it took a long time before, like about <2hours instead of <15mins for now.

ArielAlva

Maybe it is because you don't really get the ideas behind your openings, for example, if I'm playing the dutch I know that I'm aiming towards an attack on the king side and pressure in the e5 square and therefore I will always try to make moves that put my pieces in a better position for this. I would say try to look for example games of your repertoires. Also if it's late in the middlegame do things that will lead to a better ending position (for example exchanging pieces if you have a pawn majority in the opposite side of where the king's are).

 

And for the other problem try to see the inmediate threats that your enemy can create and be aware of your weaknesses.

Novocastrian4

You might just need a rest for that day or a few days. I'm just a beginner but I'm finding I think clearly on certain days and other days I can't find opportunities and get confused easily. 

I also found chess to be frustrating. So, instead I just limit my games if I'm losing a lot. For example, lose 2 in a row and no more chess for the day or whatever works for you.

KeSetoKaiba

The literal "dizziness" might be some form of a migraine. I get those sometimes, but luckily I've never gotten one from chess analysis. Don't know why, but I can't ever read in a moving car. I have zero problems with motion or car sickness, but similarly I almost always get a migraine from reading even like two minutes (no joke!) in a car. 

I also sometimes get a migraine from certain patterns and color combinations. Especially plaid or checkered with certain colors. A black and white checkered board is borderline for me, but using a board like the chess.com default one (green and off-white) is fine. 

It might be something about the chess analysis - not the chess itself that is causing your dizziness. Maybe the board or the pieces or the color scheme or whatever else. Everyone is different, so you have to see what causes this for you and then know to avoid it. 

Not saying your dizziness is even migraine related, but it might be some similar thing with your body. Doesn't mean it is terrible - everyone has small things they are slightly different in, but you need to discover what works for you and what doesn't.