How to deal with tilt?

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I use the three-game rule for when to stop playing: no matter how many games I've played so far, if I lose three games in a row I stop playing for the day.

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ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:

Embrace it

This man is the real life version of the devil on your shoulder, and he is telling you to keep going 😭

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#22 most gamblers quit just before they are about to become multi trillionaire.

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OttoInfieldHarm wrote:

I use the three-game rule for when to stop playing: no matter how many games I've played so far, if I lose three games in a row I stop playing for the day.

I don't like giving up and try to fix it, even if the issue is being super tired. I have lots of 10x losing streaks grin So you're on the money with that advice.

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I keep losing to 300 400 and it's discouraging me

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take breaks. it helped me. I was tilting hard. I was about 1300 bullet and recently climbed back up to 1700 after resting my brain and eyes for a couple of days.

Avatar of Battleroyale365

Tilt, in chess, is very normal. I understand how one feels after losing a couple of consecutive games, and feeling that you are total trash. I have been there myself. Just today, I lost 4 rapid games(out of last 5), which brought my rating down to 1950 from 1982. And yes, I AM feeling the anger, of having played such trash games, making blunders like I am 600. But at the end of the day, that's how life is. My best advice for you is to take a break from chess. Just don't touch chess for a couple of days, or weeks(depending on how bad you have tilted). And I GUARANTEE that you'll come back stronger. BTW, props to you for reaching 920.

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anyone who doesn't believe in tilt should look at my stats...

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Always remember, it is just a game, sanity and inner peace are a higher priority than any game.