So much good advice, much appreciated everyone.
How to end a losing streak?
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I lost and lost but I kept trying and I got my first win
A way to end the losing streak by learning,playing tournaments, solving the puzzles,tactics and have confidence in you while playing games that we can win the match. That's my opinion on o
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Aghast wrote:
Slow down and play longer time controls ...
That might not solve the situation. Sure he can take more time to think, but that does not guarantee he will win a game. It is possible that he might drop even more games.
The key point here is to end a losing streak, which can only be achieved my winning a game. So, in his case, taking a break for a day or two would be best.
DerrickNY wrote:
My experience: I am normally upper 1300s, at times even 1450 blitz 5 min no increments. About a month ago my ratings began dropping precipitously for no reason I could think of (covid lockdown affects ratings for sure but the effects vary). It has gotten to a point where I couldn't stomach a 1250. This was going on for about 3 weeks. That's when I said there's something preposterous here, I know I can be down, but I would have to be comatose to perform like this. So I emailed support@chess.com asking if I was placed into an adverse rating pool for any reason. I got a reassuring response, all was fine with my account and I was never penalized for being a bad sport. The very day I received that email from chess.com representative, my ratings started to rise (dramatically, as if I had a jetpack). I could even feel that a 1250 opponent was once again a familiar blundering type and not someone who I secretly thought was cheating (it sure felt like that before I got the email).
I am still perplexed about this experience. It makes me wonder what is underneath the chess.com pairing algorithm, just how does it decide to connect two players of different rating? And what are these dark, adverse rating pools that we apparently have no clue about? I have a parallel account on (another planet) and didn't notice any changes to my rating there. When a player is placed into one of those dark pools, are they supposed to get notified? Can I atone for my transgressions if I offended anyone?
It's very scary to know (or suspect) you dropping some absurd number of rating points because of nothing you are aware of. I wonder if other participants here can relate. By the way, I never used engine assistance in my life, I wouldn't even know how to use it (the notion of crushing someone with a machine is incomprehensible to me). Because of the experience above, I am now afraid of using chat for fear of being branded a poor sport and placed into one of those dark rating pools. I believe Rensch mentioned existence of these in one of his videos.
Beware of the story above, it is frightening (for the record, I am obsessed about my rating).
It happens sometimes.
On some days I feel like the 1700+ players were a very formidable force. The next day, I felt like 2000+ players were beginners in their play.
I guess it's still a coincidence rather than a definite event.
Howdy,
I've had many losing streaks before, hence i can relate...
I'm bringing good news. There is a cure to 100% absolutely, positively remedy this losing affliction.
This cure comes in the form of a playlist of just 3 songs that u have to listen to in order... and then BOOM problem solved, pal.
The 3 songs are
1) Du hast Rammstein
2) Voulez vous Abba
3) Shake that Eminem and Nate Dogg
If somehow this might end up unsuccesfull, u can send a mail to chess.com. This will result in a crocodile ringing your doorbell on sunday morning. U then have to give the crocodile a kiss and it will transform into Danny Rench, tutoring u chess for 2 hours if u give him bread and coffee.
Always glad to help 
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delacanardo wrote:
Howdy,
I've had many losing streaks before, hence i can relate...
I'm bringing good news. There is a cure to 100% absolutely, positively remedy this losing affliction.
This cure comes in the form of a playlist of just 3 songs that u have to listen to in order... and then BOOM problem solved, pal.
The 3 songs are
1) Du hast Rammstein
2) Voulez vous Abba
3) Shake that Eminem and Nate Dogg
If somehow this might end up unsuccesfull, u can send a mail to chess.com. This will result in a crocodile ringing your doorbell on sunday morning. U then have to give the crocodile a kiss and it will transform into Danny Rench, tutoring u chess for 2 hours if u give him bread and coffee.
Always glad to help
Dont try to push it. Keep your thought clean of any fear of the next loss. Stay away from chess for a while to recover
Taking a break is what has worked for me.
In my personal experience, a big factor in making me enter a losing streak is losing my rating and causing to desperate want to win and make up my rating. As such, I sometimes like to play games that are unrated when it is late or when I plan to stop playing. It could depend on person to person how to solve this issue, but I think in all these solutions the main point is to not keep the lost games in your mind.
OmShruti wrote:
GMproposedsolutions wrote:
My suggestion to end your losing streak is to play someone 900 points lower than yourself.
But we can't learn anything new in that case so better to play with someone else who is 500 points higher than yourself.
Sometimes you need to go down to go up
The above methods work quite well but try doing something other chess for a while, this will take your mind off of your situation and once you come back you will have good ideas and this may end your losing streak 👍
GMproposedsolutions wrote:
The point is to end the losing streak. One game and then proceed with all the other stuff you mention.
But if one is in a bad mindset, it's unlikely he will perform at his best, and probably will lose more than they'll win. So it's better to stop playing for a moment, study where the player went wrong, and proceed with playing some other time. It worked well for me.
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