I’m getting worse???

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Joyfulkokobop
My elo was over 750 but I’ve hit a never ending losing streak and am in danger of becoming 500s again. Why is it that the more I play the worse I get? I play every day so it’s not lack of practice. Am I just stupid??? Should I learn different openings or???
Fr3nchToastCrunch

I don't say this to be mean, but you sound tilted.

Take a break when you're losing. It will do you good. Playing often does give you more experience, but it's important to stop when you're getting frustrated.

HeckinSprout

Hello! I commented in your other forum post.

I'm around 1200 rapid elo, so while I'm higher rated than you, I'm no expert. I'm on my own chess journey to get better. That being said, here's my advice. I see you play A LOT of games each day. But just because you play so much, that doesn't mean you will naturally get better. Are you analyzing and reviewing each game you play? Or do you dive straight into the next one? It's more valuable to limit yourself to a few games a day and thoroughly review them, than playing dozens and not reviewing at all. Again, that's just my 1200 elo experience talking. Maybe I'm wrong. But it's worked for me so far.

If you're ever interested, I'd be happy to play some unrated games with you and review them and give you my thoughts on where you can better improve.

Either way, you've got this. Be patient with yourself and don't play when you're tilting.

Good luck!

Joyfulkokobop
I apologize for my melodrama. I was pretty tilted. Thanks for all your advice ❤️🤗
ChessMasteryOfficial

Learn and apply the most important principles of chess. - (core of my teaching)
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.

lmh50

Don't apologise! You've made me happier! I'm terrible at tilting. I play quite well for a bit, then I lose one game, it throws me, I play 20 more stupidly fast, with a "going to lose, so why try?" attitude, and basically thrown games until I've plummeted back into the depths. #2's advise is perfect, if only I could take it. I'd do a lot better if I stopped playing every time I lost, and came back the next day with a fresh mind, fresh attitude.

MSteen

Yes, #2's advice is very good. Might I suggest a few other ideas? 
1) Get a collection of annotated games and play over them slowly--using a real board. Try to follow the annotations in your head as far as you can, and then go to the next move. There's no need AT ALL to play over every annotated line; that's for the top players to worry about.
2) Spend some time every day doing tactics. If you have limited tactics on chess.com because of the paywall, go to chesstempo or lichess and do tactics to your heart's content. 
3) Analyze your games!! I just looked over your game with SzachMatadora on 4/13, and you were doing GREAT until move 26., when you took his rook on a8 instead of his queen (for FREE) on d8. After that it was downhill. And you had over 22 minutes left!
4) And that brings me to the last point. Use all of your time. Whether it's a 10 minute or a 30 minute game, you should have very little time left at the end. Sit back, take a sip of coffee, and think carefully about how the position has changed after every move. There's no point in signing up for a long game if you're just going to play a rapid game anyway. 
Don't get discouraged, though! Learning chess is a long process, with many ups and downs. Hey, I'm 73, and my rating still isn't anything to brag about, but I'm making fewer and fewer howlers with every game, and I'm pleased.

AngusByers

Often there can be a paradoxical dip in performance when you are actually improving your chess knowledge! You gain a new insight, but that new idea needs to insert into your thinking, and so everything need recalibrating. Recalibration happens by losses, but once you sort it all out you will reach a new Elo level, higher than before. Until, of course, you learn again and the cycle continues.

1Trashcan

happend to me too. dropped 150 and wanted to smash my screen. the feeling that everyone plays like a GM at 500 didnt help

Pullmyfinger99
The thing is you need to practice a lot of theory. Chess theory. Learn openings and end games. This will improve you play. Bon chance
Aarhan-Ahmed

guys awesome right?

Aarhan-Ahmed

desosrw
Sometimes you just go on a losing streak, doesn’t mean you’re getting worse
LOSTATCHESS

welcome to the basement leagues when you get down here -- i hope the losin streak breaks off soon and you get a little back up to the range you are looking for but if not just know we welcome you to the the dregs of chess.com---- win one, lose one, win one lose two, etc etc

Mazetoskylo

500 and 750 are beginner level ratings, so no, you don't risk becoming a beginner- you are one of the kind, already.

1Trashcan
Mazetoskylo wrote:

500 and 750 are beginner level ratings, so no, you don't risk becoming a beginner- you are one of the kind, already.

lmao why did you roast him like that. did he somewhere imply he wasnt a beginner?