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Why is it that I’m either on a losing streak or a massive winning streak and it feels like there is no in between? Always feels like one extreme or the other. I can’t seem to build any amount of consistency at my skill level. Not asking for game reviews, I know I’m baf, but the fact that there is so much push and pull with my performance is psychologically destroying me. This is difficult to vent about but it has been bothering me for months. I don’t even know why I’m posting about this, I guess I’m seeking some kind of validation from somebody who can relate or with more experience than myself.
Mar 23, 2024
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AllOtherNamesWereTaken wrote:
Why is it that I’m either on a losing streak or a massive winning streak and it feels like there is no in between? Always feels like one extreme or the other. I can’t seem to build any amount of consistency at my skill level. Not asking for game reviews, I know I’m baf, but the fact that there is so much push and pull with my performance is psychologically destroying me. This is difficult to vent about but it has been bothering me for months. I don’t even know why I’m posting about this, I guess I’m seeking some kind of validation from somebody who can relate or with more experience than myself.
Streaks in Play are not uncommon and part of playing at many levels.
Mar 23, 2024
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@allothetnamesweretaken I relate with you. I either have this nice 7 winning streak or a losing streak. maintain that consistency is difficult. But I have noticed that I'm not paying full concentration and attention to detail while playing sometimes and thus, I lose. So I mean I suggest it's better playing only 2 matches per day as long as you use all your brain cells. Lol. Hope this helps. It may not be accurate advice sorry
On a good day with a low rating you focus, you win and your rating goes up.
Then on a bad day with your high rating you meet stronger opponents, you let your guard down and you lose and your rating goes down.
Mar 25, 2024
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Another reason why you start losing is because after a winning streak you start facing opponents that happen to get you to play into variations that have unforeseen traps on your side of the board. There are many many variations of chess. If you are playing 10 minute games or even 15|10 you just simply do not have enough time to calculate. You just play off of general principles, and then, bang, a tactic that came out of nowhere. Or in your case you just blunder from time to time but I see that this phenomenon can happen to you as well. General principles only takes you so far, and if all you do is play blitz and rapid your going to hit a plateau eventually and you won't be able to improve and you won't be able to figure out why. Here's why, your not learning Dan Heisman way of thinking. Google that name. you have to play 5 hour games to get really good. If you don't have time for that, then you should consider another game. I know this is a harsh reality, but you can't learn real chess without first slowing down.
AllOtherNamesWereTaken wrote:
Why is it that I’m either on a losing streak or a massive winning streak and it feels like there is no in between?
In order to get better at chess, you should try to be calm and objective. For example, what you wrote above is obviously not true.
In your last 20 games there are 14 different streaks, the longest is 4 games long, most of them are 1 or 2.