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LightningPanda_8
My rating is falling like 200 points with a massive losing streak pls help
Kraig

Looks more like a 100 point rating slump but thats common. 
Also, if you're peaking at 1420 - thats the best you've ever played. You're likely then being paired up against other more solid 1400s, so they'll naturally be a bit stronger, hence why you've lost a few in a row since peaking. That's also very common. Just keep at it and eventually you'll get stronger and be able to stay up there!

AtaChess68
If I want to know my (lack of) progress I don’t compare my current rating with my highest but try to see a trend over the weeks. Quite silly that chess.com doesn’t have a ‘trend’ button.

One more thing: are you learning something new at the moment? My rating always goes down when I do. As a negative bonus for good behavior ;-)
MarkGrubb

Great advice from others. Can you drive? Do you remember learning to drive and the first time you had to make a right hand turn, mirrors, signal, manoeuvre, clutch, gas, and gears, all coordinated, and it seemed impossible yet you could do 2 or three of these together without difficulty. Chess is no different. Tilt is a sign of progress. It may last a few days or a few weeks but it will pass and you will find yourself a strong player when it does. Good advice from @Tumpai, step back and look at the basics, you may have dropped a basic skill that previously came naturally.

LightningPanda_8

Ok. 

Jackurokawa

So at what point after losing x amount of games should you start questioning whether chess is the game you should be playing?

JayfeathersSpeedrun

never. If you really want it ( and invest 90 minutes or something llike that per day in studying), you will improve a lot. Thats a fact.

MarkGrubb

I think many people are capable of becoming good chess players, maybe not everyone can become a strong player or a GM but everyone can be a good player. However, you have to want to. You need to enjoy the game enough (including the losses) to stick with it. Above all it requires resilience and patience. It can take years to progress to an intermediate level (quicker with the help of a coach). If someone finds this exhausting or boring then maybe chess isn't their game. If they are excited by the idea of improvement, progress, and eventual mastery then chess is the game for them.

why-does-we-exist
drummerz wrote:
My rating is falling like 200 points with a massive losing streak pls help

why is you playing 3 minet? play 10 minnet, minniminnum

Equinox17

Go back the chess theory, it's helped me slowly bounce back after going back to basics

sndeww
drummerz wrote:
My rating is falling like 200 points with a massive losing streak pls help

stop playing, my rating just went down some as well. It's just as depressing.

tictactoeprodigy

take a break.

sndeww

uh, did you just change your name rytsar?

 

tictactoeprodigy
SNUDOO wrote:

uh, did you just change your name rytsar?

 

yes, lol

sndeww
TheRealMikhailTaI wrote:
SNUDOO wrote:

uh, did you just change your name rytsar?

 

yes, lol

I liked rytsar, it was more unique then MikhailTal something sad.png

tictactoeprodigy
SNUDOO wrote:
TheRealMikhailTaI wrote:
SNUDOO wrote:

uh, did you just change your name rytsar?

 

yes, lol

I liked rytsar, it was more unique then MikhailTal something

ig so, i might contact support to change it back

mmm600

I lost a lot of points after every peak, it's normal tongue.png

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