Tilt?

I haven’t won a game in days. Do I just take a break or something? Plus, my visualisation and calculation have become worse. Does a break solve this problem, or am I just getting worse?

you are getting worse

Are you serious? Oh, no. 

its not that bad and your not getting worse as in skill but just mental health in my opinion but the topic depends on multiple factors. for instance if you keep playing consistently over a hundred games each day your going to break in the tank and be super worn out. you have to try and do something to make sure you feel well then maybe do what you usually do and study some puzzles or theory, then from there you will not tilt anymore in like a few weeks

Okay, I’ll keep that in mind. 

i dont know if you were around the time but somewhere in the past i tilted all the way from 2100 back to 1700 and its so insane to believe it but this was the time where i would rage and be upset cause i was bad at and kept struggling. you just have to believe in yourself and try to not back down from the challenges. mental health and tilting are very similar and lots of things can affect your performance but you just need some motivation to come back

You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!”
― Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa

I don't think it's "tilt" at least like the word is used in poker.  But for sure, there are times when I'm worse and times when I'm better.  When I'm really feeling motivated, I'll look at a line of moves and think, "so that's probably OK..." and then I'll say to myself "wtf do you mean probably!?  work it out!  what happens after bam, bam, bam, bam, bam...what can he DO!?"  and when I'm not as motivated I don't do that so much.  and it does matter.

Thanks for the posts, @JubilationTCornPone and @Fuchuina!

according to your game history, your last win was just yesterday, and all the games you have lost since then have been in blitz or bullet, which are tcs you can easily lose a lot of rating quickly in. it doesn't seem to me like it's anything that bad yet, but it could be if you keep losing games, and in rapid too. 

Yes, but I blunder simple tactics…

i think a small break would then be fine, some days we just don't play as well as others.  kind of like the other people's posts said, you should play when you're mentally feeling well and not be afraid of losing. 

And nobody above 1700 has ever done that before!

But, seriously, did you catch any of the world championship blitz?  You could get whiplash from watching the eval bar in some of those games!

Yes, good point. 

I did not watch the blitz championship. I might watch it now; it seems funny. I’d just be surprised since they’re GMs and all. 

Okay, thank you. 

Yes, that’s good advice. 

If your problem is missing easy tactics then I would recommend taking a break for a day or so (or at least a few hours), then warming up with a bit of tactics trainer before you play another game.

Okay, thank you!

ik its hard to believe but it happened, lots of emotions in that time

Winning (or losing) is not an accurate measure of improvement.

The question is: are you learning?

Are you analyzing and reviewing every game you play before playing a new one?

And how are you analyzing/reviewing? I recommend doing it this way:

- Once on your own, without engine analysis.

- Then again, with engine analysis, to catch what you may have missed.

Really put effort into how you analyze/review each of your games, too. Don't just glance through the game in a minute or two. Really think through each move (especially critical moves) and consider things from all angles.

You might also want to limit your number of games played each day to only a few. And spend the rest of your chess time studying, instead. How you choose to study is up to you ... but as a general rule, I believe an improving player should study more than they play, each day.

Okay, thank you, @Stil1! Wonderful advice. I was just on vacation, and I wasn’t allowed to study… or play. Yikes… I guess that’s what happens when I play in secret. I do analyse tournament games using the method you described, but I guess I should do the same about online rapid as well.