Undeserved Confidence

I’m not new to chess by any means. I got into it when I was three, and have played occasionally at a beginner level ever since. I got involved at my local school’s chess club, but I only went there once before schools shut down due to COVID. I did beat a guy when I was there, but it was by a narrow margin. Until recently, I had never heard of using a timer to play chess- I started playing on chess.com for precisely that reason.

I love bullet chess, but I suck at it. I started trying out daily games, and I haven’t lost one yet (I’m in the middle of one, and someone forfeited the other because I had them in a Mate in 3 that I didn’t notice). I played my brother and father in chess yesterday, expecting to lose to both, but my brother blundered his queen to a pawn and my father blundered a queen and a rook in the endgame. I felt good, but I wonder if maybe I felt too good? I’m not amazing at chess, and I don’t want hubris to get in the way of my game. How do I keep some confidence, but lose some so I stop being overconfident?

First of all, win or lose, I hope you play chess to have fun.  

 If you lose, then analyze the game so you can learn from your mistakes.  If you win, then congratulations!  

I just recently started out with daily chess and won my first 13 games. What I try to remind myself is that results and ratings from daily chess don't matter much. It depends on how much time people are spending on their moves. Maybe you spent a long time on your moves and your opponent didn't.