Chess tilt - lost 200 elo in 1 week, ready to quit

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jayden12when

Yeah out of nowhere I went from 720 to 579 elo

BigChessplayer665
thothotho wrote:

I recently hit my peak of low 1700s in blitz, minimal study just playing a lot recently after a few years. This week I have dropped over 200 elo points! Has anyone else gone through such dips?

I am tilting massively and starting to not enjoying it. I am used to losing in chess, but when you losing to players you think you should be beating it feels worse. And the drop it Elo makes it feel like you are unlearning chess.

I can't see basic tactics, or seeing threats and forgetting them 2 moves later, blundering loads.

I don't see how you can just forget or unlearn chess in the space of a week.

Yes I reached 2300 then went down to 2000 it happens to everyone though the main thing is to make sure you eventually get back to lets sy 2200(somewhere between 2000-2300)

For example

randomchessguy555

Take a peak at my peak In rapid. Take a peak at my rating now. I lost 250 points in 1, 1, 1!!!!!! DAY!!!

Ziryab

peek — seeing

peak — rising

Storming2Knight

if you lost two games, take a break or do something else

ChickenChaser2

You can't win if you don't play, hang in there

Dizzy4100

I lost 230 elo since 5-6 days lol, that's so frustrating

mpv119

try lichess it helped me alot get back

BigChessplayer665
dannydandanse wrote:

try lichess it helped me alot get back

Just play lichess when u tilt and chess com when you don't tilt

davidJD122

thothotho in rapid i was 1992 and then i went back down to 1825 so yes i go threw dips but i like lichess better

Prince_Of_Shadow

Many people are advising to take a break. How many days should I take a break for? I lost elo in rapid by the way.

Caffeineed
Just quit. You’ll be happier
Saptangshu1234

Facing the same problem lol went from 1400s about to reach 1500 to late 1200s....was about to quit then saw this thread

BigChessplayer665
Prince_Of_Shadow wrote:

Many people are advising to take a break. How many days should I take a break for? I lost elo in rapid by the way.

Probably until your not sleep deprived or exhausted you could always just play maybe 1-4 games per day during the break and just quit and then grind more when you feel like it just as long as you don't get too mad

BigChessplayer665
Prince_Of_Shadow wrote:

Many people are advising to take a break. How many days should I take a break for? I lost elo in rapid by the way.

Besides playing 15+ rapid games a day is more than two hours obviously you'd tilt and lose elo eventually playing that much...

BigChessplayer665
blackpanther11121 wrote:

Take a peak at my peak In rapid. Take a peak at my rating now. I lost 250 points in 1, 1, 1!!!!!! DAY!!!

Actually that's relatively normal after a peak I lost 200 elo after getting close to a new peak (I was one game away 😭)

HangingPiecesChomper

I can't imagine ever dropping from 2400 to 2200 on this site, it's way too weak

TheEloCollector1
From 894 elo in bullet I once tilted to 724 in 2 days. A few weeks have passed offline on chess and now I am 825 elo. Every tilt is temporary
Ziryab

I lost 100 this morning

BigChessplayer665
HangingPiecesChomper wrote:

I can't imagine ever dropping from 2400 to 2200 on this site, it's way too weak

You don't play chess then if you haven't dropped 100-200 elo before you ain't a chess player lol (in chess.com) womp womp your elo don't matter