We all have our ups and downs. Take a break, and learn form your mistakes.
Chess Tilt - What can I do?
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Dec 4, 2025
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O-O wrote:
Consistency is key, breaks are for weaklings.
you're the type of person that jogs over a bridge because you didn't relies that stopping might be a good idea.
Dec 4, 2025
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is-this-allowed wrote:
O-O wrote:
Consistency is key, breaks are for weaklings.
you're the type of person that jogs over a bridge because you didn't relies that stopping might be a good idea.
You don’t know what type of person I am.
Dec 4, 2025
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#8
You could try something I've been doing lately. I set up a large-ish chessboard alongside the laptop on which I play most of my online chess games. I make the same moves as on the laptop but I use the bigger board to consider my moves as its size makes it easier for me to visualise candidate moves than the laptop does. My eyesight is not great and I may have lost games, made blunders etc. because of that, despite wearing glasses. Using the bigger board to actually consider my moves solves that problem. I also take more time over moves as a result of using two boards and this has certainly prevented some mistakes.
Dec 4, 2025
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#9
If you’re at a roughly fair rating, you should expect to lose around 50% of your games. Sometimes when you flip a coin, it comes up tails 7, 8 times in a row. It hurts, but it’s part of the game :/
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
If you’re at a roughly fair rating, you should expect to lose around 50% of your games. Sometimes when you flip a coin, it comes up tails 7, 8 times in a row. It hurts, but it’s part of the game :/
That said, tilt is a real thing, and it can seriously hurt a player's performance.
And if someone feels tilted, there's an overwhelming chance that they are right.
The only reliable cure is to take a break.
Dec 4, 2025
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#11
Just take a break for the day. Usually when you play a little poorly and lose a few games, you start thinking less and your quality of play deteriorates from your emotional state, and to combat that, it’s best to go back with a calm mind.
Dec 4, 2025
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TheSnipeKing wrote:
Just take a break for the day. Usually when you play a little poorly and lose a few games, you start thinking less and your quality of play deteriorates from your emotional state, and to combat that, it’s best to go back with a calm mind.
Thanks! I saw this after, but I stopped playing for the day, got a night of sleep, and I've won all 3 games I played today
Dec 4, 2025
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#14
O-O wrote:
is-this-allowed wrote:
O-O wrote:
Consistency is key, breaks are for weaklings.
you're the type of person that jogs over a bridge because you didn't relies that stopping might be a good idea.
You don’t know what type of person I am.
Your action tell the story of your character.
Recently, (today) I lost something like 15 rapid games out of 23 - this has happened before, one day I lost 200 elo when I was a 1200, but I'm seriously worried about this one and how it might affect my future chess gameplay. Any tips?