When I'm mad, I chuck (NORRIS) the board across the room. JK LOL.
Does your mood change your chess skills?
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Apr 16, 2017
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#24
If you keep playing in these different conditions and different circumstances it will really help in decreasing your blunder rate. But nobody seems to understand me when I say that.
Apr 16, 2017
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#25
urk wrote:
If you keep playing in these different conditions and different circumstances it will really help in decreasing your blunder rate. But nobody seems to understand me when I say that.
Playing under different mental states will certainly train your mind to be stronger. I don't mind playing when I'm tired, even though it's bound to be worse chess.
Apr 16, 2017
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#28
when I play while upset, it's not that I'm incapable of playing as well, I just don't care about my moves as much and don't try to do well.
Being tired though, it actually is harder to calculate even when I care about my moves.
Being tired though, it actually is harder to calculate even when I care about my moves.
Apr 16, 2017
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#29
When I'm blinded by my anger and fatigue - I still play much better than most people at their most inspired moment!
But when I'm really in the zone - I'm still a hopeless patzer against certain players, who would beat me half-asleep, and add a yawn.
Apr 17, 2017
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#30
Cherub_Enjel wrote:
Well, I've noticed that upon getting around 4-5 hours of sleep, my evaluation skills tend to be a lot worse/negative for my position than if I were in a normal mental state - for example, I find equal positions worse, and worse positions nearly lost, etc.
Also get a lot more paranoid about losing in winning positions.
This is going to sound really dumb and obvious, but one day after waking up I tried playing some games and did really poorly. Then shortly after that tried some more and did better. Because it happened so close together the difference was really noticeable to me... the first set of games I wasn't visualizing future positions almost at all. Maybe for 1 or 2 moves, but then it would get really fuzzy.
But after that, during the second set of games, instead of something like "can I play e5, oh I guess not, that looks dangerous" I'd hold move 3 in my head and look around for tactics trying to force it to work.
So without visualization, the opponent imposes a lot more of their will on the position and I think it's like you describe, even positions become worse, and worse positions become lost.
Maybe there's more to it than that, but at the time it felt like I'd discovered some kind of key to why my first games were so bad when during those games I wasn't aware of what was going on.
Apr 17, 2017
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#31
Trying to play chess after a long day at work is impossible for me. I may as well just change my name to "Free Rooks" when I do that. I know I play better the more I feel like playing. Sometimes I play to pass the time, other times because there isn't anything I'd rather do. Not good at in depth calculations unless I'm really in the mood to play. I think that's why I'm the kind of player that can win or lose to anyone rated between 1000 to 2000 on any given day.
My mood changes the way I play considerably. I normally try to play creatively, making illogical looking moves sometimes for very logical reasons. If I'm off, I slip into autopilot, basically playing blitz regardless of time control, using almost nothing but intuition. It can affect my playing strength a good deal.
Apr 17, 2017
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#33
whip_kitten whiplashed me, i need a lawyer, a very dishonest one.
Apr 17, 2017
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#34
Do lots of people dress up their cats in Ireland??? I think GeneralTsao was from there and the cat was all dressed up but looked pissed....yours looks okay with it.
Apr 17, 2017
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#37
i like "yer outta touch! am outaa taham! bur am outta ma head when you not around".
Whip_Kitten wrote:
I should apologize now for any future transgressions, real or imagined...put down the rolling pin dear, I'm saying I'm sorry I'm advance, not planning to wrong you...ouch...damn it woman...ouch.
I have a mood disorder, manic depression, and holy shit does mood change my chess skills. lol
Apr 17, 2017
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#39
anyways, if you get the chess blues, put on van halen full blast and thank me later.
Apr 17, 2017
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#40
Yes, it does. If you intimidate your opponents, guess who will win: the scared one or the optimistic one. To scare your opponents, say RAR before the game, eat their snacks, move the chairs, and set up the board wrong so they will underestimate you. RAR!
https://www.chess.com/club/rar
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/rar-tip-12-scare-them-into-submission
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/rar-tip-1-say-quotrarquot
Well, I've noticed that upon getting around 4-5 hours of sleep, my evaluation skills tend to be a lot worse/negative for my position than if I were in a normal mental state - for example, I find equal positions worse, and worse positions nearly lost, etc.
Also get a lot more paranoid about losing in winning positions.