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ZombieBrains05

Hey yall, 

So recently I was doing pretty well. Felt like I was improving and getting genuinely better and a good understanding of the game. But as of recently I have just started losing like crazy, I rarely win anymore, I have dropped in total of 300 across the different modes. I was almost or about 800, now I'm dipping into the 600s. I really don't understand why or how this is happening? It just seems like I blunder like crazy or my opponent is always one move ahead. I do the puzzles and have learned a couple different openings. Any suggestions? 

P.S When I play unranked with people who are a lot better they tell me I'm sandbagging often? 

Thx :3

ojinaga84

Don't worry many cheaters here

uofmforever

If you review their history...Sandbagging is a couple meanings. Why is it again that a player was a high of 1400, 1500 even higher...and now they are playing in the 800s...Even low 800s. It's SICKINENING. There isn't a way of Selecting those players out of your opponents. Right away in a game I can tell a person making moves that are not 800-1000 normal.

Tempetown
ojinaga84 wrote:

Don't worry many cheaters here

Amen to that!

Gottfried94
uofmforever wrote:

If you review their history...Sandbagging is a couple meanings. Why is it again that a player was a high of 1400, 1500 even higher...and now they are playing in the 800s...Even low 800s. It's SICKINENING. There isn't a way of Selecting those players out of your opponents. Right away in a game I can tell a person making moves that are not 800-1000 normal.

Same thing here, 1650 blitz and half of my opponents have peak over 2k. I am trying to understand how is that even possible but I can't find any reasonable explanation. Whenever I play 1800 blitz players I lose probably like 70 % of the time. No way I could reach 2k even on a good day. People could be sandbagging or enjoyed a weekend of cheating, then kept playing on their own and dropped back down.

ChessMasteryOfficial

Progress often comes in plateaus, where it feels like you're stuck, followed by breakthroughs.

Elroch

Collapses happen.