I lost a hundred points and I am mad

Do not be mad after downs comes ups :)

sorry,I loss 300 points

800 left

back to 800 after a vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyy hardwon 900!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sun will come out tomorrow, tomorrow...

say this to yourself!

Maybe you had some bad luck with problems selected that are some of your weaknesses or more indirect solutions. I've lost as much as that so you to be willing to accept a 100 pt margin of error. Eventually you will build back up, you just have to be determined. I've also experienced this with online gaming/ ranking systems. 

Be patient and don't put down the 1st solution you see. What used to get me was taking an easy queen instead of a mating attack. Be willing to let the clock run to 60 seconds if you see nothing, and it might eventually work out (but you will get less points). 

I find that TT depends very much on my mood. I have often lost about 10 in a row, and on other days won a lot. Perhaps, like gambling, it is better to stop when you are on a losing streak?

Not really [for me]. I depends on how much I learn from my losses, and how quiet it is for me. I had a 1400 wall last year, but once I started learning and focusing I rushed up. I am now 2500 at tactics.

If losing 100 points is the worst thing i had to deal with in a day,  I would say im pretty blessed.

linkjoin wrote:

DaveKovacsPhil wrote:

So, I have been having a bad day. I started playing at the beginning of April and have trained diligently every day with Tactics Trainer. After two months of hard work (around 20 problems a day during my lunch breaks) I managed to get to a 1350 tactics rating. And today! Today I lost over one hundred points during lunch. I had to spend most of my evening trying to get back to 1250.

So, I am a little discouraged right now. Anyone got any advice? 

I lost over 800rating points when I started without knowing until I had 300something points left!so you are lucky you are not me.

sorry,I loss 300 points

800 left

No sorry again other way around my lowest points was 300 something

Perhaps we could all donate a few points from our own score. I'm prepared to donate say 20 if we could have a forum whip round ?

EscherehcsE wrote:

The sun will come out tomorrow, tomorrow...

tomorrow is taking tooooooooooooo long!!!!!!

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Got to the 900s! (Real rating 1007!)