Last time I lost my chess vision, I went to a chess optometrist who fitted me with chess glasses. This worked very well, and my health insurance paid for both the visit and the glasses. You should give this a try.
I was about to laugh, but then I remembered humour is supposed to be funny.
I have the same problem. Lost 200 in a short time. I suppose I am overworked with chess as I fail to look out for blunders and miss many chances. So I decided to take a break and do some puzzles and games against bots every day
I have the same problem. Lost 200 in a short time. I suppose I am overworked with chess as I fail to look out for blunders and miss many chances. So I decided to take a break and do some puzzles and games against bots every day
That's annoying, especially when you don't know what changed.
Board vision is the ability to see how the pieces move and interact on the chess board.
Seriously, you were on a hot streak and stopped looking at the positions in the same way, assuming your opponents were dopes. Then it turned out they fought back and you took a tumble. Play slower time limit games and actually look at the pieces, especially of your opponents, carefully to see what can attack what on the next move.
He needs a seeing chess dog.
Yeah, and it better be a Grandmaster dog.
Seriously, you were on a hot streak and stopped looking at the positions in the same way, assuming your opponents were dopes. Then it turned out they fought back and you took a tumble. Play slower time limit games and actually look at the pieces, especially of your opponents, carefully to see what can attack what on the next move.
Appreciate the advice! I'll give it a shot and try to play more sanely.
Same happened to me. My elo was 1280 few weeks ago. I started playing so bad that I deranked to 1000... My chess vision is also wierd these days... Every game I started, I though "ok, this a weaker player, it is going to be an easy win..." but I failed in the opening and the mid game.
Now I m playing slower, as some advised here. Let's see if it works hehe
I even though that the rank system changed...
Don't forget to review your games to find out the point where you went wrong. It's important to know what not to do again.
It's a learning process. Playing is just moving pieces against another person. When you review you learn. You can see things you or your opponent may have missed. When you start to recognize these patterns, you improve.
Could be you just got mentally tired out. Happens to me.
No. These things reinforce each other but they are different.
First of all, visualization is the most hardest skill in chess. It is the most important skill even to GM's. I am not an expert but I can share you 1 tips I am doing right now. These are the steps on visualization that I am currently doing right now.
Step 1: Imagine that all of pieces in the board have a special power like shadowcat in XMen. They can move wherever they want but they are only limited by their movements.
Step 2: Eliminate all of the possible places they can move because of certain limitations. There are two types of limitations, absolute and temporary.
Absolute limitations are checks, and absolute pin.
Regarding Checks you can do the following: Capture the Attacker, Block the Attacker or Move your King away from the Attacker
Absolute Pin makes the pinned piece can't move as long as the King is on the Attacking Piece View if the pinned piece will move. If the pinned piece becomes important to your play you can either add another blockage, Capture the Attacker or Move your King away from the Attacker's Control Squares if your piece move.
Temporary limitations are limitations other than Absolute Limitations.
Step 3: Make a Plan Based on Step 1 and Step 2. Try to navigate the board by means of eliminating limitations while making opponent's pieces movements limited. The more powerful your pieces than your opponent the better.
Step 4: If Your Opponent's Piece Becomes more powerful than your piece, do not hesitate to trade those pieces. It is better to eliminate threats as soon as possible if you know that your piece will not become more powerful than that piece in the whole game.
Step 5: If Your Piece is more powerful than your opponent, do not trade your piece for their weak piece.
Step 6: If you find a tactics or mating pattern, always make sure that your opponent cannot counter attack after you move. Mating pattern that includes sacrifice are very dangerous if you did not plan it exhaustively.
That's all.
I used to have better vision at chess. I've been playing awful over the past couple of weeks for no apparent reason. Idk if I had some kind of IQ drop or something I don't know what happened but I lost my vision. I can't see simple blunders and positional mistakes. I love chess and I want to sincerely get better at it but losing 200+ ELO in a few weeks is painful and makes me feel stupid. Taking breaks doesn't seem to help either. Any advice?