As you might be able to tell from my recent games, I been sucking at chess lately. I just don't calculate like I used to, and I have no idea why.
All I know is that my rating has been going down - up to 100 points from my peak. It's psychologically painful, and I have no idea what to do to prop myself back up.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I am curious what chess books do you read for study?
As you might be able to tell from my recent games, I been sucking at chess lately. I just don't calculate like I used to, and I have no idea why.
All I know is that my rating has been going down - up to 100 points from my peak. It's psychologically painful, and I have no idea what to do to prop myself back up.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I am curious what chess books do you read for study?
I don't have access to any chess books. I used to have one, but a lot of pages are lost due to my cat/little brother.
As you might be able to tell from my recent games, I been sucking at chess lately. I just don't calculate like I used to, and I have no idea why.
All I know is that my rating has been going down - up to 100 points from my peak. It's psychologically painful, and I have no idea what to do to prop myself back up.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I am curious what chess books do you read for study?
I don't have access to any chess books. I used to have one, but a lot of pages are lost due to my cat/little brother.
If you must buy one and only one for now go with Silman's Endgame Course.
As you might be able to tell from my recent games, I been sucking at chess lately. I just don't calculate like I used to, and I have no idea why.
All I know is that my rating has been going down - up to 100 points from my peak. It's psychologically painful, and I have no idea what to do to prop myself back up.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I am curious what chess books do you read for study?
I don't have access to any chess books. I used to have one, but a lot of pages are lost due to my cat/little brother.
This explain why you are not making progress, to improve you need to also study chess.
Mmmaybe I need to start doing tactics and puzzles again. I hasn't been on my GameKnot account in a LOOONG time. My rrrating almost hit 1400 and now I'm strrrruggling to get it back up to 1300.
If only Mommy would stop hogging up all the wifi fur her online classes!
You also need to take some math classes. How do you go up to 1300 from 1400???
Sounds like they were up to 1400, then started losing, dropped below 1300, and now they're trying to get it back up.
Mmmaybe I need to start doing tactics and puzzles again. I hasn't been on my GameKnot account in a LOOONG time. My rrrating almost hit 1400 and now I'm strrrruggling to get it back up to 1300.
If only Mommy would stop hogging up all the wifi fur her online classes!
You also need to take some math classes. How do you go up to 1300 from 1400???
Sounds like they were up to 1400, then started losing, dropped below 1300, and now they're trying to get it back up.
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having this happen to me now. It doesn't make sense that you can play so much but get worse. I don't know what's going on, but I can't play at all like I used to. My tactics have gotten much worse.
Mmmaybe I need to start doing tactics and puzzles again. I hasn't been on my GameKnot account in a LOOONG time. My rrrating almost hit 1400 and now I'm strrrruggling to get it back up to 1300.
If only Mommy would stop hogging up all the wifi fur her online classes!
You also need to take some math classes. How do you go up to 1300 from 1400???
Sounds like they were up to 1400, then started losing, dropped below 1300, and now they're trying to get it back up.
Honestly, that is what I got out of it, too; but didn't want to come off as a smug know-it-all by correcting.
What Piano said.
no you probably just happen to be playing people who have been playing longer that you but i bet there are tons of people in the world that you are better at and if you keep on playing you keep getting better.