Rating fluctuates a lot and especially the extremes of time control. Bullet has crazy swings because you can play many games in a session and that means more games to potentially tilt, or get unlucky losing streaks. Daily has the same crazy swings, but for the opposite reason. It takes so long to complete a game, so it’s difficult to gain a sample size to stabilize rating, so you finish a few daily games coincidentally around the same time and your rating swings wildly from each game result.
I'm playing like trash.
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This is true, I'm also playing like trash.
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I've hung mate in 1 in 2 games recently, dropped a queen, dropped mulitple knight forks, gotten repeatedly beaten by u1200s, struggled to hold draws against 1400s, gone 0.5/2 against a 1500.
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I'm in bad shape, and the downwards trajectory of my rating shows this.
I’ve been playing against you and you’ve done really well, I believe in you. You’re the strongest daily player I know.
shru wrote:
I’ve been playing against you and you’ve done really well, I believe in you. You’re the strongest daily player I know.
I appreciate the sentiment, and we've played some interesting games. Also I doubt I'm the strongest daily player you know (then again that depends on definition of know).
maybe consider playing less games and reviewing more? also theres a setting to turn off seeing your rating and the opponent’s while you are playing. i turned that on and keep my mind on the chess.
bodhimian1 wrote:
maybe consider playing less games and reviewing more? also theres a setting to turn off seeing your rating and the opponent’s while you are playing. i turned that on and keep my mind on the chess.
I think zen mode or whatever chess.com calls it only works for live chess?
Caffeineed wrote:
Playing like garbage. Cant improve. Nothing helps.
Ok.
What do you currently do?
somebody needs to help ME. at least your 1000. Im still 600. Its humiliating
For people seeking help it might be a good idea to give more than "I want help".
What are you doing?
Where are things going wrong?
Caffeineed wrote:
Playing like garbage. Cant improve. Nothing helps.
What are the things you’re currently doing to improve, DM me about them I’ll give you free advice about what works and what doesn’t.
thereturnofthesnowfox wrote:
I'm playing like trash
Me too
thereturnofthesnowfox wrote:
Caffeineed wrote:
Playing like garbage. Cant improve. Nothing helps.
Ok.
What do you currently do?
lose
An update:
My rating is now 1568.
It'll be interesting to see if I plumb the depths further, or manage to get back above 1600.
Do you have too many daily games going on in parallel, so you can't give each its proper attention?
(Someone else already asked about analysing your games. See e.g. Noël Studer's video on how to do that: How To Analyze Your Chess Games (the simple way).)
KitMarlow wrote:
Do you have too many daily games going on in parallel, so you can't give each its proper attention?
(Someone else already asked about analysing your games. See e.g. Noël Studer's video on how to do that: How To Analyze Your Chess Games (the simple way).)
I've only got 85 going on.
Besides, whether I have 20 or 100 isn't going to make a difference when I am being clowned by u1000s.
thereturnofthesnowfox wrote:
KitMarlow wrote:
Do you have too many daily games going on in parallel, so you can't give each its proper attention?
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I've only got 85 going on.
Besides, whether I have 20 or 100 isn't going to make a difference when I am being clowned by u1000s.
"Only 85". Are you sure this isn't part of the problem?
Assuming you used to have fewer daily games running in parallel in the past, how was your rating then?
And how much time do you think you can devote to each daily game compared to your opponents if you have 85 of them in parallel and your opponents have, say, less than 20 of them? Are you sure you aren't at a disadvantage with regard to time?
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Not so long ago my daily rating was 1680, the sky was blue, the world was ripe with possibilities, even ascending to the heady heights of 1700.
Now with my daily rating at 1611, in danger of dropping beneath 1600 I can only say that I completely deserve to, I've been playing like trash.
Anyone else freefalling at the moment?
Anyone just tootling along?
Anyone on an upward trajectory?
Post your experience here, or don't.
Edit. Below 1600. Good, I deserve it.