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Avatar of Lawkeito

What to do when you lose 130 rating points on rapid in 4 days ?

Avatar of Ofgeniuskind_closed
If it was blitz, I'd say play rapid BUT you should probably study.
Avatar of BlargDragon

Lose ~40 more on day 5, because despite a strong understanding of the sunk cost fallacy, I'm still terrible at heeding it.

Avatar of isabela14

I just recently started to play lots of blitz games and now seems like I can't even win on rapid/classical games. Messed up my mid tactical calculations and even on end games....oh well, life goes on. 🌞

Avatar of Rachelsculinary

I take it as biofeedback. Rating trends seem to follow my level of focus. If I am tired, distracted by some particularly challenging issue, or distracted by what is going on around me, I tend to make

more mistakes. I was on a roll losing my queen many games in a row. I say, get good food and rest,

study the games you played, especially those you lost, and study in other ways. Also, as you rise in rating you are exposed to higher rated players who come equipped with more formidable skills, so it is normal to have some losing streaks for that reason also.

Avatar of Lawkeito

great answers, thank you

Avatar of Monie49
Take a break