Out of curiosity, how long have you been playing?  Or how old are you?  Just about everyone has the story about how they could beat the 3 people they knew how the pieces moved (and the one guy who was shaky on all the rules) and we were pretty much a world champion... then moving in among the next level of chess players find out how little we really knew.

Did you beat the #1 guy and the chess coach consistently or just happen to win a game?  How many games are you basing the computer results off of?  Did you beat it on 8 twice and 9 almost beat it but lost in an unfair way, took back some moves, and beat it later... and now not taking it seriously you can't trash it on level 5?

Anyway I'm with some others in that suddenly losing your ability to play doesn't sound like a real thing.  If you're just rusty from taking some time off, then playing a few games will get you back up to speed pretty quickly.  If it's been a few years then it might take longer.

OMG! woodshover, let me handle this one. LISTEN musikman, I will block you in a New York minute! I will drop you like a 3 foot putt! I will kick you like a U.S. owngoal! I will smash you like an overhead! DO NOT insult pre-school!

There, that ought to teach these musikal types!

trysts, I am expecting a lot of smartarse comments on your statement! Good luck in your love life, the chess will take care of itself.

I do like golf, and I absolutely love pre-school! It makes more sense to me than most other things in life, except waffles. Oh my, now I am starting to drool again.

Thank you, cloggy! My friend was responsible for, what I think, was a masterpiece of naughty! She has been waiting for a response

I apologize for my comment. I deleted it myself. I'm so ashamed. I wasn't raised right. I don't know what to say. Can anyone suggest a treament program? Again, sorry, wasn't raised right, I'll be on my way.

This is currently happening to me too for some reason. No brain damage. Umm have you changed anything in your playing style?

It's over, man.  Chess is like your natural hair color, once it's grey it's grey.  You can try to color it, but everyone can tell and it isn't coming back on its own.

heh.

 I can relate in ways too numerous to enumerate.

Just before I lost my Magnus-like touch, I'd developed a foolproof opening system built around the daring debut of 1. a3!  ...The key was white resigning no later than move 2... This system never failed to produce the intended results. (I have no room for trophies anyways. Plus ratings are over-rated!)

:)

All good things come to those who wait (and enough time on life's clock)

Ilyin-Genevsky, Alexander

Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky (1894-1941) was the Russian master who had to learn the game twice.  He was gassed, then shell-shocked in World War I, which took away his memory.  Irving Chernev wrote that a bullet entered Ilyin-Genevsky’s brain, which caused the memory loss.  He had previously been champion of Geneva where he added the city's name to his own .  He had to learn the game all over again, starting from how each piece moved.

So...we need to find out of the OP has either had a heart attack or been shot in the head.

However, I'm not sure we can rely on the OP. He might not remember.

Since a gun shot to the head can cause a loss of chess ability and the OP did suffer a loss of chess ability, he must have been shot in the head even if he doesn't remember it.

Also, if the OP disagrees, we can safely assume he's in denial.

Case solved.

I believe that by spending two hours a day, every day,solving those tactics trainer problems (in three separate 40-minute sessions) you can rewire your brain to play much better chess.  It will be a rocky road, but after two years,say,you'll be amazed at how weak you used to be !

I just hope the OP has better luck than the poor Ilyin:

In 1941, while trying to escape from Leningrad on a barge with dozens of other passengers, the Germans bombed the barge. Alexander was the only one killed.

Yep, the amount of times I see you people talk about waffles in a family friendly site. It makes me sick. 

The OP started this mess and doesnt bother to say anything else..... I think y'all might all be on a " snipe hunt" !

Well it's only been one day! Although I agree it seems likely they won't post again. Most people don't seem to anyway after their OP.

Give up, I have done it hundreds of times, in fact every time I lost a game.

One of the great wisdoms in Chess is that you learn more, much more from defeats than victories.

|Go over your games and look for the reasons not just the results.

You mean you learn from your losses? I burn the scoresheet and forget it ever happened.