Playing while feeling unwell (is it bad for your chess?)

Let's say you are playing chess while feeling unwell, not so much that you can't play chess, but enough so that you're playing like 300 points below your typical level. I'm wondering if this is actually bad for you (like will it lead to bad habits/worse intuition) or just leads to temporary poor performance lol.

Because that was me at some point recently, and that day I felt like playing some chess would be fun, but I want to avoid doing so if it will actually be bad for my chess lol.

maybe dont do chess and do puzzle and drills and others

For me, it lead to temporary poor performance. Although it may affect your confidence after getting some losing streak against lower rated opponents.

Hmm, maybe that makes sense lol, thanks for your feedback. Just don't want to risk training myself subconsciously to think that blunders are okay

Ha, that is real too, the playing badly and then wondering if you have a single clue what you're doing 😂 at least that's me

I play chess when I have migraines all the time. I find it relaxing... Do I play well? No.

I'm sorry to hear you experience that, that sucks :(

I will say I am curious about the duration of the performance drop. Because I'm still wondering if there are lasting negative effects from the poor play

I went from 1820 Rapid to 1756. Poor play lasted a couple days and now less than a week later I'm at 1860 now.

Now, if I play bullet while not feeling well I'll easily drop 150 points and it'll take me a week or 2 to get back.

One time I beat 2 players 700 points higher than me in a row extremely sick rapid

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WOW
700 points higher, that's intense. Can't say I have achieved such a feat

I see, more than recovered your rating

Makes sense...but how did this thread revive out of nowhere??

Aw hope you feel better
well, at least from my perspective, i'd say puzzles are a better bet than games. guess bots can work too, but i don't really play bots

Oh wow, good luck

for the sake of your wellness don't play chess, I hope you get better soon

I try to keep to a new rule for myself: only play if I'm feeling well, have exercised, slept enough and drank enough water. Otherwise I get mentally tired, go on giant losing streaks and then end up pissed off at myself about it.

It makes me feel a bit powerless sometimes how I'm only any good if I've slept, been for a walk, eaten and hydrated.