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should I play at a lower ranking???

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vantangler
Jan 20, 2025
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Good day all. Used to play consistently at about 1700 throughout my 20s and 30s. Now my skills are not as sharp, and my ranking has slipped a bit into the low 400s where I am consistently getting crushed out of the opening. Thinking I should start at square 1 and bring my rank to 100ish to get back to basics. I don’t mind losing, so I am totally willing to bring my rank down, but wondering if the 100 level is a good place to get back into the game.

Has this happened to anyone? Has anyone done this? At my pace I will probably get there soon enough, but looking to accelerate the decline to a more comfortable level.

Blessings.
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justbefair
Jan 20, 2025
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No. Deliberately losing to lower your rating is called sandbagging. It is considered to be cheating.

If you are out of practice, your rating might drop by a couple of hundred points but it would never fall that far.