Sure, my numbers are a little different because I'm old, but same thing. I do 10 or 15 puzzles and I'm doing fine. I might even take a short break to amuse myself in the forums before resuming. Suddenly I can't see anything. But do I stop? NO, of course not. I'll just bear down on this, I think and do a few more to get my points back. Next thing I'm down 30 or 40 points (100 if I'm in a stubborn mood). Grrrrr!
Tactical Ability Diminishes with too much Practice
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It's just fatigue and burnout. Even though you're higher rated than I am, here's a tip that might help you get more mileage out of your tactics training, plus at the same time improve your openings and endgame technique. I recently became very bored with practicing stand - alone tactics problems. Unless you are a complete beginner and need to become familiar with basic concepts, the huge drawback to them is that they have absolutely no connection or continuity to positions or openings you actually play in your own games. So what I've started doing is playing games against a stronger computer, ie, 1800, that's a good level fit you to shoot for a well. Then, after you've gotten whooped, lol, you go back over the game to where it looks like you started to go wrong and make some alternate moves. You might be surprised how many tactics the computer plays in order to thwart your attempts. Keep trying different moves and work the game out the best you can. Ultimately, after a couple hours, I will consult my master opening tree to check the theory, and also, only after working hard for at least a couple hours, I'll let the computer show me some moves. You'll be surprised how fast time flies and how much extra effort your able to put in when your own game and winning are at stake. Check this method out and let me know what you think.
Has anyone ever had this happen to them: you get up in the morning and decide to practice some tactics. So, you go on chesstempo, chess.com, or the other tactics training websites and decide to bang out 100 problems daily. The first 50 you're usually a superstar. You see all the patterns and quick too, but then suddenly after that half way point you start to really do bad. And I mean like "miss a basic pin" bad. Has this ever happened to anyone else? I can't tell if the problems just get harder because of getting more correct, or if I get tired and miss basics, or If I'm simply bad at tactics? Any advice or similar stories would be greatly appreciated.