same thing happened to me.. drinking, eating, sleeping wont help
Why did my chess skill suddenly drop?
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my rating droped from 1540 to 1300 
Confine your chessplaying to the early morning, when you've had a good night's sleep, your first affogatto (big mug of espresso with vanilla ice cream) and your first cigarillo of the day, when you're feeling perky, and you will play like a GM.
oregonpatzer wrote:
Confine your chessplaying to the early morning, when you've had a good night's sleep...
Actually for me it's the other way round. When I wake up I will not be in a state of alertness and I will play like a beginner. At night, before I sleep, that's when I can concentrate better (since my mind will still be active) and play like a slightly better beginner.
I'm suffering from the same issue. I thought I was playing pretty good and my blitz rating went up till 1244. Right now I can't win a game and I dropped to 970 or something and I'm playing really bad, terrible mistakes, no vision, no strategy, no tactic. I don't know what happened. I'm so sad I feel like I want to deactivate my account.
It is normal, given that any sport has a psychological aspect. It happens with all the elite sportsperson.
Could be. It happened to me before. I could drop 100-150 points but than would recover. But this drastic drop lasts more than a month already I there is no improvements whatsoever. really worried.
Fringen wrote:
When I started in here I kicked butt. My rating rocketed to almost 1500. But something happened in my head. All of a sudden my rating dropped till what it is now, and I have to go way back to find a game I've actually won a game. The strange thing is that my tactics are only getting better. I do train a lot in that aspect. Have tried resting and getting my head some air, and it doesn't work. Don't know what is wrong with me. Seems like the opponents I get now are stronger than their actual rating. Sounds like a bad excuse but I'm willing to believe a lot of dumb things now.
You joined less than a month ago. Ratings swing a lot when you are new and your true rating is uncertain.
1315 is not exactly close to 1500.
This is when your emotions block your true potential. Chess is like real life we go for the score and get upset when something doesn't work out and make more bad decisions based on the outcome of the previous game. Do not follow the score and take it as a game, because at the end of the day it is just a game. Once you learn those principles you will be able to apply them to real-life because chess is a game very similar to life itself. You may succeed in both if you fully control your emotions.
Dec 29, 2020
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there is nothing strange about it. since you dont play against the same opponents, despite their ratings some people might be more effective against your style.
Dec 29, 2020
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#32
I simply take online ratings with a BIG grain of salt. I play mostly daily chess, and I must say that those rated around 1000 are surprisingly strong. They understand complex pawnstructures and positional strategies that are truly amazing.
Diakonia wrote:
gamesfan wrote:
I was playing chess normally. And yesterday, I suddenly started playing terribly. I went to sleep thinking it was just a coincidence or being tired. But today when I started playing, I noticed I play just as terribly as yesterday if not even worse.
Does this happen often? What can I do about it?
Your chess skill didnt drop, your rating did.
That a damn hard truth slap towards my face
Sep 15, 2021
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I have a crash if I haven't been eating well & playing around too much in the bedroom. That's the straight up fact of the matter for me.
The same thing happened to me. I played my friend in a first to 7 game then after loosing the first two games, I quit. After those two games my rating dropped by about 100 elo.
Inconsistent level of vision is a huge factor to me. One day I can see a lot. Take tactics trainer. One day I solved 14 in a row, and today its 10 failiures and 4 good. Being tired is one factor that narrows down the vision.