If you sucked, you would not have losing streaks; you would lose all the time.
Maybe this line from an old candy bar commercial can help you figure it out:
"Sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don't".
Why do losing streaks happen?
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Living in the east has made you a mystical guru ;) ... I never saw such meaning in commercials before. Lol.
Apr 30, 2014
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Even leaving out obvious answers involving psychology, just think about basic probability. If you were to flip a coin 100 times, which would be more suprising?:
- Alternating between heads and tails each and every flip.
- NOT alternating between heads and tails each and every flip, but having some streaks interspersed.
Trysts, you just can't resist, can you? *sigh*
Well, according to statistics, the more games you play, the more likely you are to have streaks.
Yeah, it might just be statistics then. I mean when I see streaks, I do end up playing against a lot of moves I haven't seen before. Makes sense.
So I'm just a victim of math.
Apr 30, 2014
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Well, it's just not always your fault. It's hard to maintain the levels you get to in chess. Your opponents should always get credit:)
I had a pretty good losing streak recently; I can pretty directly correlate it to increased stress levels non related to chess. When I stopped being stressed out my play started to even out and the streak stopped.
True. True. Time for a cold Bud I guess :)
Jimmykay wrote:
Even leaving out obvious answers involving psychology, just think about basic probability. If you were to flip a coin 100 times, which would be more suprising?:
Alternating between heads and tails each and every flip. NOT alternating between heads and tails each and every flip, but having some streaks interspersed.This is a horrible analogy. Flipping a coin is all about chance. In chess, we have the ability to affect the outcome.
It is all about psychology, physical health and focus. If anyone of these is off, you can be screwed.
I think we have all battled this. When I want to play chess, but feel my mind is not in it, I either study or do some tactical puzzles. If that doesn't fix it, I just don't play.
Also, I believe it is possible to play too much chess. I find with chess and playing guitar, if I take a break for a few days or a week, then when I come back, I do better than I was doing before.
Of course, this is all fine and dandy when it comes to internet chess. I would be interested to know how people playing in tournaments deal with slumps. I have no idea how I would deal with waking-up the morning of a tournament and feeling like my mind is not ready for chess.
Maybe you can use this to determine when you should be playing chess:
http://www.facade.com/biorhythm/
It might be focus. I don't think I am centered. I am too fatigued from having written this huge business document at work. Hmm, okay. Can't find it in me to draw out my A-game perhaps.
Kleelof, I have a friend who is in to art and sketching and stuff. She says playing her guitar just before she sketches helps her center. Funny thing this focus.
According to this, I should be kicking ass today. Too bad I'm stuck working.
ColonelKnight wrote:
It might be focus. I don't think I am centered. I am too fatigued from having written this huge business document at work. Hmm, okay. Can't find it in me to draw out my A-game perhaps.
Kleelof, I have a friend who is in to art and sketching and stuff. She says playing her guitar just before she sketches helps her center. Funny thing this focus.
Yeah. Of the 3 things I mentioned, I think this is the most important. You can be fully rested, feeling on top of the world. But if you can't focus, you are totally screwed.
Apr 30, 2014
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kleelof wrote:
Jimmykay wrote:
Even leaving out obvious answers involving psychology, just think about basic probability. If you were to flip a coin 100 times, which would be more suprising?:
Alternating between heads and tails each and every flip. NOT alternating between heads and tails each and every flip, but having some streaks interspersed.This is a horrible analogy. Flipping a coin is all about chance. In chess, we have the ability to affect the outcome.
It is all about psychology, physical health and focus. If anyone of these is off, you can be screwed.
I think we have all battled this. When I want to play chess, but feel my mind is not in it, I either study or do some tactical puzzles. If that doesn't fix it, I just don't play.
Also, I believe it is possible to play too much chess. I find with chess and playing guitar, if I take a break for a few days or a week, then when I come back, I do better than I was doing before.
Of course, this is all fine and dandy when it comes to internet chess. I would be interested to know how people playing in tournaments deal with slumps. I have no idea how I would deal with waking-up the morning of a tournament and feeling like my mind is not ready for chess.
I mentioned your OBVIOUS answers in my first sentence. Of course the OP has considered them. He is not an idiot.
It is an excellent analogy because, over time, all of the things you mention are obvious, and will even out. Statistical variance is all that is left.
I thought you might be a moron when I read your post, but your idiocy was fully confirmed by your biorythym nonsense. I believed that when I was 7 and you could put a quarter in a machine at the stripmall to get your result. Go back to the 70s and tell yourself to lay off the coke, imbecile.
Jimmykay wrote:
kleelof wrote:
Jimmykay wrote:
Even leaving out obvious answers involving psychology, just think about basic probability. If you were to flip a coin 100 times, which would be more suprising?:
Alternating between heads and tails each and every flip. NOT alternating between heads and tails each and every flip, but having some streaks interspersed.This is a horrible analogy. Flipping a coin is all about chance. In chess, we have the ability to affect the outcome.
It is all about psychology, physical health and focus. If anyone of these is off, you can be screwed.
I think we have all battled this. When I want to play chess, but feel my mind is not in it, I either study or do some tactical puzzles. If that doesn't fix it, I just don't play.
Also, I believe it is possible to play too much chess. I find with chess and playing guitar, if I take a break for a few days or a week, then when I come back, I do better than I was doing before.
Of course, this is all fine and dandy when it comes to internet chess. I would be interested to know how people playing in tournaments deal with slumps. I have no idea how I would deal with waking-up the morning of a tournament and feeling like my mind is not ready for chess.
I mentioned your OBVIOUS answers in my first sentence. Of course the OP has considered them. He is not an idiot.
It is an excellent analogy because, over time, all of the things you mention are obvious, and will even out. Statistical variance is all that is left.
I thought you might be a moron when I read your post, but your idiocy was fully confirmed by your biorythym nonsense. I believed that when I was 7 and you could put a quarter in a machine at the stripmall to get your result. Go back to the 70s and tell yourself to lay off the coke, imbecile.
Biologists, especially geneticists and evolutionary biologists love to talk about 'patterns' and 'processes'. Or what math guys tamely call cause and effect. Not every thing can be explained as pure chance so pointing out patterns is just the exploratory research. Kleelof has some conjectures or hypotheses. He's talking correlation and causation. Of course, the bio rhythm thing is a joke.
Don't make it a flame war. Leave that to other jokers.
And avoid obvious answers like "because you suck at chess".