.. Seems like, one of several plausible answers. o:
Why do people do good at chess on certain days and on other days, do terrible?
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exnos wrote:
Diakonia you are right, if things are going bad for me Chess wise, I just take a break for a few days, go for a bike ride or a long walk to get Some fresh-air into my lungs
I am one of the worst "emotional" chess players around. I played in the Golden State Open last January. I took so many Byes, so i could watch the NFL playoffs :-) people were asking why i even entered???
not consistent
Jan 22, 2021
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It happens to me like once a month and I get so mad after I loose to a 900
Jan 22, 2021
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Em, there could certainly be founded some parallels between the form of athletes, writers and any other professions in general. Possibly this shouldn´t be just a purely monotonous activity, and therefore to require some effort on the intellectual side of view. :-D I'm pretty sure that a lot of our human activities are also driven by mood and the way we feel. Perhaps almost no one wants to work on certain days, although at other times he/she would help others without any difficulties. Chess is the domain of people who have a good level of imagination, are challenging and have the potential to become good players for how they´re thinking, and as such, they can also be affected by that. :-)
This can't be casual. I've been working without proper rest for two weeks. Haven't took a weekend on that period, and I've been working more than 10 hours a day. I haven't sleep that well neither. The few last day I've been playing terribly. I work on my computer, doing stuff that sometimes requires to leave a code running for 20 minutes or more, and in that lapse sometimes I play chess to kill my anxiety. And this week, I've been doing it terribly, I've lost more than 100 points. This makes me realize that I do need to take some days of rest, because if I'm not focusing properly, that isn't good for my work neither.
Apr 23, 2021
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Pogoretskiy wrote:
Ok, maybe "terrible" isn't the right word, but their skill decrease at a pace, and a week later, they go up. Maybe this isn't true, but I've been studying people's stats and on 99% of them, I always see that their stats always go up and down.
Can someone give me a explanation of why this occurs?
Can someone give me a explanation of why this occurs?
Because they aren't machines?
Apr 23, 2021
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For me, it depends on such variables as the amount and quality of sleep, the foods I’ve eaten, my level of engagement with matters outside of chess (you know, work), and what I am drinking—too much coffee, tea, or booze is bad. Not enough also harms performance.
It’s called tilting
Speaking of which I tilted 60 points in bullet today after peaking
If I’m tired and playing I could lose 100 points pretty quickly
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blueemu wrote:
Pogoretskiy wrote:
Ok, maybe "terrible" isn't the right word, but their skill decrease at a pace, and a week later, they go up. Maybe this isn't true, but I've been studying people's stats and on 99% of them, I always see that their stats always go up and down.
Can someone give me a explanation of why this occurs?
Can someone give me a explanation of why this occurs?
Because they aren't machines?
Just came across this forum as I was googling for on building consistency in performance and play.
Made me think of that Rudolf Spielmann’s quote.
“Playing the endgame like a machine?”
Part of me wants to believe, it’s just a game, the other part of me wants to get it right, get better the next time 🕰️
Inconsistency is part of being human.
It would be like asking why Lebron James or Stephen Curry score 46 on the Spurs one night, and the next night score 12 against the hapless Lakers!