sjsharks7 wrote:
One thing you dont do when your on tilt is play a bunch of games
I wish you had told me this a month ago.
Why is my rating dropping?
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KeSetoKaiba wrote:
Just to clarify, I am not one of those people who take "ratings" extremely seriously; I do however, pay attention to it as it is a good way to measure improvement. I am constantly trying to improve at chess, specifically because most of my friends who play chess are rated between 1500 and 1900 while I am currently perhaps only a 1450-ish player.
However, lately I have been dropping quite a bit rating-wise and feeling like I am "missing everything" at times. Before then I have been generally improving (of course with the common fluctuations ratings bring), but recently it is like I am another person- and not for the better. Frustratingly, I do not feel as if I have been doing anything different (from amount played, to openings, to tactics etc.) Why is my rating dropping? Likewise, how can I reverse the current trend, and begin improving again?
A few days ago I was even up to 1498 for a short while, but slowly after have dropped to about 1360. I play 10 minute blitz chess, so perhaps rating fluctuates more in that than daily games - but time controls are not the problem as I have always (now still) played OTB games with much longer time controls too.
https://www.chess.com/member/kesetokaiba viewing the past 90 days on the graph says it all.
Is this a slump, a weird phenomenon, or am I over-reacting to blitz rating fluctuations?
Furthermore, how can I return to going up in rating? I am not greatly stressed over the results of a game, but I do want to improve - even if that means long term correct improving. Any thoughts from anyone is welcome
Seems like you are now doing well...
It's my turn to enter the same reality now (my playing strength has dropped considerably for the past few days and I lost more than 250 rating points in several days).
May 5, 2020
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eric0022 wrote:
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
Just to clarify, I am not one of those people who take "ratings" extremely seriously; I do however, pay attention to it as it is a good way to measure improvement. I am constantly trying to improve at chess, specifically because most of my friends who play chess are rated between 1500 and 1900 while I am currently perhaps only a 1450-ish player.
However, lately I have been dropping quite a bit rating-wise and feeling like I am "missing everything" at times. Before then I have been generally improving (of course with the common fluctuations ratings bring), but recently it is like I am another person- and not for the better. Frustratingly, I do not feel as if I have been doing anything different (from amount played, to openings, to tactics etc.) Why is my rating dropping? Likewise, how can I reverse the current trend, and begin improving again?
A few days ago I was even up to 1498 for a short while, but slowly after have dropped to about 1360. I play 10 minute blitz chess, so perhaps rating fluctuates more in that than daily games - but time controls are not the problem as I have always (now still) played OTB games with much longer time controls too.
https://www.chess.com/member/kesetokaiba viewing the past 90 days on the graph says it all.
Is this a slump, a weird phenomenon, or am I over-reacting to blitz rating fluctuations?
Furthermore, how can I return to going up in rating? I am not greatly stressed over the results of a game, but I do want to improve - even if that means long term correct improving. Any thoughts from anyone is welcome
Seems like you are now doing well...
It's my turn to enter the same reality now (my playing strength has dropped considerably for the past few days and I lost more than 250 rating points in several days).
I am doing all right now, but when this forum was created: I was in a slump of about 150-200 rating points lost (if I recall correctly) over the course of a few days. This forum helped me emotionally keep into chess when my rating wasn't so great; so now I leave this forum to help others overcome those inevitable times too.
p.s. by "all right now" I mean that I can't complain that my rating is currently going up, but I am also recovering from a recent drop about a month ago too, so there is that to factor in as well. 
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
Just to clarify, I am not one of those people who take "ratings" extremely seriously; I do however, pay attention to it as it is a good way to measure improvement. I am constantly trying to improve at chess, specifically because most of my friends who
play chess are rated between 1500 and 1900 while I am currently perhaps only a 1450-ish player.
However, lately I have been dropping quite a bit rating-wise and feeling like I am "missing everything" at times. Before then I have been generally improving (of course with the common fluctuations ratings bring), but recently it is like I am another person- and not for the better. Frustratingly, I do not feel as if I have been doing anything different (from amount played, to openings, to tactics etc.) Why is my rating dropping? Likewise, how can I reverse the current trend, and begin improving again?
A few days ago I was even up to 1498 for a short while, but slowly after have dropped to about 1360. I play 10 minute blitz chess, so perhaps rating fluctuates more in that than daily games - but time controls are not the problem as I have always (now still) played OTB games with much longer time controls too.
https://www.chess.com/member/kesetokaiba viewing the past 90 days on the graph says it all.
Is this a slump, a weird phenomenon, or am I over-reacting to blitz rating fluctuations?
Furthermore, how can I return to going up in rating? I am not greatly stressed over the results of a game, but I do want to improve - even if that means long term correct improving. Any thoughts from anyone is welcome
So, if my rating is dropping, I’m doing the opposite of improving?
Jul 28, 2020
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#46
Don't fall into "fallacy of equivocation" here. When I said "improving" it referred to rating going up and NOT chess understanding improving. If your rating is dropping, then by definition, that is the opposite of "improving" rating. However, this does not mean you are un-learning what chess you understand, or that you are not on the road of improvement.
Chess rating fluctuates up and down a lot - that is just how the rating system works. Don't over-think it and just keep learning and working at your chess ability.
Aug 7, 2020
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#47
I did read a lot of the posts above, but not all, so if i am repeating an observation of someone else I apologise. I believe its possible to have a range grades that are position dependent. There are some games I achieve over 95% accuracy according to the analysis and play really quite ok. Then there are positions where I struggle to hit 40% accuracy. In terms of grades if I were say 1500 in the french advance variation with black, but in the scotch as white against the main line I am 1700 my grade is going to vary depending on the openings I meet when playing. So, I believe that a factor in fluctuating grades (not the only one) is the ease with which you can play types of positions.
If you can use the Explorer to explore your games and discover the types of game you are playing worse in and work on those types of positions. In that way your improvement will be more consistent. I try to do this but fail dismally as I think "I don't have time to study i'll just play a few games" and hence I am on a big slump at the moment.
play no rated games
Apr 15, 2021
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#53
azhou2012 wrote:
I actually advanced from 2229 to 2283
Your highest rating is rapid which is 1200
Apr 15, 2021
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#57
"sometimes, in life, the most related things are the least related of all." JackRoach 2021
Apr 15, 2021
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#58
JackRoach wrote:
What, why was this revived.
I don't know. I almost unfollowed this thread, but then realized I'm the original poster lol
i went from a 1400 (for 2 days lol) to 850 
feel like im getting so much worse
i play 30 minutes rapid only and currently on 1300ish.. just break 1350ish a couple of days ago and suddenly suffered 5 consecutive losses including agains lower rated players and dropped 40 points.. losing streak ended just today and decided to take a break for a while.. i really want to improve, but somehow seeing my rating drops is a mental torture, but i guess everyone went through the same thing, i always have a look at my opponents profile and a lot of 1200ish and 1300ish players are actually was in the 1500ish and even 1600ish and their winning percentage is below 50% for each color.. keep going bro..
I was like 14 addiction cripples