How many matches before you fatigue?

I broke my 2-4 match rule today. I played a LOT, mainly against bots. ran through all of the 400, 550, and the first 700 (a total of 7-8 games! One was a stalemate) elo bot pretty easily. Then I played against some people and lost BADLY. 2 personal lessons/questions. 1. I don't have the capacity to think to the best of my abilities for more than my daily limit in rapid chess. I assume you build stamina over time; how long does it usually take for you to feel too mentally tired to play well? 2. Passive learning is better than active practice with mistakes. I was winning a lot against the bots (and my game review estimated my elo at 800-1000 for some of the matches, which felt really good as someone a week into knowing what castling is). That time still would have likely been better spent reading or watching tutorials. The balance of play vs studying, for the way MY brain works, should lean waaaaayyyy heavier into the latter for improvement, I think. I'll probably take tomorrow off of playing and do puzzles, read, and analyze the games I've played. Regardless of how badly I want to play as I'm typing this.

What is 2-4 match rule?

oh I just mean my study plan is to play 2-4 games in a day maximum. I did closer to like 10-11 which was a bad idea

I dont think it was a stamina Issue. Beating bots at a certain rating score does not Mein that you can beat humans arround the same rating. It is also a lot easier to get higher rating estimates against bots, mainly because it is easier to find accurate moves against bad or random moves.

I definitely learned this over the past few days! I have a lot of studying to do.

blew through 20-40 rapid games once, lost about 50-100 elo

2-4 games is my max. That being said, I do agree that bots do not equal people. Your losses were probably due to the fact that you might not be used to playing against actual people, not fatigue.

Depende.

Bullet: 10-15

Blitz: 20-25

Partidas de 10 minutos: 2-3

If you play 2-4 games before lunch, you can play 2-4 games between lunch and dinner, you can play 2-4 games after dinner. That's around 10 games spread out on one day and you won't notice a thing.

After a rough workday i don't play more than 2-4 rapid games.

Finding the right balance between active practice and passive learning is key to maximizing your improvement. Taking breaks from playing to focus on studying and analyzing your games, as you mentioned, is an excellent approach to maintain a healthy balance.

I tend to play 30 minutes Rapid. While I don't have a formal limit I usually do not play too many games per day, as even 30 minutes can take it out of you and if you keep playing a lot, perhaps after a loss, it is possible to become tired and stressed, and there is a risk of "tilt".

Bots tend to have 2-3x the ELO of how a player who plays just like them. I've beaten Antonio a lot and I'm 350. The issue is that people will be bad but as they get lower ELO from being bad then they will get better, and find players who have had the exact same amount of experience as them, sometimes win, sometimes lose. It's hard to come back to 1200 from 300.

At the lower levels bots are capable of moves that are actually absurd. Almost as if they're trying to lose.

It depends: losses drain energy, wins boost energy.
It is best to stop after a loss and analyse it first.

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It depends: losses drain energy, wins boost energy.It is best to stop after a loss and analyse it first.

The temptation after a loss is to try again but sometimes you just lose again, and then there is a risk of "tilt". Better to analyse a loss, take a break and then try again, perhaps not until the next day.

If you lose, review, do puzzles, do a lesson, and try again.

Depends on the intensity, and whether the game goes the distance. I generally only play 30/0 these days; more than a couple of hours and my brain is probably fried.

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About 3 OTB (long time control) games before I'm spent .