I lost 110 points blitz in 30 days... Looking for some sympathy and suggestions

I don't understand really what's going on in my brain... How is it possible that upon playing and playing, solving puzzles, watching a lot of videos, my blitz rating can plummet so much... from 1000 to 850. What the hell is wrong with me? Ok about not improving, but losing so many points without changing anything in my style, how is that? It is not that I'm playing late at night, or drunk... And if I am in a lose streak, I stop and try again the next day. But still, it goes down... Does it happen to you too? How do you recover from the frustration in these cases? I don't care about the score on itself, but getting worse the more I play, this really bothers me... Often I feel like I lose by one move blunders in good positions, and then not being able to recover. It seems like my opponents never make a single mistake, after I made mine. I also fall a lot for opening traps, I am not able to memorize them, and honestly I consider them just cheap tricks, so I do not want to invest time on learning them

Don’t get so emotional over online ratings, especially if its making you angry or sad. If you want to improve in blitz I suggest polishing your tactics and sticking to one to two solid openings (London, Italian, KIA for white, and Carokann, French, or Pirc for Black). As for opponents playing for cheapos, stay solid and don’t overextend your pieces. Remember, one move threats are for bullet, not blitz. Most importantly, stay happy 😃 If you are getting hurt then take a break from blitz, maybe try improving your strategy or play long games. Good luck!

30 days? Why so long, I've lost over 100 points in a couple of days more than once.

100 points isn't really that much to worry about. Just keep playing and you'll bounce back eventually

just be a pro like me and you won't lose 

thanks guys, feeling better about myself already

I’ll share an instructive story I hope others'll learn from, too. 

When I was rated in the high 1600s–low 1700s in 3+0 Blitz on Liches, I played daily, took 0 breaks, got more tilted, burned out, unhealthy & tired.

When I closed my account—from 14th April–18th May—I played 0 Chess (except on Chess.com at first).

After I returned, my Blitz rating went from 1681–1904 in 13 days. I felt happier, healthier & refreshed, too.

That was when I realized you should work well, not hard.

The story's lesson: If you're stuck in, worsening in, or aren't enjoying something you used to, take a break & you’ll get unstuck. ; )

PS: This means that sometimes, not working accelerates progress. : )

Maybe you could try playing with bots, then come back playing rated with real players

You have a Diamond Membership, maybe review your games (won and lost) and also review your games with computer

I have checked some of your games and I think the problem is that you cannot read positions fluently yet. I mean, instead of seeing it at a glance, it probably still takes you a tiny bit of mental effort to figure out where the pieces can actually move. A lot of your blunders are simply putting or leaving your pieces en prise. 

You can fix that if you play through a huge amount of games on a real board. It does not matter what games you choose, it can be anything - in this case, it is quantity over quality. After a while you will notice that you instantly SEE much more in a position without THINKING about it, and your blunders will greatly decrease. 

thanks, yes, I do that, especially for lost games, but since most of the time I lose to stupid one-move mistakes, I do not get much out of it (still, it is useful in some instances)

First off, your rating will naturally fluxuate.  Sometimes it is because you are incorporating something new and it takes time for it to make the right connects.  Sometimes it is just the natural flow of your form.

Second, you are playing a LOT of blitz games.  If you are looking to improve at chess, pick a slower time control (I would suggest at least 30+0) and think about your moves more.  You can get better at blitz by playing lots of blitz, but it will not help you get better at chess.  If you get better at chess, your blitz strength will naturally improve.  Put another way, it is easier to speed up making good decisions when you have built good habits than it is to break bad habits you've reinforced repeatedly.

Third, I can guarantee that almost all of your opponents are making mistakes on almost every other move.  That is the nature of sub-1000 level games.  The way you improve at that level is to deliberately practice tactics.  A few suggestions on how you can do that:

"Chess Tactics for Students" by Bain.  This is a beginner-level tactics book that is organized by theme.  There are about 400 puzzles in the book.

CT-ART 6.0 - This has 10,000 puzzles organized by theme and difficulty.  Mastering those puzzles will go a LONG way to helping you improve.

"The Checkmate Manual" on Chessable has 1000 checkmate puzzles organized by checkmate type.  All the puzzles are taken from master-level games and you can review the whole game to see how it was set up.

If you are going to use the Chess.com tactics trainer, do so in the unrated mode and select your theme and difficulty.  When you have mastered a given difficulty, increase it.  When you have mastered a given theme, pick up another theme and repeat the process.

There are some opening traps you should be aware of, but most of them can be avoided simply by having better tactical skills.  For example, you do not need to know anything specific to stop Scholar's Mate; you simply need to be aware your opponent is trying for it and be careful about the move order for your development.

Here is an interview with a young guy who lost 300 elo-points in over the board chess, classical time control, and he is just laughing ... well of course it´s an old interview, six years ago, now he has just gained his first Gm norm, and he is already an international master.

dont worry, i lost like 200 rapid in a month

(idk why)

thanks for checking my games, I really appreciate the help

thanks a lot for the nice suggestions, I will try something out. And I agree on the slowing down the time format, I'll do that more too

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell