Several reasons could be the cause:
1. It is normal for a person to lose chess skill after a break. If you stop playing it get's removed out of your short term memory. You need to rebuild your short term memory again if you take a long break, like 3 months. After you rebuild your short term memory with chess, things will start to go upwards again.
2. Another reason could be rating inflation, a year ago more people were into chess because of the netflix serie Queen's Gambit, that meant that allot of new players were starting, but now did go away. More new players mean the average player was worse back than, than is now.
3. Another thing that happens is, the collective chess mind of all players is slowly going up. A chess player with rating 1200 now is much better than a chess player with rating 1200 20 years ago.
Hi guys,
I am currently stuck on 1000 and losing perpetually to players with 950-1000 ratings. I have taken a break from chess for about 3 months, though I played a few times in between. I've been back at chess vigorously for the past week but I am unable to increase my score, being stuck in the 1000 range. My personal highest was at 1300, this was about 7 months ago but idk u could see my stats. I used to be able to beat 1100 rated players easily. But now I am struggling to play against 900-1000 rated players. I reached 900 in about 2 months of playing. I'm back at 1000 now, unable to increase my score. I am not sure what is causing this because I used to never lose against anyone below 1000 even while I am in the 1200 range. I am not sure what is happening. It could be my MDD or the neurotoxin I breathed during summer academy. The school didn't get a shit about it so I thought it wasn't a big deal