thothotho wrote:
I recently hit my peak of low 1700s in blitz, minimal study just playing a lot recently after a few years. This week I have dropped over 200 elo points! Has anyone else gone through such dips?
I am tilting massively and starting to not enjoying it. I am used to losing in chess, but when you losing to players you think you should be beating it feels worse. And the drop it Elo makes it feel like you are unlearning chess.
I can't see basic tactics, or seeing threats and forgetting them 2 moves later, blundering loads.
I don't see how you can just forget or unlearn chess in the space of a week.
lie
Im actually in the middle of a big dip: I used to be ~800 or something like that, but I have recently fell into a spiral of loss after loss. As somebody who used to worry about their rating a ton, (to the point of cheating, stealing the fun out of others games, and of my own games), I think the best thing to know when it comes to those ups and downs is that they are gonna happen, and they are natural. They aren't you getting worse, just a little dip, just a small streak in the big picture. You WILL get back up, the question is when. Use this as a learning experience.