How do you handle fluctuations in form

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JayeshSinhaChess

I am a fairly low rated player. However there are days when I play like a champ. I have had games where on analysis the computer has said 0 inaccuracies, let alone mistakes or blunders. Very few such games, but still.

 

There are lots of games where I make some inaccurate moves at worst. I enjoy playing the board and things I do make total sense to me, I see lines of attack, I read the opponent like a book and I crush them. So it shows I am capable of playing well.

 

Then there are days when I just hang my queen and other pieces. The pieces don't make sense, I can't make sense of why I made one move when there was a clear better one available. I play like I dont know the game at all. Why the fluctuations in form. What is it that you do to keep playing at your best and just avoid doing stupid things.

Monie49
Be aware of times of day that you play well and especially times that you do not.
oregonpatzer

stoicism