I started sucking in chess suddenly for some unknown reason

yes, thats absolutely true. u should always play ur best when playing against a lower rated opponent. thanks man

well, not exactly, but yea, i guess u could say that i was slightly stressed out. but im fine now. thanks

thats absolutely true. thanks my friend

its bcoz you suck @RJFischer960 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

As some of us know by now, cheats have become a huge problem.  All my ratings have fallen.  Many in the Cheating Forum have discussed why most ratings of honest people have dropped.  We now know why.  This problem can not be solved.....we all agree on this in the forum.  We just have to put up with it.

Me, too. All we can do is keep working and hope hard work pays off.

my blitz rating dropped from 1024 to 850 Just in couple of hours... Actually i was under HEAVY stress due to these exams so i think its normal... but 174 is big quantity 

"..., you have to make a decision: have tons of fun playing blitz (without learning much), or be serious and play with longer time controls so you can actually think.

One isn't better than another. Having fun playing bullet is great stuff, while 3-0 and 5-0 are also ways to get your pulse pounding and blood pressure leaping off the charts. But will you become a good player? Most likely not.

Of course, you can do both (long and fast games), ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (June 9, 2016)

https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive

I think blitz games are a terrible way to improve your chess.  You just end up reinforcing bad habits

I've had a lot of distractions in life recently - death of my only grand-nephew, planning a 14-person summer vacation, healing from recent surgery plus a sprained ankle, etc. etc.

My rating has fallen from the high-1800's to the mid-1700's.

I try to warm up before playing by working tactics problems at chesstempo or here, but haven't had much time to do so.  I try to look at every daily position on a separate board but only have time to do that 1/2 the time right now.

So I'm not surprised nor discouraged at my slip in rating.  It will rebound and chess is fun to play, no matter the outcome: I learn something from each game!

That attitude keeps me happy.  We all need to develop ways to cope with the inevitable periods when our abilities seem to disintegrate.  Just remember, those bad times will NOT lead to a life of constant sorrow!

YOUR A SANDBAGS BEYOND A DOUBT

SANDBAGGER BEYOUND A DOUBT

Productive thread; rest is in fact the best solution; in music the rest is the music and in weight lifting the resting is just as critical as the lifting itself; same with chess; keep sharpening your blade it will blunt

Play unrateds

Quit chess. There are lots of enjoyable things in life. Because you are bad at chess means nothing to your life. You might be good at " Singing, Running, Action games" etc.

now come on metuna it's never that severe 

Hey, I'm back to 1400s guys. 

People go through a daily cycle of when they have a lot of energy and alertness (usually after morning coffee) down to when they're tired (usually at bedtime).  If you confine your playing to the hours when you are maximally alert, you should get a rating bump.

I just had 2 days of slump and lost over 60 points in rapid rating.  I was playing at work, where I play worse, and I was stupid enough to keep playing even knowing that my game was off.  It's tough to quit on a loss, but its worse to quit after 5 losses in a row!