As I stated in my profile I can't focus on chess. I recently took a little break from chess (maybe for a month) and now I am underperforming severly, I think I play for at least 300-400 points worse than my standard. I have a friend (also playing on this site) and I regulary play OTB with him. He plays at 1300-1400 level. Our match results used to be as bad for him as 15 - 0 for me. Now we are practically even. What to do ?? My mind seems to work totally randomly these days.
It is very frustrating to play at this level after so much time and effort I put into chess.
Originally posted by ivan2908Well, obviously, part of the answer would probably be: play less games then you do now
As I stated in my profile I can't focus on chess. I recently took a little break from chess (maybe for a month) and now I am underperforming severly, I think I play for at least 300-400 points worse than my standard. I have a friend (also playing on this site) and I regulary play OTB with him. He plays at 1300-1400 level. Our match results used to be as bad ...[text shortened]...
It is very frustrating to play at this level after so much time and effort I put into chess.
I've been in that rut too.
I overdid it (too much too fast).
Winding down games in progress helps.
Also try to take as much time away from chess as you can.
I like (or used to like) to play chess for a couple weeks, then poker, then back to chess, and so on.
After being away for a while, you get your perspective/desire to play back.
Sometimes thinking about chess less helps more. 🙂
Originally posted by Dragon Firefrom what I understand, he already has taken a break and now is facing the consequences 🙂
Take a break! You know you want to!
just sharpen up your tactics. my uneducated guess is that one's general positional knowledge doesn't go away easily, but your calculation abilities do. Just pick up difficult problems and calculate for the life of yourself.
