Originally posted by jovy1097 Am I the only person who is goes through incredible hot, then cold spells in my games? Seems like I'll go for a time when all my games are wins and I think that I have really stepped it up. Then the inevitable cold spell hits and I seem to lose all my games and I feel like an absolute patzer. Is this a common occurence on the chess board just like in active sports?
It only takes one night of drunken/tired/hungover moves and you can be feeling the negative effects for a month after.
its happened to me a lot i was 1513 two weeks ago and yesterday i hit 1720. now i'm falling again. everyone has some fantastic games but then again we have our bad ones 🙄
Originally posted by idioms I seem to have hit a form slump in only one particular opening .. the Sicilian. The rest of my game seems fine but I just can't win a Sicilian to save myself at the moment .. anyone else find they lose form in one particular opening? .. maybe its punishment for giving up the dragon 😉
Clearly it's punishment for you giving up the Dragon!
Originally posted by jovy1097 Am I the only person who is goes through incredible hot, then cold spells in my games? Seems like I'll go for a time when all my games are wins and I think that I have really stepped it up. Then the inevitable cold spell hits and I seem to lose all my games and I feel like an absolute patzer. Is this a common occurence on the chess board just like in active sports?
Originally posted by jovy1097 Am I the only person who is goes through incredible hot, then cold spells in my games? Seems like I'll go for a time when all my games are wins and I think that I have really stepped it up. Then the inevitable cold spell hits and I seem to lose all my games and I feel like an absolute patzer. Is this a common occurence on the chess board just like in active sports?
It happens to me as well. Even in bullet games it happens. I'll go through a period where I'm playing my best and I have all the confidence in the world.
Then, all of a sudden I'll have one of those days where it feels like I can't even see the board and it destroys my confidence, and not to mention my rating.