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I got really bad at chess and I was really good once

Don't wear silly pants. You must wear awesome pants. Play rapid or classical games, then analyze your finished games.

Don't wear silly pants. You must wear awesome pants. Play rapid or classical games, then analyze your finished games.

Well yea I started gettin my rating back

Well yea I started gettin my rating back

did you hit your head? Or something that is preventing you from achieving good performance?

If it's just that you forgot about chess patterns. its easy. solve puzzles and play 1/2+0 all variants on here. After a few weeks your brain will be able to think more rapidly and you will find more tactics in "standard" chess.

did you hit your head? Or something that is preventing you from achieving good performance? If it's just that you forgot about chess patterns. its easy. solve puzzles and play 1/2+0 all variants on here. After a few weeks your brain will be able to think more rapidly and you will find more tactics in "standard" chess.

This might not be relevant to you so if it isn't then ignore this but: If you stopped playing "actively" then i'd suggest you put back in the work you did previously and never stop again if you truly want to retain your previously held skills in Chess. I'm telling you this from my own personal anecdote cause I stopped playing actively for a few months then when I started again I noticed my rating significantly dropped from where I was before and it does not feel good whatsoever (especially if you've invested so many hours getting better only to see it vanish after a break you didn't expect to affect you so much).

This might not be relevant to you so if it isn't then ignore this but: If you stopped playing "actively" then i'd suggest you put back in the work you did previously and never stop again if you truly want to retain your previously held skills in Chess. I'm telling you this from my own personal anecdote cause I stopped playing actively for a few months then when I started again I noticed my rating significantly dropped from where I was before and it does not feel good whatsoever (especially if you've invested so many hours getting better only to see it vanish after a break you didn't expect to affect you so much).

Agreed. Don’t wear silly pants. Wear SquarePants.. they worked for SpongeBob!

Agreed. Don’t wear silly pants. Wear SquarePants.. they worked for SpongeBob!

Bruh
Anyway...@vapePen you shouldn’t be mean to others. It’s not nice

Bruh Anyway...@vapePen you shouldn’t be mean to others. It’s not nice

don't play bullet. bullet is about speed and reflex. ofcourse if you stop then your reflexes get rusty.

don't play bullet. bullet is about speed and reflex. ofcourse if you stop then your reflexes get rusty.

Play longer time controls, puzzles, review your games when your done and make sure you don't relax when you are in a winning position. When you relax, you might make a blunder or stalemate by accident (when you are winning.) Also : play less faster time controls

Play longer time controls, puzzles, review your games when your done and make sure you don't relax when you are in a winning position. When you relax, you might make a blunder or stalemate by accident (when you are winning.) Also : play less faster time controls

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