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got in a bad slump, cant make sense of positions, hang pieces, get defeated easily. I was like 1800+ rapid and 2000 in puzzles. Should I:

quit chess for a while
. stop making puzzles.
play it through but quit puzzles
keep solving puzzles but quit games

I decided to get good at puzzles for tactical improving before studying some openings, now i solve quite reasonably, but feel awkward on real games.... help plz

got in a bad slump, cant make sense of positions, hang pieces, get defeated easily. I was like 1800+ rapid and 2000 in puzzles. Should I: - quit chess for a while . stop making puzzles. - play it through but quit puzzles - keep solving puzzles but quit games I decided to get good at puzzles for tactical improving before studying some openings, now i solve quite reasonably, but feel awkward on real games.... help plz

mAHiTh1708

#2

play chess for a while puzzles only got me out of a similiar sitution but if puzzles is not working dont play chess for awhile until you are confident that u are out of it

atharv_thareja edited

#3

@josecaz bro see my rapid profile i faced to 2 slumps in same level all i did was leave chess for a few days and just relax and back there in a few days

josecaz

#4

yep, maybe i'd take a chess holiday. Luckily i can still solve captchas :)

atharv_thareja

#5

lol no, no chess just relax and normal life stuff

ChessMathNerd

#6

@josecaz this does not qualify as a chess slump. You dropped 50-100 points?
That happens to everyone. It is part of rating variance.
Just keep studying like normal and provided you are trying, the problem will eventually solve itself. A rea slump would be losing like 200-250 points. That happened to me in bullet once, but I came out of it after like a month.

@josecaz this does not qualify as a chess slump. You dropped 50-100 points? That happens to everyone. It is part of rating variance. Just keep studying like normal and provided you are trying, the problem will eventually solve itself. A rea slump would be losing like 200-250 points. That happened to me in bullet once, but I came out of it after like a month.

Modilious

#7

It starts to happen and then we panic and it goes faster haha! When we are "tilted" best to take a break. I obsess over the causes of such variances and it is not useful!

Sometimes new studying confuses old strategies that worked fine at a certain level. It takes time to integrate new ideas...

It starts to happen and then we panic and it goes faster haha! When we are "tilted" best to take a break. I obsess over the causes of such variances and it is not useful! Sometimes new studying confuses old strategies that worked fine at a certain level. It takes time to integrate new ideas...

josecaz

#8

@ChessMathNerd its not how much i lose, but the way I do: utter lack of imagination, hung pieces, thorough defeat with people rated like 300-400 points below... anyway, I dont want to sound like a crybaby i will just cheer out of it, lol

josecaz

#9

"Sometimes new studying confuses old strategies that worked fine at a certain level. It takes time to integrate new ideas..."

this makes sense

"Sometimes new studying confuses old strategies that worked fine at a certain level. It takes time to integrate new ideas..." this makes sense

ChessChampSarah

#10

@josecaz , STOP WASTING YOUR TIME TRYING TO LEARN POSITIONS OR OPENINGS, YOU CAN MASTER ENDGAME THOUGH.
THEN TRY AND FOCUS ON YOUR TACTICS, FIND BEST MOVES IN PUZZLES USING THE TACTICS YOU LEARN.
AND THEN LEARN TO USE THEM IN YOUR GAMES, POSITION JUST MATTERS IN ENDGAME,

Maybe you coul get some fresh air, if you are playing for too long, it will help your brain refresh a little.

@josecaz , STOP WASTING YOUR TIME TRYING TO LEARN POSITIONS OR OPENINGS, YOU CAN MASTER ENDGAME THOUGH. THEN TRY AND FOCUS ON YOUR TACTICS, FIND BEST MOVES IN PUZZLES USING THE TACTICS YOU LEARN. AND THEN LEARN TO USE THEM IN YOUR GAMES, POSITION JUST MATTERS IN ENDGAME, Maybe you coul get some fresh air, if you are playing for too long, it will help your brain refresh a little.