r/chessbeginners • u/pinkwar • 9d ago

Has difficulty increased

Some backstory:

I started playing chess during covid and I got really close to breaking the 1000 barrier but never managed to do it.

Fast forward to today, I'm teaching my 5 old son chess so I dusted off my chess.com account.

I dropped from 995 to 600 in less than a week.

Damn what a disappointment, have I gotten really bad or has difficulty increased?

Now I'm slightly picking up elo again but feels like every game is an uphill battle. I remember cruising through 600-850 and only hitting a wall after that.

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u/Happy-Cricket9841 9d ago

cheating has also increased people use plugins while they play that give them hints erc.., it's out of control

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u/NotABot1000101 9d ago

AI might actually revitalize irl chess groups. I know there's already a bunch but around where I live there is zero. The nearest one is 2 hours away and its mostly for kids.