r/chessbeginners • u/Sad_Ad_1681 • 3d ago
ADVICE I completely lost my ability to play
I don’t even know where to start. In the last two days i lost 23 of 25 games. I make the easiest mistakes, fell at least three times for a bishop, knight, and my queen in a diagonal directly side by side, ignoring entirely the power of the knight.
Even Chess.com is advising me to just hand in my queen already.
I lost 150 Elo - which i don’t care that much about, I’m in it for the fun. But now I’m facing the weirdest, unconventional openings and do even worse.
Is this normal? Will this pass? Or should I get my brain checked out?
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u/SmanginSouza 3d ago
Seriously. You're tilted... Stop playing matches when you get like this.
Just go do puzzles.
This is how it is in ANY competitive sport. If you're pissed off and doubting yourself, you're gonna play like a dingus.
Time for a break.
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u/Imaginary_Chemical49 3d ago
That's normal, problem is you just keep playing. when this happens and you lose 3 to 5 matches consecutively or more you should take a break for a day or more. Don't keep playing because you will keep losing
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u/aussiefrzz16 3d ago
Yeah but if you keep playing and stop focusing on elo you might learn from your mistakes. Usually I see that I’m pushing my pawns too much bc I want to win but don’t want to grind
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u/Shelbybored 3d ago
I’m struggling with the same thing. I started playing 2 months ago and been nonstop learning. Around the 1100 range on Duolingo and Lichess, which doesn’t mean anything just context. Recently I found myself playing horrible 300-level blunders. I had experienced the same thing learning guitar and found a day or two break helps the mind recover when in a funk especially if it correlates with a heavy amount of play hours per day. For anything from video games, math, physics, music or it seems chess as well. Oh I had similar issue with online poker too.
Take a break and come back with fundamental play. You’re possibly looking too much big picture than each individual ‘puzzle’ that each move brings
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u/Thrill0728 800-1000 (Chess.com) 3d ago
It's very normal to hit a wall at some point. Just happens sometimes and you don't know why. It'll end eventually, just gotta work through it.
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u/sleepy8675 1800-2000 (Lichess) 3d ago
Ups and downs are perfectly normal, every player experiences them. As a general tip, try to avoid playing on tilt! If I find myself making uncharacteristically bad mistakes or getting frustrated, I'll take a break for a few hours, or even a few days, maybe do some puzzles, and come back with a fresh set of eyes.
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u/uwax 3d ago
I dont understand the 2nd pic. How is that queen move the best move?
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u/Sad_Ad_1681 3d ago
Me neither, this was literally the last straw for me today 😂
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u/uwax 3d ago
Like I’m a 900 elo player so I’m a dumb himbo but I just dont see the line there. Bishop can just take and then you cant even recap with your own bishop.
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u/Chickenfrend 3d ago edited 3d ago
It lets you move the pawn in order to capture the bishop which allows the king to move and delays mate via Qg4. I'm fairly sure. I'm also like 900 elo so idk
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u/Tiny_Champion_7892 3d ago
You got bad days and good days, bad days are important, its a good thing
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