Thought I’d pose a question to the people here, and see if I could get some opinions. For context, I’m currently sitting at 1998 Rapid on chess.com, but I’ve been in total freefall over the last week, falling from a peak of 2165 and sitting as high 2126 during this week before my total collapse. I can’t seem to get my head straight, and I’m making an abnormal number of errors. I usually wouldn’t be concerned, and I’d put this down to a slight rough patch, but I also have my last OTB classical tournament coming up this weekend and I was hoping to find a bit of form before attending. Any advice here would be appreciated Thanks

I am now an Arena Candidate Master!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/186042027226 I dont know if I got lucky since I tend to play middlegames inaccuratetly (bc I dont know what to do) but once I defended, had a clear vision of attack and his pieces were away from the king I got him.

Hey everyone! I've recently started making short chess videos, mostly about classic opening traps with a bit of story and cinematic effects. My goal is to help people learn chess in a fun, interesting way instead of dry analysis. Here's one of my first ones, the Lasker Trap (Albin Countergambit). https://www.tt.site/t/ZPLSKjTa4/ I'm still learning, so any feedback helps a lot: - Is the story easy to follow? - Pacing: too fast or too slow? - Do the effects help, or are they too much? And if you enjoy it, a follow would mean a lot and really help me keep going :D Thanks for taking a look! 🙌

The best chess players in the world say they hate the game after they mastered it. Ding liren I think had insomnia, stress and felt terrible so he left and didnt compete anymore. Good thing im not a master lol, I'll stop grinding at 2000-2200, and keep it as a fun hobby playing unrated or smth