Lately, I feel like I’ve completely forgotten how to play chess. I had reached 700+ and stayed around there for quite a while, slowly improving my game and feeling comfortable at that level—it felt like a fair reflection of my actual skill. But over the last couple of weeks, I’ve just been losing game after game.
It’s not a matter of fatigue since I don’t play that often—maybe one or two games a day, and sometimes none at all. Still, my rating has dropped close to 500. I keep making silly blunders and missing obvious plans from my opponents.
Has anyone else experienced a slump like this? If so, do you have any advice?