Hi All,

I have gone through the Tactic Ninja course and the starter opening courses for White and Black. I am currently working on the mating matador course. I managed to get my rating up to 1000 on my own, but not only have I not increased my rating, I have dropped 70 points since doing the ChessMood courses. I'm so confused that I'm making mistakes in the positions, some are just dumb mistakes I admit. There are so many variations that I can't keep track of them all. I seemed to be better when I was just going on intuition and some basic theory. It all makes perfect sense in the course, but my games don't go that way. I could use some encouragement and/or coaching. Steve