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Not playing rated tournaments

Recently i've played 3 non rated tournaments and performed well above expectation. And i also belive i am performing better in long games. Now after the last tournament I got a bit woried thinking what if i'm just in good form. Cause if its long term improvement it shouldn't be a problem playing rated tournaments later. (My city doesn't host many) Now my question is if its just a good form is it possible to maintain it long term? Like i've experienced good forms slowly going down in cricket (tennis ball cricket I don't take it as seriously as i take chess). If you're thinking about how consistently I practice chess
Well....

I have ofline chess coaching twice a week with per session being about 1 hour long. We often play some games before coaching. A big chunk of the content i watch is chess. I also play aggainst myself like 2-3 times on avarage per week. I don't usually play online chess. But to me i don't even think that matters much. I feel like online and OTB chess are two very different things to me. Anyways that is how much i practice chess.

Thanks.

Recently i've played 3 non rated tournaments and performed well above expectation. And i also belive i am performing better in long games. Now after the last tournament I got a bit woried thinking what if i'm just in good form. Cause if its long term improvement it shouldn't be a problem playing rated tournaments later. (My city doesn't host many) Now my question is ***if its just a good form is it possible to maintain it long term?*** Like i've experienced good forms slowly going down in cricket (tennis ball cricket I don't take it as seriously as i take chess). If you're thinking about how consistently I practice chess Well.... I have ofline chess coaching twice a week with per session being about 1 hour long. We often play some games before coaching. A big chunk of the content i watch is chess. I also play ***aggainst myself*** like 2-3 times on avarage per week. I don't usually play online chess. But to me i don't even think that matters much. I feel like online and OTB chess are two very different things ***to me.*** Anyways that is how much i practice chess. Thanks.