How to fight off the rustiness when you had stopped playing chess almost a year already?

I stopped playing chess almost a year, and I notice my game play have not been dynamic as it used to be. And it seems like every game that I play now and then, there is always a miscalculation on my moves resulting in loss pieces. It's frustrating.


How do I get myself together again to play better chess? And do you think this problem is more about emotion and attitude?


Thanks in advance.|||If you have study chess concepts like tactics, endgame and positional play before, even if you have not played for a while, you will always beat players who plays a lot but never study chess concepts. Now if you don't have ideas of these things, you will lose against players who did not play for years but has knowledge of chess concepts.



If you solved many chess tactics before, you will develop a pattern recognition that even if you will not play for years, you will not commit blunders all the time such as losing a piece. Same with positional play, if you have studied them before you will develop a pattern recognition of knowing what moves to do.



You will not improve that much by just playing and playing, you also need to study chess.|||Chess is a cerebral game, and a whole year off would throw anyone's game off. Just jump right in and assuming your skills are at least above average, you should be able to attain your previous level in a matter of weeks. Good luck.