Which is why, if the objective is to improve, you simply don't play unless you are in good conditions to play. The higher your ELO the better your opponents, th

Which is why, if the objective is to improve, you simply don't play unless you are in good conditions to play. The higher your ELO the better your opponents, the more you are set to learn. I understand this used to be harder in the past, if you are to meet a guy at 5 to play a match then that's that, but in today's age there is really no reason to have a subpar performance in competitive matches.