24 Sep '08 01:47>
I'm a pretty good player. I like using tactics to wage a good game. But I really suck when it comes to playing blitz games. Anyone else like this?
Jk
Seattle
Jk
Seattle
Originally posted by exigentskyI'll agree that blitz could be used as a tool for opening preparation. Of course it helps to do this on a computer so you have the game score. This way you can see what types of middle-games an opening leads to and what type of plans may or may not work.
Of course, unless you focus on blitz as much as you've focused on CC, you will be much weaker. However, blitz doesn't give you a better understanding of chess or make you a stronger player in the way that CC chess may. Sometimes blitz is more like table tennis than chess. It is really about instincts, opening preparation, experience, time management etc. ...[text shortened]... ong run, you will become a stronger player if you focus on depth through correspondence chess.
Originally posted by exigentskyInteresting!
Of course, unless you focus on blitz as much as you've focused on CC, you will be much weaker. However, blitz doesn't give you a better understanding of chess or make you a stronger player in the way that CC chess may. Sometimes blitz is more like table tennis than chess. It is really about instincts, opening preparation, experience, time management etc. ...[text shortened]... ong run, you will become a stronger player if you focus on depth through correspondence chess.
Originally posted by BlitzNewbieBlitz can be useful, because it will develop your chess intuition, pattern recognization and ability to think fast, but also it consume`s your nerves. So blitz is not bad until it`s not too much.
Interesting!
I'm in excactly the same situation as the initial poster in the thread.
I thought blitz was almost neccessary to become really good because you sharpen your tactics and your pattern recognization and force yourself to think faster.
I think that after this posting I will focus less on blitz and more on playing CC games here.
Thanks!
Originally posted by exigentskyin my very little experience with blitz, I have found it's most important contribution to "real" chess (longer than 60' real time chess) to be calm and controlled in severe time pressure.
Of course, unless you focus on blitz as much as you've focused on CC, you will be much weaker. However, blitz doesn't give you a better understanding of chess or make you a stronger player in the way that CC chess may. Sometimes blitz is more like table tennis than chess. It is really about instincts, opening preparation, experience, time management etc. ...[text shortened]... ong run, you will become a stronger player if you focus on depth through correspondence chess.
Originally posted by BlitzNewbie"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." -- Wyatt Earp
Interesting!
I'm in excactly the same situation as the initial poster in the thread.
I thought blitz was almost neccessary to become really good because you sharpen your tactics and your pattern recognization and force yourself to think faster.
I think that after this posting I will focus less on blitz and more on playing CC games here.
Thanks!
Originally posted by diskamylI think this is as important for a good OTB performance as anything you can learn from CC. It's pointless to spend 40 minutes on a move and evaluate it accurately if you can't hold your own in the rest of the game with 40 minutes less than your opponent.
in my very little experience with blitz, I have found it's most important contribution to "real" chess (longer than 60' real time chess) to be calm and controlled in severe time pressure.
Originally posted by Heroic MetoolThe idea is that CC will help you understand chess deeper so you know what to focus on and thus actually save time and find better moves. Blitz will teach you the important lesson of not dropping pieces and pawns. 😛
I think this is as important for a good OTB performance as anything you can learn from CC. It's pointless to spend 40 minutes on a move and evaluate it accurately if you can't hold your own in the rest of the game with 40 minutes less than your opponent.
I've seen a lot of players waste all the advantage they get from their accurate, overanalysed m ...[text shortened]... ot, and nothing is as frustrating as losing due to time pressure when you have an advantage.