Originally posted by HomerJSimpsonI set up positions on real boards quite a lot actually - and blunder a lot less that way! I think I just find it easier to see the game that way, if that makes any sense - I learnt on a real board, and 2D isn't as easy for my brain!
Why bother to do that when you have the analyze board feature
Originally posted by ZeddicusI set up a real board for tough positions too.
I set up positions on real boards quite a lot actually - and blunder a lot less that way! I think I just find it easier to see the game that way, if that makes any sense - I learnt on a real board, and 2D isn't as easy for my brain!
Most times I move w/o using a real board or the analysis board but it is good to set up a real board if you are interested in having RHP improve your OTB skills.
Originally posted by Zeddicusbingo! I also find it easier to visualise things in 3d, hard to explain really, just have a better feel for the game and more 'respect' for the position. As I say - hard to explain.
I set up positions on real boards quite a lot actually - and blunder a lot less that way! I think I just find it easier to see the game that way, if that makes any sense - I learnt on a real board, and 2D isn't as easy for my brain!
and fair play to wormwood taking such time & effort on moves, I wish I had that sort of patience man!
Unless there is a really obvious move or my opponent has gone into a line I've already analysed then I will usually play around on the analysis board for a few minutes. In complicated positions I still won't move after that but instead go and do something else for a while and then come back and repeat the process to see if I missed anything the first time.
I rarely move in 5 seconds or less when playing 20 minute games on FICS.
I take exactly as long as necessary. Sometimes I stare at a position for 10 min or so, take some notes, and then walk away for a while to do something else. Then maybe an hour later I come back and examine the position again for another 10 min. If I agree with the notes I made earlier, then I usually make that move. Would this be taking 20 min to make my move or 80 min?
And it's not about being patient. What happens when you finish a game? You probably just sign up for at least one more game, so it's not like you got any closer to the end of some chess quest. Chess is continuous--might as well make a good move and add to the beauty of the game.
It all depends :-
OTB - 2 minutes avg but upto 20 mins in difficult positions. Make full use of opponents time pressure.
CC per move - upto half an hour. Tiredness is my biggest enemy as I have suffered a timeout/made a bad move due to being tired.
Blitz sites - seconds/make full use to premove to save time.
Training games against "weak" engines like surprise/gnuchess - 30 minutes to finish the whole game.
Originally posted by wormwoodI am the same way, except I now use databases for the openings so I generally am able to get through them quickly. I also dally a while on won positions, sometimes because they're just boring to play, and other times because I think my opponent's rating is going to go up.
about 5min-2 days in the opening, 15min-1 week otherwise. sometimes more if I feel there is a win in the air. I try to avoid moving within the hour I see the opponent's move. I also try very hard not to move drunk or tired, sometimes failing. most of my blunders happen when I move tired...
I never move in 5 seconds.
Making moves in 5 sec in correspondence chess is a recipe for disaster.
Originally posted by HomerJSimpsonI've posted that I usually spend about 20 seconds on a move except for complicated positions. However, I must admit that I have lost many games because of this. I recommend people to "sit on the position" for awhile and just look at different possibilities. I started doing that and am back up in the 1900's again.
Just trying to get some ideas here
I usually try to analyze the position as much as I can, so it may take me even an hour for a move, but, due to a tough schedule in school (I'm learning math and physics deeper), often I'm tired and then it takes a minute to make a move. In those cases I usually don't see lots of important things. That's how I always screw up. And the opening takes time for me also. I never use any books during a game. I study openings (rarely) while I'm not at the computer, not looking at a certain position from a game I'm playing. And I use a real board also, if I analyze the position.
3 seconds to three days. If it's and automatic recapture, 3 seconds. If it's a complicated, tactical position with lots of pieces on the board, i might set it up on a regular set and take a look. For some reason, setting it up on a real board gives me better ideas than using the analysis board. However, i use the analysis board more often because it's easy to use that lugging out the old chess set and board.