15 Nov 09
Originally posted by trev33True...I'm not really fully up with the different styles. I just automatically make a rash move. I think if I got used to it then I'd get the difference between what you can get through in 10 mins as opposed to 5....one match I played was even 1 minute and I just didn't get that at all, just seemed to be whoever could move the mouse the fastest tbh.
depend what you call blitz?
16 Nov 09
To call blitz chess (say 3 min/Game or lower) "chess" is highly debatable in my opinion. What you essentially do is reacting to impulses similar to pavlovs dog, almost exclusively relying on memorized patterns (of course you need pattern recognition besides other qualities to become good ...).
16 Nov 09
Originally posted by PatzerLarsI agree, blitz is for dogs, chess is for MEN, CC is for...
To call blitz chess (say 3 min/Game or lower) "chess" is highly debatable in my opinion. What you essentially do is reacting to impulses similar to pavlovs dog, almost exclusively relying on memorized patterns (of course you need pattern recognition besides other qualities to become good ...).