When you play at least 50 classical games a year plus some rapids there's just not no time or interest for serious online play. There are also no prizes or prestige involved in classical chess online.
Contrary to every one elses opinion I think its becuase speed chess is the best way to build chess skill.
I mean how can it not build pattern recognition?
@GMScuzzBall
But to what direction? Classical teaches to calculate variations and to find the work ethic to find the best move. Calculation of variations can solve some problems you have in your thought process. Getting rid of the bad habit of just listening to your brain showing some cartoon moves is important. Also, if a certain technique is too difficult for you to understand right away you need to slow things down. Just playing blitz is more about honing the moves you already know. Many players play better blitz after a long classical tournament. Just look at the people who have played blitz and bullet the most. They haven't improved for years and are still 1600s. I bet the people who have played the most classical chess would beat them in blitz. Though, to be fair it's not a fair comparison as the classical players might have taken their chess more seriously. A study would be needed to conclude things for sure, but we can extrapolate a bit. All top players have played both formats.
But to what direction? Classical teaches to calculate variations and to find the work ethic to find the best move. Calculation of variations can solve some problems you have in your thought process. Getting rid of the bad habit of just listening to your brain showing some cartoon moves is important. Also, if a certain technique is too difficult for you to understand right away you need to slow things down. Just playing blitz is more about honing the moves you already know. Many players play better blitz after a long classical tournament. Just look at the people who have played blitz and bullet the most. They haven't improved for years and are still 1600s. I bet the people who have played the most classical chess would beat them in blitz. Though, to be fair it's not a fair comparison as the classical players might have taken their chess more seriously. A study would be needed to conclude things for sure, but we can extrapolate a bit. All top players have played both formats.
Speaking for me, I am too slow for really quick stuff like bullet. Moreover, I try to play with a certain level of quality.
My main focus is on offline competition, winning some smaller tournaments every year and so on. I play amongst others 50-100 rapid/classic otb games a year. So I playing blitz is a mixture of a quicker „scanning“/training tool but certainly not that serious. Playing longer periods online - no, that‘s not my cup of tea.
My main focus is on offline competition, winning some smaller tournaments every year and so on. I play amongst others 50-100 rapid/classic otb games a year. So I playing blitz is a mixture of a quicker „scanning“/training tool but certainly not that serious. Playing longer periods online - no, that‘s not my cup of tea.
Here's the dealio: Everyone has their preferences and just because someone has an opposite take, well so be it. You are all familiar with Li'l Puppet. Li'l Puppet is fairly slow, but still plays 1/0 - and occasionally 7 or 10 min. games when time permits. Li'l Puppet uses the same opening for White and the same configuration for Black in hundreds and hundreds of 1/0 games, even giving the opponent a free piece and an occasional pity win. ....its what Puppet does -in the longer games Puppet uses the Danish Gambit whenever Black plays to e5 in response to 1. e4. Maybe LP will change, but Puppet's not here to really play chess - LP is here to study other players psychologically. It's a way to relax. To quote the Puppet, "So be it!"
@wannabe27000
It is very interesting what you say.
I have a friend who in the last 4 years in chess. com has played 41,000 bullet games and its rank has remained between 1800 - 1900
I do not know how I would play a game of slow mode.
I think that playing games of approximately 15 minutes and analyzing them I think they can help more than playing many blitzes without stopping.
It is very interesting what you say.
I have a friend who in the last 4 years in chess. com has played 41,000 bullet games and its rank has remained between 1800 - 1900
I do not know how I would play a game of slow mode.
I think that playing games of approximately 15 minutes and analyzing them I think they can help more than playing many blitzes without stopping.
@GMScuzzBall
if you play fast but not too fast then you can improve a lot
most players can handle ten seconds a move
and a very few can handle faster times without getting bad habits
if you play fast but not too fast then you can improve a lot
most players can handle ten seconds a move
and a very few can handle faster times without getting bad habits
What do you think is the minimum time needed to play and improve?
10?
15 + 10?
10?
15 + 10?
@Rabioso
i played a lot of tournaments at 10second must
that is you must wait ten seconds after their move and then you move immediately on the bell
ten min SD would be good if you have good clock control but if you dawdle then get into time trouble it is bad
the ten second must gives you time to see everything and then move and you always have the ten seconds which is quite leisurely when you get some experience with that approach
anything that is too fast including time scrambles because you used too much time early and the flag is about to fall is bad for your game
you need to get used to moving regularly without taking a lot of time on any one move early on when that will take away from time you have later on
i played a lot of tournaments at 10second must
that is you must wait ten seconds after their move and then you move immediately on the bell
ten min SD would be good if you have good clock control but if you dawdle then get into time trouble it is bad
the ten second must gives you time to see everything and then move and you always have the ten seconds which is quite leisurely when you get some experience with that approach
anything that is too fast including time scrambles because you used too much time early and the flag is about to fall is bad for your game
you need to get used to moving regularly without taking a lot of time on any one move early on when that will take away from time you have later on
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