Also I know that blitz games are generally frowned upon but what about 15/10? can they help your OTB chess?
Considering the time controls of tournaments are keep going down----- G/30 seems to be gaining popularity.... 15/10 should be somewhat similar to G/30, no? ausually all my 15/10 games last around an hour
but can playing JUST 15/10 help my 5/0, 5/2?
im thinking my routine now should be
play 2 15/10 games a day, analyze them, etc (about 2 hours)
play 2 blitz games a day, analyze them etc (1 hour)
Tactic trainers/chess tempo (30 min)
Chess book study/going over GM games (1 hour)
instead of what i've been doing recently for the past month which is more like
a bunch of 5/2 games, analyze them,
So i'm ok at standard 15/10 time controls, but at blitz i just suck terribly.....
Now heres teh dilemma..... I practice blitz more to try to get better at blitz..... don't see any progress... ive been the same blitz rating for a month (actually i was higher a month ago )...... either I lose on time in a better position, or blunder terribly.
Should I just give up on blitz for a while and stick to 15/10?
I read that the only way to get better at blitz is to play longer games but then when i come back to blitz im not used to having that little time and get into time trouble