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Ishrak

Hello everyone. I have noticed that while playing at blitz, I make numerous inaccuracies and blunders. What can I do to reduce my imperfections?

Lagomorph

.......don't play blitz!

Ishrak

Lagomorph wrote:

.......don't play blitz!

i think you are right.. But if I play with standard time controls, I still make strategic blunders.

Ishrak

should i analyse my games, find the best moves, and study those?

Lagomorph

Always play over your games with an engine, then you can see what you missed.

Ishrak

Lagomorph wrote:

Always play over your games with an engine, then you can see what you missed.

okay.. but what is the best engine i can get?

semente_curiosa
Lagomorph wrote:

Always play over your games with an engine, then you can see what you missed.

What is this an engine ? And what do I use it for ?

thegreat_patzer

so your question.

its important and simple- but has not really simple answers.  I spend ALOT of time trying to make less blunders and figure out how to make even less. it has a HUGE effect on your playing strength.

to be short, you need to do 2 of 3 things.

Tactics puzzles into your eyes are red and you can solve them in your sleep

Go over lost games finding bad blunders; even those that the opponent didn't see. (thats why a chess engine is handy)

Go over brilliant master games and figure out their epic combinations and dramatic wins happened.  bonus points if you can find it without lots of peeking.

its not know whether constant playing helps.  for some, a little.  others just form losing habits and stay at their playing strength for a long, long time.

thegreat_patzer
semente_curiosa wrote:
Lagomorph wrote:

Always play over your games with an engine, then you can see what you missed.

What is this an engine ? And what do I use it for ?

a chess "engine" is a program that calculates the best move in any position of a game.  it is usually loaded into a game playing program.

such programs can play insanely strong chess and NEVER miss tactics; either good or bad. 

Obviously you must not use this program when you play chess.  the computers recommendations will be recognized by management and you will be banned and unable to play chess here.

but AFTER the game it is perfectly fine to find everything you missed.

I'm not prepared to describe, in detail, how to get a chess engine on your computer.  I'll only say that some of them are free, but the real strong ones are pricey.  $100USD easily. (and probably much more).

I do use a chess engine sometimes to check my game.  I miss stuff, I get scared of stuff that isn't a threat.  the PC can figure all that out.

but playing through games takes time. lots of time.  not sure I would want to methodically go over each and every move of every game with an engine.

thegreat_patzer
Ishrak wrote:

should i analyse my games, find the best moves, and study those?

yes, espacially in endgames.  in the middegames learn how to lose less pawns and peices.  this is usually more important than the "best move"- until you are getting pretty good at chess...

Ziryab

I have played over 100,000 blitz and bullet games online. My blunders in OTB games have become rare. Blunders occur in 99.9% of my blitz games. If you get an answer, I hope that I can implement it.

Ishrak

is there anything more that i can do??

I-AM-YOUR-GRANDPA

Get better. Its hard to blunder in blitz then.

Ishrak

I-AM-YOUR-GRANDPA wrote:

Get better. Its hard to blunder in blitz then.

its soo easy to say..

I-AM-YOUR-GRANDPA

Yes improving is hard but its only way to stop blunderring

Shifat

first : 

# DO NOT use engines to correct ypur mistakes. there is a level when you can actually benefit from engine analyses to correct the plans. For now, just review your games by yourself, make an idea on "where" you messed the game up.

# do not get too much frustrated, learn the art of calcualtion, and solve tons of tactics, start with the easy ones, get the patterns, try to calcualte out 3-4 moves advanced while playing games. Everyone knows basic stateguies like control the center in the opening type stuffs, but few can actaully imply them, since they make intuitive moves without calcualting, how your opponent is gonna respond. 

I suggest a very good book for beginners, " chess tactics for champions" by susan polgar. solving the book, and as well solving tactics in chess.com and chesstempo.com , you can benefit a lot.

Ishrak

Shifat wrote:

first : 

# DO NOT use engines to correct ypur mistakes. there is a level when you can actually benefit from engine analyses to correct the plans. For now, just review your games by yourself, make an idea on "where" you messed the game up.

# do not get too much frustrated, learn the art of calcualtion, and solve tons of tactics, start with the easy ones, get the patterns, try to calcualte out 3-4 moves advanced while playing games. Everyone knows basic stateguies like control the center in the opening type stuffs, but few can actaully imply them, since they make intuitive moves without calcualting, how your opponent is gonna respond. 

I suggest a very good book for beginners, " chess tactics for champions" by susan polgar. solving the book, and as well solving tactics in chess.com and chesstempo.com , you can benefit a lot.

thanks. onek dhonnobad

Shifat

তোমার জন্য শুভ কামনা :)

Ishrak

Shifat wrote:

তোমার জন্য শুভ কামনা :)

:D