Nowadays I play a lot of blitz chess (usually 5 minutes) with my friends, and I'm getting "very" used to it. The problem is, if I play a normal chess game, I play it like a blitz game. I just calculate 2 or 3 moves ahead, sometimes just play a natural move for every position. Can anybody help me to get rid of this bad habit, any opinion/suggestion to help me? Should I stop playing this blitz chess? Or any other training method which will help me? Thanks before.

Patient: "Doctor, it hurts my arm when I move it like this." *moves arm in unnatural way

Doctor: "Don't move it like that." 

 

I guess what I'm saying is, you know what's wrong so what's keeping you from fixing it? You know you shouldn't just move instinctively or without putting in significant thought so don't do it! What other answer could there be. 

Well, what I am really searching here is, if there are any good training method too improve my calculation. Anyway, thanks for the response, of course I will always try to fix my mistake.

Loomis wrote:

Patient: "Doctor, it hurts my arm when I move it like this." *moves arm in unnatural way

Doctor: "Don't move it like that." 

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Patient: "But I enjoy fly fishing, which calls for this sort of movement."

Doctor: "Then quit fly fishing."

Patient: "What a quack. I am going to Doctor Roberts."

 

C'mon, the man enjoys blitz chess. I enjoy going to club, and no one there is willing to play longer than 20 minute games. This sometimes hurt my calculation at tournaments, but I am not about to stop going to club!

My suggestion is to continue to force yourself to analyze deeply. Do puzzles that will test your deep calculation and analyze deeply when studying positions and games.

 

You could also ask any chess buddies you have made to train with you at tournament time controls. 

TonightOnly wrote: Loomis wrote:

Patient: "Doctor, it hurts my arm when I move it like this." *moves arm in unnatural way

Doctor: "Don't move it like that." 

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Patient: "But I enjoy fly fishing, which calls for this sort of movement."

Doctor: "Then quit fly fishing."

Patient: "What a quack. I am going to Doctor Roberts."

 

 

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Well,a more easy way to answer is:takes 21 days to break a habit.So don't play blitz for 21 days.I am a big fan of blitz,because thats how I won the state championship for Oklahoma.If that doesn't work,just go with what you feel.You are supposed plan ahead,but in a slow manner.

The impression I got from Loomis was not that he meant to stop playing blitz, necessarily.  I think it was more like this:

 

andreas-parry:  I'm moving too fast.  How do I stop?

Loomis:  Don't move so fast.

 

The only way to not move too quickly is to stop moving so quickly. 

Play less blitz and more classical (slow) chess, preferably in tournaments. Analyze your games, especially your losses.

Alander97 wrote: TonightOnly wrote: Loomis wrote:

Patient: "Doctor, it hurts my arm when I move it like this." *moves arm in unnatural way

Doctor: "Don't move it like that." 

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Patient: "But I enjoy fly fishing, which calls for this sort of movement."

Doctor: "Then quit fly fishing."

Patient: "What a quack. I am going to Doctor Roberts."

 

 

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Well,a more easy way to answer is:takes 21 days to break a habit.So don't play blitz for 21 days.I am a big fan of blitz,because thats how I won the state championship for Oklahoma.If that doesn't work,just go with what you feel.You are supposed plan ahead,but in a slow manner.

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You won the state blitz championship of Oklahoma? Which section? When ?

Opinions are like pie-holes, everyone has one. Here's mine. You're embedded in your comfort zone. Try unfamiliar waters, weaker openings. Write down what you think is the best move in a critical position, and then use the second best. Not for every game, just when you feel your going into automatic. Then do a post-mortem. convince yourself the first choice was best. Try Chess 960 a few times. Break the pattern. Have you noticed that GM's try different openings, even in tournaments? One just used a Piano, while another went totally out of book. A slow march of pawns.

We have a tendency to robotacize, and forget that chess is creative. Get creative. When white, throw away the advantage and use the Danish, not forever, just to exercise the mind. Many GM's used the Danish 'Why?'.  Every good player hits the wall. As Rod Serling used to say "Welcome to the Twilight Zone." er that is 'battle of the comfort zone'.

Thank you for all of your suggestion. I'll give it a shot then, thanks.