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For some yes for others not so much. I personaly dont like to play to many as i find my chess gets worse. I limit my self to about 10-40 games max included in all sites. Im not sure so much that it affects everyone the same way....
It effects me, that's why I posted this topic. I want to see what the majority of CHESS.COM says. I'm positive that it affects practically everyone.
Oct 22, 2008
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#4
It is a good Chess drill to play a lot of games at once, if you really want to improve!
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| Drawn: | 180 (7%) |
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Oct 22, 2008
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#5
Jesus Christ, are you kidding me? One thousand eighty two games??? And to think that I freaked out when I hit 30 games. My limit is around 10-15.
But maybe I'm missing something. Your rating IS a lot higher than mine... hmm...
Lol, what happened to the original topic? If you play alot of games does it decrease your performance?
I think it does actually. Because to play serious chess u have to take time to think on it,more then 5 mins per game,and to write down notes during the game to go over later. So if u have alot of games its going to take along time to get through them without timing out. Thats my view anyway....
All I'm asking for is your view thanks :).
My performance? honestly probably not, since i don't invest much time in my games.
Oct 22, 2008
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#11
Chess Overloading Increased my Performance, for sure!
The more Chess Lessons you got, the more you can gain! Get your Chess Highest Degree!
For me, it's bad. More than 20-30 games at once, my performance drops (and it's already pretty bad to begin with).
Oct 22, 2008
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#13
My perfomance drops any time I do play more than 30 games at once.
But I do agree that some people don't experience any problems with it.
It's a question of balance.
It diminishes my game. I don't even like to play more than 3 games at once. For me, playing a game of chess is like reading a book. I become engrossed in the story and look forward to the denouement...
To many games must reduce the quality of the gameplay. But it really depends on how much playing time that you have available.
Oct 22, 2008
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#16
Playing many games at once decreases the overall quality per game while increasing the playing strength of the player. Paul Keres was famous for this - he played 200+ correspondence games at one time when he was a boy, and later credited this for his vast opening knowledge.
So I think the answer is a "yes and no" type of answer.
Oct 22, 2008
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#17
It is a really hard experience, to play a ton of my games!
But I self-trained all my life to broaden and deepen my abilities at the difference spheres to think and act, like a Winner, at the critical conditions...
If you are not ready to survive and succeed, it can be a really hard time to hold oneself up in own life, if the real hard time can catch us, suddenly and instantly!
My point is that you have to break off of your comfortable conditions to be really know oneself!
Get up!
I like to play 50 games at the same times. It is many but I like it. But more is difficult.
When I play 50 games at once I always use my notes. When you have a strategy you can write it in the notes and then you don't have the problem that you forgot you're strategy.
I guess you guys aren't talking about live chess :P
The thing you really need to do is to review your games afterwards.
Even if you only spend enough time to identify 1 or 2 blunders, and an extra opening move that you didn't know.
This will greatly help you improve your tactics and theoretical knowledge.
It's tough to review your own games. Like I say, you don't need to spend a lot of time on each one, just enough to see the point where you went wrong (if it was a loss), or could have done better (if it was a win).
If you play bunch of games at once, does it decrease your trail of thought, and downgrade the original play of your other games?