Playing fast, A beginners guide pt 3

have you ever been winning a game, feeling confident in all your plays, then hearing a three fast ticks, as your timer hits one minute left. Your play falls apart and eventually you lose. If so, this blog could help you. If not, please still read this. I need the views. Anyways, that's what we're talking about. Let's get into it.

Chess is based off of strategizing and thinking, sometimes for hours, just for a single move. That's until you play hyperbullet chess and start shaking uncontrollably at the stress being put on your head. The idea of playing chess in even five minutes was originally laughed at, with that being simply uncivilized, rushing moves and being constantly making blunders. Until 1970. With chess becoming so much more perfected, the World Blitz Organization hosted their first tournament (unofficial) and eventually, speed chess was adopted by the New York streets, with it becoming one of the more civilized street games. Since then, chess has become so much more. Blitz and Speed chess are some of the most watched chess subgames watched consistently. With this, beginners like me and you want to get into it, without the proper training for playing like it. 

Let's learn the simplest ways to win in speed chess. Time and premoves. I played in this game below, and was obviously going to lose, if this player knew how to premove.

I was moving my king with premoves while he stumbled across the board with no time left. I ended with 37 seconds left, with an extreme disadvantage, yet I won on time. If he used premoves he could have beat me with time to spare. In many cases, time is the poison, with premoving being the antidote. 

In other games, the opponent will miss easily avoided loses. let's start with this one.

You can see how moving his bishop lost him the game, instead of a queen. Simply stopping when necessary will allow you to have a chance of winning. I realize I'm saying "Go fast" and "slow down" but it's a balance. Reading my previous blogs in this series with reveal this pattern of balance. Onto our next game.

Instead of pushing his knight to take trades, he needed to move my knight out, saving himself before attacking. he put all his pieces on attack, and none on defense. No balance. So many losing games in bullet chess come from a lack of balance, without seeing if what your doing is correct. That's why experts play openings they know, slow down in the midgame, before picking it back up in the endgame with theory by their side. All of these games could have been wins for my opponents, but they slipped when it was most dangerous, unable to keep their balance.