Blitz based on time and mental gymnastics
why are high rated players not taking my hanging pieces
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Dec 6, 2023
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#4
it was 3 + 2 blitz the time control is too short to notate(it was an OTB game)
Dec 6, 2023
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#5
Hmm. They may have been distracted, or there may have been a long term disadvantage to taking the hanging piece.
1550 could have missed it. 1800, likely, it was wrong to take for some reason. Though, if I had to guess, even 1550 prolly had a reason...
Dec 6, 2023
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#7
Maybe they were just pressed for time. If a capture doesn't look right in a blitz game sometimes it's better to avoid it entirely than seriously analyze the position and take up valuable time doing so.
lightspeedchess8 wrote:
I was in a blitz tournament my rating was about 1000 I faced a couple of 1550-1800 and in one of my games I hung a lot of pieces because i was distracted but my opponent took none of my hanging pieces
My OTB classical rating is in the 2000's. In Blitz, if it is a tactic that is thematic for the position, I will highly likely see it and may even have been building for it. If it is a loose pawn due to a random move where the move protecting it should have been automatic, then I can miss it. Stuff happens in blitz especially since I'm playing mostly schematic moves without rechecking the position every move. I'm human as are many others! Bill
In a blitz game (or any game for that matter) if you already see a clearly winning plan there is often little incentive to try to find one faster. My only brilliant move (it was in a daily game) was due to seeing how to force a clearly won endgame and totally overlooking simply winning a piece (that was not the brilliant move but the following move was brilliant).
Dec 6, 2023
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#10
maybe they are just trolling you because they think you are bad at chess and that is disrespect and you are good at chess those trollers are nothing (maybe they were trolling if they weren't i won't call them nothing) it is just the fact that trollers deserve to lose
I was in a blitz tournament my rating was about 1000 I faced a couple of 1550-1800 and in one of my games I hung a lot of pieces because i was distracted but my opponent took none of my hanging pieces