I am currently in the 93% percentile in CC, but are struggling to break through the 80% (+-1300) in Blitz Chess.
Any idea how to improve in Blitz Chess?
Side notes:
I believe that Blitz Chess is the best trainer for life. Makes you sharp and g...
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nd5 9.Qh5 O-O 10.Ba3 Ne7 11.Rae1 Nd7 12.Bd6 Nf6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qg5 Qa3 15.Re3 h6 16.Qf4 Nd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Rg3 Qd6 19.f3 g5 20.fxe4 Qe7 21.Qf3 Kg7 22.Qh5 dxe4 23.h4 f6 24....
1st Game: Played white, Kings Gambit. Disaster, made a lot of blunders. Motivation were very low.
2nd Game: Just what I needed: A 10 move minature. Chrushing!
http://www.chess.com/news/my-10-move-win-against-uj-b-captain-perseus-gambit-7465...
and the future of chess?
Bobby Fisher famously stated that chess is dead.
Further quotes from http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2006/12/future-of-chess_06.html and http://wangschesshouse.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/chess-is-dead/ :
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In Chess.com my rating is between 1400-1550, in Chessmaster it is barely 1050 and Yahoo.com my rating is 1150. Is the Chess.com rating inflated or are the other deflated? Or maybe I struggle with games where there is time or a computer...