Dominating but keep losing because...

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digispin
  • Run out of time
  • Hang queen or miss opponents hanging queen (and other lower valued pieces)
  • Knight forks
  • Miss mate in one

I play 10+0 and am rated 1300.  In the post game report of decent games, I usually have a large advantage for a long time but sometimes succumb to a one move blunder.  Many times I'll get 90+% accuracy (or much higher than opponent) and lose.

Perhaps I should try a game with increment but 10 minute games feel right to me.  I'll have to check if there is 10+5 which would be ideal.

Any suggestions?

Example of my last game: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/3799401457

IMKeto

Forget about the following:

Dominating.

Large advantages.

Accuracy.

Getting hung up on these things will do nothing but slow your growth.  If youre serious about improving.  Play slow time controls like Daily Chess, or games with at least 30 minutes per side. 

Playing 10 minute games doesn't give you time to think, or implement into your games what you are trying to learn. 

All you're doing is moving fast, which causes blunders, and not learning opportunities.

kindaspongey

"... thinking correctly in most positions takes time. Playing almost exclusively fast games obviously precludes practicing correctly, and so you will never get very good! Sure, fast games are fine for practicing openings (not the most important part of the game for most players) and possibly developing decent board vision and tactical 'shots', but the kind of thinking it takes to plan, evaluate, play long endgames, and find deep combinations is just not possible in quick chess. … for serious improvement ... consistently play many slow games to practice good thinking habits. ... I know that a large percentage of my readers almost exclusively play on the internet - after all, you are reading this on the internet, right!? But there is a strong case for at least augmenting internet play with some OTB play, whether in a club or, better yet, a tournament. Tournament play gives you the kind of concentrated, slow chess that often helps improve your game, especially if you are inexperienced at slow play. I would guess that players who have never played OTB usually gain 50-100 points of playing strength just from competing in their first long weekend tournament, assuming they play five or more rounds of very slow chess. ... Sure, an occasional weekend event takes a lot more of your time, but the benefits are comparatively greater if improvement is your ultimate goal. Don't have two day? Try a one-day quad (a round-robin among four similarly rated players). How often should you play? ... A minimum of 8 OTB tournaments and about 100 slow games a year is a reasonable foundation for ongoing improvement. ... Can't make 100? Then try for 60. If you only play three or fewer tournaments a year and do not play slow chess regularly at a club (or on-line, where G/90 and slower play is relatively rare), then do not be surprised that you are not really improving. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf

kindaspongey
IMBacon wrote:

Forget about the following: ...

Getting hung up on these things will do nothing but slow your growth. ...

Are forgetting and “getting hung up” the only two options?

digispin

Thanks for all the input.  I don't obsess about those things so forgetting isn't the issue.  I suppose those are simply the symptoms of fast chess.  The only way to fix those is play in longer time controls (according to the consensus), which I have no interest in doing.  I'm having fun with what I'm doing now. 

IMKeto
digispin wrote:

Thanks for all the input.  I don't obsess about those things so forgetting isn't the issue.  I suppose those are simply the symptoms of fast chess.  The only way to fix those is play in longer time controls (according to the consensus), which I have no interest in doing.  I'm having fun with what I'm doing now. 

Enjoying the game is what counts.  Keep doing what youre doing :-)

IceYarg95
I definitely have a long way to go.
Hamburg21
Savage47 wrote:
IceYarg95 wrote:
I definitely have a long way to go.

Everyone has a long way to go. 

No matter how much talent I think I have or how much work I put in I'll never catch Magnus. Magnus, on the other hand, is thinking the same thing about Fischer and Kasparov.  

 

That is almost for sure not what he's thinking. 

He's probably thinking something more along the lines of:

"I am the most accurate and precise chess player who has ever lived, and that is without ever really being motivated by a worthy adversary. And Kasparov is overrated, I drew him when I was like 10 years old. Also, Giri sucks."