How are some people just so good at blitz but have crap rapid ratings??
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masterius77
Apr 30, 2024
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I know I've posted about this before, but this just irks me a bit. my blitz rating stinks compared to my rapid rating. I'm not great at thinking quick, however at 550-650 rating I'd expect my opponent to make a couple mistakes, even a blunder. I just played a blitz game where my opponent had 22 best moves and no blunders. Their blitz rating 570 and their rapid rating 672..it ended up as a draw, but it makes me wonder, how does this keep happening honestly? I seem to be stuck sub 700 in blitz, playing against people who don't make mistakes but can't play good enough in rapid to excel past 1000 rating.. it makes me discouraged sometimes.
Different games, different skills.
May 1, 2024
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#4
I get that, but seeing tactics, whether it's quick or slow is still seeing tactics.. I wonder why some people can't see tactics in their slower games but do pretty well when the clock is ticking.. it's just wired to me.. you'd think it would be the other way around.
May 1, 2024
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#5
because they dont know how to think and calculate rapid is the only one where you do that but i guess 5 min also
May 1, 2024
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#6
masterius77 wrote:
I get that, but seeing tactics, whether it's quick or slow is still seeing tactics.. I wonder why some people can't see tactics in their slower games but do pretty well when the clock is ticking.. it's just wired to me.. you'd think it would be the other way around.
its not tactics its forming a plan
May 1, 2024
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#7
Blitz chess often relies more on pattern recognition and intuition rather than deep calculation. Players who excel at recognizing common tactical patterns quickly may perform better in blitz games.
May 1, 2024
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#8
I like really slow or really fast chess. Rapid is the middle zone where it's hard to really punish someone for thinking too long, and yet you don't have time for deep calculation, either.
I avoid Rapid for these reasons, and really think it just comes down to preference. Different style of the game.
May 1, 2024
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#9
Maybe sometimes I get unlucky then and pull someone who (even though they don't have a rating past 700) are really good at pattern recognition, where I must struggle at that unless I have time to think. Usually I just make a one off blunder that i can't dig myself out of, and my opponent plays perfectly to stay ahead.
May 2, 2024
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masterius77 wrote:
I know I've posted about this before, but this just irks me a bit. my blitz rating stinks compared to my rapid rating. I'm not great at thinking quick, however at 550-650 rating I'd expect my opponent to make a couple mistakes, even a blunder. I just played a blitz game where my opponent had 22 best moves and no blunders. Their blitz rating 570 and their rapid rating 672..it ended up as a draw, but it makes me wonder, how does this keep happening honestly? I seem to be stuck sub 700 in blitz, playing against people who don't make mistakes but can't play good enough in rapid to excel past 1000 rating.. it makes me discouraged sometimes.
maybe he doesnt play rapid alot, and just because he didnt make any blunders doesn mean hes good.
May 2, 2024
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#13
joshforthewin wrote:
I am kind of the complete opposite of this lol
me too idk why i just can't win in blitz
