Blitz games for beginners? - Chess Forums

Travian1984

Jan 26, 2016

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I am around 900 score in blitz games,,playing 3/2 blitz games...i am beginner playing maybe 40 days so my question is if you could tell me what type of game is good for evolving and better learning.Less time or more time....Blitz(3,5,10 minutes) or 30 minutes games.Those with 3 days per move is not my thing Any advice is welcome

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notmtwain

Jan 26, 2016

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There is very little learning through playing blitz. If you want to learn, you have to study-- read books, take chess lessons online or in person, review your games afterward.

There is already a mountain of previous posts about this. The only thing I will point you to is the study plan online here.

Travian1984

Jan 26, 2016

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I learn for white quin gambit(decline/accepted) and king indian for black and i playing only those openings for now.....also watching Tv chess help a lot...lots of good advice you can find in the shows And now i leaning only those 2 openings for now and when i learn new line i was curious if is better to play less time games to get more times in new situations so they start to be familiar to me.

Candidate35

Jan 26, 2016

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I'd advise all new players to play nothing short of 15|10 time control on Chess.com. The more time the better. As a beginner YOU have an advantage- no bad habits. It is much easier to start with a blank canvas and paint a masterpiece than one already painted on. Use it to your advantage and minimize creating bad habits through blitz games. Instead play longer games where you can think about your moves and afterwards find your mistakes and try to not repeat them.

Travian1984

Jan 26, 2016

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Bad habits come quick but need forever to get rid of them

Thanks for advice

Ziryab

Jan 26, 2016

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Candidate35 wrote:

I'd advise all new players to play nothing short of 15|10 time control on Chess.com. The more time the better. As a beginner YOU have an advantage- no bad habits. It is much easier to start with a blank canvas and paint a masterpiece than one already painted on. Use it to your advantage and minimize creating bad habits through blitz games. Instead play longer games where you can think about your moves and afterwards find your mistakes and try to not repeat them.

Exactly.

I was a beginner in the 1960s and 1970s. Now, I have decades of bad habits reinforced by more than 100,000 blitz and bullet games. If not for so much speed chess, I would have become a chess master.