Does playing blitz mess with your real chess game? - Chess Forums - Page 2

Fischaveli · 2009-09-11T22:12:17-07:00

I have been contemplating this idea recently. Does playing blitz chess reverse or erase all the chess strategy and way of thinking put into a real match. I know that blitz can be considered a real match, I just mean longer games (which is in my mind 'real chess'). So what do you all think?

pskogli

Sep 12, 2009

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#21

If you find that you dont play like a grandmaster, even after 50 blitz games each day for a week, lol :) I'm sure you didn't play like a grandmaster before those blitzgames either...

Don't blame the blitz, blame the lack of real training and hard work!

Tricklev

Sep 12, 2009

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#22

Playing blitz hardly ruins your normal chess knowledge and skill, but if it's your only training, you are without a doubt damping your own growth.

There are quite a few Gm's that play blitz pretty much on all occasions they got, and they are hardly weak.

zankfrappa

Sep 12, 2009

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#23

I consider blitz chess and chess two separate games, because I am so
slow I am just guessing at blitz. Tal, Anand, and Fischer were also the greatest
at blitz as well, so for them the two games are probably more similar.