Help me to improve my blitz rating

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My blitz games make some sense

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The best way to improve at blitz is to become a stronger OTB player.

Of course, if you only want to play blitz, you can try to identify specific weaknesses to work on. Here is a method I have used to do this.

Go through a large number of your losses—say, 100 or so. A smaller number will not work so well because clear patterns won’t become apparent.

For each loss, identify the reason for the loss: mouse slip, calculational error, lack of understanding of the opening, endgame blunder, time pressure, etc. Players of different strengths will likely identify different types of reasons.

with 100 losses analyzed, you should be able to identify several things to work on.

Bg the way, I have done this with my OTB games. It helped pinpoint certain openings and types of pawn structures I had trouble with.

j also used this when I was playing in duplicate bridge tournaments.

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He can't play OTB, that's why I suggested he play long tcs instead to try and replicate the OTB experience

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How come he can't do OTB?

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He peed himself in his last OTB tourney so now they won't allow him back at the venue

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I'm presuming there is nowhere else close?

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There was a toilet nearby. Nobody knows why he didn't use it

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I meant a venue not a toilet

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And it might have been because it was a faster time control

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chesssblackbelt wrote:

He peed himself in his last OTB tourney so now they won't allow him back at the venue

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU LIAR

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chesssblackbelt wrote:

He peed himself in his last OTB tourney so now they won't allow him back at the venue


i can confirm, i was there

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#51 I also fly to different countries just to watch people play chess

Avatar of Fet
#51 are you kidding??
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for me blitz is easiest just premove all in the endgame dont mind if you hang all your pieces