Could anyone tell me what is the general thought process going through a bliz chess player's mind when they play so quickly? How do they make their moves so quickly?
I have long suspected that for the maybe 50% of rated 300-400 players who seem to play 1s or <1s moves with 80-90% accuracy, have never played a rapid or classical, have never done a puzzle, the process is more like:
Blue box, move piece from blue box to red box...
Blue box, move piece from blue box to red box...
Blue box, move piece from blue box to red box...
The rest of them, hung pieces all over, you don't have to do anything but grab hung pieces.
The skill distribution at that level is strongly bimodal - there's no way for a beginner who is ACTUALLY playing at that level to progress.
Which is fine, because blitz isn't chess, at least at that level.
how does some one take six major oieces in 5 min when they are rated 800