I am ridiculously bad at blitz

Those randoms doesnt understand chess beyond the obvious. Longchess and online are much deeper than blitz, with plays of higher quality and longer calculation. They can not understand other brains than their own.

For a adult player it is possible to reach 1700 online years before 1700 blitz.

I had a blitzfight yesterday 3m2s, and lost maybe four of five games against the same player. I challenged him online, and in this game I am in the lead. He is faster than me, but I can dig a bit deeper if I have enough time. We are different, and thats normal. Speed is not everything in chess.

I view blitz and otb as two seperate games.  There is no reason to think one would rating should align with another.  Different skill sets are needed for each one.  Having only played one blitz game, take my thoughts for what they are.  I imagine if your blitz rating is falling behind then you are weaker in the skills that blitz games inherently favor.  This could be quicker tactical decisions, or perhaps a few memorized openings that can be made without much thought.  High rated blitz players could give you much better advice on this topic.  I would think the clock plays a major role when playing blitz games, so perhaps you need to learn how to use and manipulate the clock to your advantage.  These are things I would probably work on if I wanted to improve at playing blitz.

your situation IS impossible.

how about i play vs you in some standard games, 15 minutes or 30 minutes if thats not long enough.

my USCF is 1700, you should have no problems if you aren't overrated as hell.

@DjonniDerevnja

i'll also play against you in long standard games since you keep spewing random non-sense

@Kirby_Cake My situation is not impossible. I am sick of you making these comments on my thread. What would I possibly have to gain by lying? The only other thing you could be claiming that I am overrated. My friend Svenosaurus is also close to 1900 USCF and sub-1500 blitz on here. He's legit- he's not overrated.

And no, 15 minutes is not a standard game, and 30 minutes is the shortest of the time controls the USCF calls standard. How about 90 minutes per side with 30 second increment? I'm sure that wouldn't work for you for one reason or another. But even so, maybe sometime we can play a 30 minute game. I also want to point out that a 100 point rating difference is not much, so "you should have no problems" is BS which is just trying to set it up so that if you get a draw you can call me overrated. I got 2.5/5 last weekend at the Baltimore Open against a bunch of near-experts, and I wouldn't say they were overrated (with the exception of possibly my third-round opponent, rated 1974, whom I beat).

Oh, and it turns out you are probably lying. I looked up Matthew Liu in the USCF registry and the only Matthew Liu with a class-level rating or above in the state of Texas is rated over 2000. You said you were 1700. So how exactly can you call me out for lying when you can't tell the truth about yourself?

did not renew membership, my rating is inactive

Doesn't matter. You would still be listed in the U.S.C.F. registry. And even if your rating is inactive, 1700 is beneath your floor.

i haven't played in any tournaments in forever, but occasionally i play in club tournaments and i lose to 1800 USCF players all the time. my rating in that list is 1700.

the point is, my playing strength is like 1700, i haven't even checked my rating in a long time so idk if what you're saying is even true.

Forever meaning about four years? There's no way you fell three hundred points in four years (you were still playing in scholastic events in 2011).

Okay, well maybe someday I'll play you but all evidence except for the things you are saying points to your skill level being close to or even slightly above expert level. In any case, my situation is not impossible, and I think I'm about done with this thread anyway.

Sorry for accusing you of not understanding chess. Your rating indicates that your understanding beats mine. I would love to go against you in longchess one day.

But you really dont understand that a lot of players are very much stronger if they have enough time.  I am chanceless against you in blitz 3-2, but much stronger on long timecontrols, not up to your level but there is a subtle chance. I have beaten a fide 1800 in longchess.

Players at my level have not learned a lot about chess, so we need to think about almost every single move. That takes time, and I think its strange that you dont understand that.

I am good at thinking, therefore my onlinerating beats my blitz with almost 500 points.

Blitz is more or less target practice- it requires quick evaluations and calculations. If you take away the time aspect of blitz, a player who might be faster but less accurate can become significantly weaker than an opponent who struggles with blitz. I'm currently a 1929 blitz player on here, but OTB I am only a mid 1700's player. This is likely due to exactly this concept. If you play blitz frequently, you will get better at it, but long chess is more important. 

Again, you're probably having trouble playing with the reduced time controls. You may simply look at the board in a completely different way than you do in long time controls and it's causing you to make mistakes more often. There could be oversights and it might even be psychological.

An easy thing to do is to review your blitz games and see if there are similarities in the errors in those games and compare to your long games. Maybe you're making mistakes that you'd normally avoid if you had more time. Maybe it's fatigue or burn out. It could be lots of things. Anyway it's a normal thing and isn't some anomaly that has disrupted the space time continuum...

Never seen such ratings before, you are on my level online, and 700 above in blitz!  Online I can go much longer in my calculations, sometimes I testplay a line 15 moves ahead(not foolproof, but a test of one thing that CAN happen). In blitz I only can move by heart, and hope not to blunder.There is little calculation involved. You are probably faster, and probably have better patternrecognition, more experience, and able to play blunderfree and fast at the same time.

Lol, I saw this comment and Dennis, I think I told you this forget about blitz, just play typical blitz in endgames because it kind of helped me and yep, my USCF rating is 1423 I am around 1600 and blitz isn't my thing where i am around 1300 because most of us take time to think and blitz kinds of throws time away.  Some 1900 USCF player is like a 1400 in blitz but people need time. Thats why people play 30/0+ which to me is not enough but tournament out there where you have 90 min, you have better chances of playing your best while 5 min is a bit too fast.

I have quit blitzplaying for a while now, and choose 15-10 when I want a fast game. It feels much better and more interesting. This new habit I did start with this week.

guys he is 1700 blitz now

Getting away from blitz and over to classical time controls really is a matter of habit. You just have to force yourself to sit down and start long games. Of course, 15+10 is by no means standard chess outside of Chess.com but I've built it where I play a lot of 45/45's and 30/30 is my blitz, believe it or not lol. I do play some blitz (3+2) but I can't remember the last time I played a blitz game that wasn't OTB. I far prefer playing speed chess OTB.

I am very bad at blitz. I had a bunch of lucky games in a row and got to 1700 and I don't plan on playing another rated blitz game for quite some time :P

I can't play blitz to save my life.   My OC is 1452,  blitz is like 700 or something.   It's like I'm super drunk when I play blitz,  and I am.