play alot of blizt and slow chess lol
but really, some people just arnt good at fast chess and it isnt there fault. I think that every time you start to feel rushed take a breath and just keep playing
I need help in blitz!
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Hm. Blitz is where tacticians have a field day while positional/technical players have to work doubly hard to shine. So the problem seems to be not internalising tactical motifs.
A study plan for blitz (I can't believe I'm typing those words, who studies blitz as a serious task) would obviously be spamming tactics problems until you see them much faster. And many blitz games of course (no escaping that one), and working on your thought patterns.
While playing a blitz game, some practical advice:
- Always look at threats, captures and checks first. In fact they can be the only things you look at each move if you wish.
- Keep everything protected. Play safely, in other words. Open-board tactical melees are a big no-no for both sides with just seconds on each move, especially if you can't read the situations fast.
- Don't go for massively complicated situations with lots of piece play or lots of pawn tension.
- If you somehow do get into those positions, pick a move and play it fast. Your choice is to pick a move to resolve the tension (any move) or to ignore the tension altogether and play some other random thing. Of course running a quick blunder-check on said move, just not calculating the deep positional impacts.
You seem to play really slow chess. Not the time control, but the style. So for blitz, cancel the long thoughts about positional ramifications, they probably aren't relevant at that speed. Just make sure you don't hang stuff each move and go.
Remellion wrote:
Hm. Blitz is where tacticians have a field day while positional/technical players have to work doubly hard to shine. So the problem seems to be not internalising tactical motifs.
A study plan for blitz (I can't believe I'm typing those words, who studies blitz as a serious task) would obviously be spamming tactics problems until you see them much faster. And many blitz games of course (no escaping that one), and working on your thought patterns.
While playing a blitz game, some practical advice:
Always look at threats, captures and checks first. In fact they can be the only things you look at each move if you wish.Keep everything protected. Play safely, in other words. Open-board tactical melees are a big no-no for both sides with just seconds on each move, especially if you can't read the situations fast. Don't go for massively complicated situations with lots of piece play or lots of pawn tension. If you somehow do get into those positions, pick a move and play it fast. Your choice is to pick a move to resolve the tension (any move) or to ignore the tension altogether and play some other random thing. Of course running a quick blunder-check on said move, just not calculating the deep positional impacts.You seem to play really slow chess. Not the time control, but the style. So for blitz, cancel the long thoughts about positional ramifications, they probably aren't relevant at that speed. Just make sure you don't hang stuff each move and go.
That's some pretty useful advice. Thanks
Ok, I posted here sometime ago with a similar topic and I got some good answers regarding how I can improve my blitz play but they turned out to be futile.
It's not like I give a single damn about blitz. I only care about standard, "real" chess. But I've come to realize that my poor blitz skills affect my standard play too. I might be a pretty strong club player in standard but I'm a total patzer in blitz. It's just like I go blind when I play fast: I miss basic tactics and even mate in ones. Please don't tell me: "play a lot of blitz" because I do and it's not helping. Also, please don't tell me "play slow games" because I do and it's definetely not helping my blitz play.
Take for example my most recent standard game. I equalized easily in the opening as black and even got a slight advantage in the middlegame, mostly due to my well placed knights.In quiet positions I usually play well, positionally speaking. 36 Qxe4+ was the fatal blunder. Of course a check is always tempting (As Fischer once said: "Patzer sees check, patzer gives check"). Obviously under normal circumstances I would have seen the obvious Bf3. My queen and rook are skewered and my other rook is hanging so no way I would have played Qxe4+. I had around 10 minutes on the clock so you can't say I was really short of time. We were both short of time so there followed some terrible moves, although it's not that relevant. I even had two chances of getting the advantage apparently, after my blunder, but ofc I didn't see them.
Is it something psychological? When I see the time slowly running out I have to admit I freak out a bit and rush into my moves. What should I do? I'm really desperate! Everyone can play fast except me!