Is blitz chess good for beginners?
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I must say I find it a bit bizarre to even be considering blitz as some sort of Training Tool. In my day it was always something you did for fun, in between rounds or when you didn't feel like playing a serious game...something to while away the afternoons. We didn't need any justification for it (and certainly weren't looking for one) because that was its sole justification.
I think that if you analyze your blitz games afterward with a computer, you might learn something from them. Otherwise, all the "patterns" you see during the game are of no help to you when neither you nor your opponent recognises them in the first place.
AndyClifton wrote:
I must say I find it a bit bizarre to even be considering blitz as some sort of Training Tool. In my day it was always something you did for fun, in between rounds or when you didn't feel like playing a serious game...something to while away the afternoons. We didn't need any justification for it (and certainly weren't looking for one) because that was its sole justification.
The only real use I can think of for blitz or bullet as a tool, is for preparing one's self for the last few minutes of timed games.
Sep 27, 2014
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Black__Knight wrote:
It's common knowledge that playing blitz chess is not good for improving your game, but it's fun and I love it!
Is this something experts and teachers readily agree upon?
My coach (a GM) actually advises me to play half an hour of 5 min blitz games each day as part of the training, along with reading books. I guess blitz is still a time efficient alternative to long time controls.
Blitz is only good in moderation.
I_am_Zod wrote:
GM Dru Zod
The highest form of chess is, in fact, 5/0 Blitz chess.
While many (if not most) mediocre players will pretend that untimed or "slow" chess is a superior form, 5/0 Blitz chess requires a player to be supremely confident and intelligent.
Moves must be made in a timely manner as there is only a limited amount of time. However, there is sufficient time to make moves and to complete games.
As one develops as a chess player, he or she will notice that those who dislike Blitz chess are not very good at Blitz chess. It is natural for individuals to hate what they are not good at.
There are supposed 2100+ level conventional chess players who cannot think fast enough to play Blitz chess. Sometimes it is due to their age or some physical or mental condition, but most of the time it is because they have not reached the level of skill and chess acumen to be proficient and formidable Blitz chess players.
5/0 Blitz chess is the highest form of chess available on chess.com. If you aspire to be a great chess player, then master 5/0 Blitz chess. If you do not aspire to be a great chess player, then simply play "slow chess" or even untimed matches that allow imbeciles enough time to study a board and contemplate for days a single move. Not only is that boring, it is plain stupidity and best reserved for those who lack any confidence in their chess abilities.
Ok, buddy.
I_am_Zod wrote:
GM Dru Zod
5/0 Blitz chess is the highest form of chess available on chess.com. If you aspire to be a great chess player, then master 5/0 Blitz chess. If you do not aspire to be a great chess player, then simply play "slow chess" or even untimed matches that allow imbeciles enough time to study a board and contemplate for days a single move. Not only is that boring, it is plain stupidity and best reserved for those who lack any confidence in their chess abilities.
That's why all matches for "World Champion" are 5 minute blitz games.
Rook_n_Roll hat geschrieben:
I am basically a beginner and was wondering if playing blitz games makes you improve or if it is better to play slow games.
Blitz makes the good ones better and the beginners worse.
You'll loose and don't understand why. Once you're advanced, you can play blitz as a variation of tactics training.
Nonsense. In order to play well at speed chess, one must first be well studied and practiced at slow time controls.
Chess does require thinking and calculation. Only after becoming accomplished at traditional time clock settings should one take on blitz.
To do otherwise, as Zod commands, is to play rubbish chess. (Which, btw, is how Zod plays).
Oct 6, 2014
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pawnwhacker wrote:
Nonsense. In order to play well at speed chess, one must first be well studied and practiced at slow time controls.
Chess does require thinking and calculation. Only after becoming accomplished at traditional time clock settings should one take on blitz.
To do otherwise, as Zod commands, is to play rubbish chess. (Which, btw, is how Zod plays).
Exactly.
My preference in OTB chess is 15 minutes per side (rapid chess).
Let's say the average game takes 30 or 40 moves.
15min x 60 sec = 900 sec per game
900/30 = 30 sec avg per move
900/40 = 22.5 sec avg per move
If we make the above a 5 min blitz game, then we have
10 sec avg per move (40 move/side game)
7.5 sec avg per move (30 move/side game)
I just wonder why so many prefer a 5 minute game over a 15 minute game.
a. Everybody does what everybody does
b. Speed is more important than thinking and accuracy
c. With a 5 minute game, the adrenaline rush caused by the time crunch is fantastic
d. Time is all we really have in life, so we must make every second count
e. I'm playing at work. The boss won't catch me if I play a quickie blitz game.
f. I am quick witted; 15 minute games are for dullards.
These are just some random thoughts. I suppose that I am just ruminating. I'm in a hurry at the moment, so I might have screwed up the math above. Plus, no matter what I may have just posted, it makes good fodder for someone to tear into. 
If you really like Blitz you should have fun and play it... That said, for a beginner it is not so good, should you wish to develop skill... Too often in blitz one need only make a really really quick accurate move and be OK, with the occasional allurement thrown in for grins... This doesn't pan out too well in games set for 40/2 (forty moves two hours) where one needs not only skill and accuracy but a more sophisticated array of strategy and tactics and one is expected to employ a certain level of technique...
blitz is much more fun cause it's fast and keeps on your toes. Regular chess get ' s kinda boring for me. I'm near in 1050 at blitz but only 940 in real life so blitz is> slow chess for me. but for beginners I guess not,
I don't think it will be good for begginers because beginners would have a hard time scratching their heads and time is gone. I played with a beginner and man it was very hot and I bathed but when I come back he hasn't even played a move
I agree with pawnwhacker and spiritbro77
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I_am_Zod wrote:
pawnwhacker wrote:
My preference in OTB chess is 15 minutes per side (rapid chess).
Pawnwhacker does not play blitz chess and therefore his words are meaningless on this topic as well.
I would like to agree with you on this but, unfortuneately, I cannot.
You see, I have actually played 5 minute blitz...what, maybe 3 or 4 times in my chess "career"? So, that first part of what you've said is flat wrong.
Ergo, what I've said, in accordance with your subjective rule (one must actually do such and such in order to form a meaningful opinion on such and such), is not short-circuited by the fact that I am, on the contrary, not quite the armchair blitz player that you have so narrowly defined.
Be this as it may, and the fact that you are a bonafide lunatic, it is my opinion that a player who wants to play competently should allow time to do at least a miniscule amount of thinking (15 min is very comfortably and generously ample for me)...unless of course they are so highly skilled and polished (which exempts you) that they can play reflexively.
Thanks for your time.