Should I play fast games or slow games to learn more?
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Fast games = More variations in less time
Slow games = Boring but deep analysis of variation maybe possible.
Which should I?
"..., you have to make a decision: have tons of fun playing blitz (without learning much), or be serious and play with longer time controls so you can actually think.
One isn't better than another. Having fun playing bullet is great stuff, while 3-0 and 5-0 are also ways to get your pulse pounding and blood pressure leaping off the charts. But will you become a good player? Most likely not.
Of course, you can do both (long and fast games), ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (June 9, 2016)https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive
both of course. in another thread GM Eric Hansen said Blitz helped him become a better player. 10 15 minute games should be good to improve
May 31, 2018
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#5
Blitz could happen to improve the game...if you can resist the temptation to play one game after other without analysing. I have the tendency to take analysis more seriously if I invest a lot of time playing and thinking, like in Daily Chess.
May 31, 2018
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#6
Like previous poster said, if trying to learn always run your game through the analyser before starting another and work out what went wrong. Many bleat if you do not accept a rematch but just ignore them. Better to look at the game, even if it a 2 minute game.
totally agree. or play many games in a row. and analyse it b4 your next session of games.
mynameagain wrote:
I felt like playing fast games is fun. But given less time to think it I am making too many blunders than a good move.
what happened when you tried?
kindaspongey wrote:
Thanks for the article.
"..., you have to make a decision: have tons of fun playing blitz (without learning much), or be serious and play with longer time controls so you can actually think.
One isn't better than another. Having fun playing bullet is great stuff, while 3-0 and 5-0 are also ways to get your pulse pounding and blood pressure leaping off the charts. But will you become a good player? Most likely not.
Of course, you can do both (long and fast games), ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (June 9, 2016)https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive
If something is boring you will not learn.
Jun 1, 2018
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#11
Nc3always wrote:
Like previous poster said, if trying to learn always run your game through the analyser before starting another and work out what went wrong. Many bleat if you do not accept a rematch but just ignore them. Better to look at the game, even if it a 2 minute game.
Or you play Daily, and you can rematch, as you have several days to make a move.
Jun 1, 2018
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#12
First slow games to improve your chess, later sporadically blitz to improve fast pattern recognition.
