A lot of common sense in this comentary. The time is the king in chess.
Time vs Quality in a chess game.
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man,that was a good one .Now have a look at my info
Modern chess = DYNAMIC chess
Modern chess, thanks to our ‘silicon friends’ Fritz, Houdini, and company, have advanced to a level that is never seen before!
Just have a look at today’s GM games – full of tactical twists and turns, intense fight for the initiative, sacrifices for dynamic compensation, and mind-boggling complications in ALL phases of the game.
YES, dynamism dictates the Royal Game!
Gone Are The Days When You Can Single-Mindedly Follow An Abstract Plan And Win Games!
True, positional play and strategic understanding are still important. But…
- If you do NOT have a SHARP EYE for tactics
- If you do NOT have an EFFICIENT calculation technique
- If you do NOT have CRYSTAL-CLEAR visualization skills
…You will continuously get outclassed by players who are strong in these departments.
You will LOSE to a tactical oversight after playing 40 good moves game after game after game.
You will NOT realize your FULL chess potential.
You only have two choices: adapt to this trend or be left out frustrated as your chess results rot away and your progress stalled.
So what is the improving chess amateur to do!?
Are you still with me? Have you decided to keep up with the trend and play DYNAMIC chess? Good! That goes to show that you really want to get better at chess. But now, we come to another cross-road… another branching point where you have to make a crucial choice.
When it comes to training tactics, calculation, and visualization skills, you ONLY have 2 options.
The First Option: To Do What Everyone Else Have Been Doing
And that involves:
(1) solving truckloads of tactical exercises and
(2) reading or watching game analysis of strong tactical GMs.
Take a close and objective look at the chess DVDs, databases, training software & programs, etc. You will soon realize that, while their titles are different, they are published by different authors, ALL of them only offer either or both of the above training methods.
So what’s the problem with that? A BIG ONE I’d have to say!
I’m pretty sure you have solved & waded through thousands of tactical exercises yourself, and watched GMs like Anand, Shirov, Kasparov, and other heavy-weights analyze their very best and most entertaining games.
Here’s an honest question that needs an honest answer. By doing the above OVER and OVER again…
Can You HONESTLY Say That Your Tactical Skills Got BETTER, Your Calculation Got More EFFICIENT, And Your Chess Vision Got SHARPER?
I bet NO, otherwise, you wouldn’t be here in search of a SOLID and RELIABLE way to take your dynamic chess skills to the next level!
Yes, the well-known methods are lacking.
They are easy to do: just solve puzzles and check the solution, sit back and relax as your favorite players comment their games. However, when it comes to the improving your game, they’re a cut or two short.
You can stick with the traditional methods of training your tactics, calculation, and visualization skills… which DON’T bring significant progress.
OR, you can go for the Second Option…
To Use A COMPLETE Training System That’s Been Used Only By My SELECT Chess Students And Close Friends…
One That Has CONSISTENTLY Brought Success!
Increase in their chess rating by leaps and bounds (100-300 rating pointsincrease).
Win more tournaments and bag BIGGER and BETTER prizes.
Win games in BRILLIANT and BREATH-TAKING fashion.
And even convincingly grab GM and IM norms!
These are just to name some of the AMAZING successes of my chess students and friends. And if that sounds like a good deal to you, then my BRAND-NEW course – “CALCULATE TILL MATE” is for you!
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Oct 9, 2012
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Sorry Anonymous012 but this forum is not the place to advertise your wares. I've had numerous discussions with different folk in regards to blitz chess etc and this article was to highlight some views in regards to the time factor in relation to a game. I suggest that if you have something to offer then contact the moderator of the site and get permission to place your advertisement in an appropriate location. In addition, it may help your cause to improve your own game first. Afterall, the old saying that says when you talk the talk your need to also walk the walk. At the moment I dont see much walking at this stage.
Anyway cheers mate and kind regards JKarpov.
j Karpov has a deep seated fear, the fear of losing ....so he rarely risks playing a rated game against a potentially stronger opponent, If you don't believe askyumuda
Dec 4, 2017
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Existence is painful.
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On a ighter note, improvement should not be painful for a board-game. This is different than working-out. The whole point of this forum is obvious
Dec 4, 2017
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tob1a5 wrote:
You don't need to take courses to improve, you just need to test your brain more. Real improvement hurts, if it's not hurting you're not improving efficiently enough. The same with weight lifting, if you're not sweating your nuts off you're not doing it correctly. Real work isn't all fun, it's mainly painful.
I emphasize, "if it's not hurting you're not improving efficiently enough". This is complete bologna. Kramnik's quote isn't about the pain, its about 'training', otherwise known as 'practice'.
Dec 4, 2017
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You literally have pain from working out, since your muscles are getting destroyed and reforming. This is not likewise to chess. All I'm saying is you're dramatizing the act of improving chess skill, there's no pain involved. If you truly enjoy chess, there shouldn't be any pain involved from studying it
Has JKarpov been here since 2012?
One of the greatest advantages in chess is to have a material advantage. In fact though the purpose of a game is to checkmate the King, most strategies revolve around an accumulation of small advantages and trying to gain a material gain to achieve this goal. A material gain gives ballast to many other tactical opportunities. It therefore stands to reason that if hypothetically two identically matched opponents [clones if you like] vs. each other and one is has material deficit then he will eventually lose. A time advantage on the clock works in the same manner, it is advantage! A blitz game involving time restraints will be different to a correspondence game with generous time allowances. Invariably, the quality of play in a correspondence game will be of a higher standard. When two players enter a blitz game they know they not only have to beat each other but also beat the clock. What I find most annoying is those players that complain that they had a massive advantage in material and given extra time would have won the game. They also consider that the win by time was a not real win so to speak and therefore not earned.
Firstly, let me point out a few facts
1. The chess server determines the outcome of a game in regards to the rules of chess and time left on the clock thus determining the winner. It does not cheat.
2. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Queen, Rook, or whatever up on your opponent, if you used your allocated time up then you lose according to the rules of chess.
3. A player’s strategy in blitz maybe to play to a clock advantage disregarding piece safety etc. It is a risk they take considering that the advantage of time in that instance may be more beneficial than an advantage in material or position. So the fact that you may have lost on time though you had a winning position is irrelevant. You chose to think longer and paid the consequences.
Lastly, a win is win so get over it and look at own play instead. You may need to change your strategy or your style of play or even just don’t play blitz if you can’t handle a loss. You can never control what your opponent does but you can manage your own moves. Blitz can be a good equaliser. So to those who don’t like losing on time? I’ll say this, manage your time better, after all your opponent didn’t take it from you, you did!
Cheers and good play to all.