Everyone has a lower blitz rating than correspondence rating. I have a good opening for blitz I made a topic about it https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/this-is-my-new-opening-guaranteed-advantage
Why is blitz much harder
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You should take time on key moves, and blitz out the rest. That way you have time for the critical points of the game.
Really? Then why are my fast chess rate nags higher?
Aug 8, 2017
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JuergenWerner wrote:
Really? Then why are my fast chess rate nags higher?
Because you're such a moron you time out all your daily games before making even 10 moves.
Aug 9, 2017
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Poodle_noodle not everyone has a higher correspondence rating than blitz. Check out my ratings for example. My correspondence rating is lower than my blitz by around 100 points, but has been lower by around 200 points for most of my time on chess.com
Aug 9, 2017
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You're playing 100 games at once. I'm sure you're moving in correspondence as if it were blitz. If you took it seriously it would be many 100s of points higher.
Aug 9, 2017
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Yes poodle_noodle, you are correct, i will play less games and spend more time on my games and then maybe i can get to 1700 rating correspondence?
Aug 9, 2017
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Blitz is more about intuition and memory of tactical motifs, positions and plans than anything else. In a normal time control game you can just sit there and figure things out, see all the threats and weaknesses on the board. In blitz you simply don't have time for that and how good you are depends on how well you can play with limited time. The folks with chess in their bones are always going to have an advantage in blitz because they simply don't need as much time or effort to see the things you see. That gives them time to look much deeper into the position and see the things that are much more important than simply hanging pieces.
I assume that getting better at blitz comes with getting better at standard games among other things. I'm sure there are more practical things as well such as the realization that the best move can sometimes be the practically worst move if it takes too much time to calculate the consequences... You can have a bad position but time on the clock as compensation and other things. TLDR; it's more about the clock than the board I'm afraid. And when this isn't true, well I guess you're some kind of master then.
Now before I get the you shouldn't play 10 minute games comments, I am wondering if anyone has a rational explanation as to why I seem to struggle so much more in the middle and end games in 10 minute Blitz games. I only ever play one opening, queens gambit, and I can beat or be equal in the opening on most of my games. The problem comes is once I am done developing or as much as I can without addressing the position/opponents threats and opportunities, I struggle to convert my advantage or to press the attack. Any suggestions? My Correspondence rating is about 200 higher than my blitz. Its just super frustrating to always be blundering left and right in the middle and end game