Winning on "Time"
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Poor time management? Play longer games or try the online chess on this site.
Aug 16, 2011
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Start with longer games, then go to shorter ones. That way you improve faster
If you play speed chess, with only a few minutes per game, then you can win by mating your opponent before the time is up, or you can win because your opponent ran out of time.
Likewise, if you run out of time, you lose. Doesn't matter if your opponent had lost his queen and both rooks and you were one or two moves from mating him with nothing he could do to stop it - if you're out of time, you're out of time, and you lose.
Speed chess is a horrible way to learn. You don't have time to think. You have to move out of instinct, because if you stop to think, you end up running out of time.
In a normal chess game, with more time, most games are decided based on who makes mistakes, and who doesn't, and who see's a tactic that will win a piece, and things like that. They are mostly decided by "who plays better chess", not by the clock.
When you play speed chess, a very large number of games are decided by "who ran out of time". It's just a different game. Yes, the pieces all look the same and move the same, but it's a different game. And since you don't have time to think, it's not a very good way to learn, at least when you're starting.
If you're going to play speed chess, one thing you can do is to play fast and defensive. Don't worry about trying to win, worry about trying to survive and still have time on your clock when he runs out of time on his.
