A few hours ago, I realized that in the past 90 days. almost 90% of the games I lost were due to timeouts. I played a few games, and after winning the same person twice (I won one of them because my opponent misclicked), I timeout the third one. This makes me think: "Oh, I should think faster next time. That's what I did, and I sold the next 5 games, one of them even due to a checkmate that is so simple that anyone would see it. I'm a pretty good rapid player (1352), but I cannot do time in blitz games as well. What should I do?But before any suggestions, there are two weaknesses that my computer has:
- Laggy and crashes easily. (Sometimes)
- I can only use a touchpad to play moves.
How should I improve my blitz, or should I not even bother, as improving in blitz may cause me to think faster in rapid chess, making me make more careless moves?
The best way to improve your blitz, is to improve your chess. The best way to improve your chess is to play classical chess and to analyze (without an engine) the resulting game. Therefore, if you want to improve your blitz, you should be playing classical chess, and engaging other forms of training, e.g. studying grandmaster games. Now, it is possible to improve by playing blitz, but it is less efficient than playing classical chess, and it may not work for everybody.
I usually play 10|0 rapid. Is that fine?
10|0 and 30|0 are good for improving your chess. 1hr+ is just grandmaster level.
so you're saying that if I play even more 10|0 rapid, I should naturally get better?
Don't listen to @amari2oi4, they, to put it bluntly, don't know what they're talking about. 10|0 is still a very short time control. Ideally, you should be playing OTB classical (by that, I mean games that can last for hours), but if you can't, online 30|0 is decent. The problem with playing fast time controls, like 10|0, is that they don't give you time think deeply, thus leading to a superficial understanding of chess.
On top of that, the title is "Always timing out in blitz."
Yes, but the best way to improve your blitz is to play classical chess, as I already explained in a previous comment.
"a beginner"
beginner in rapid is like 0~800 and intermediate in rapid is 900~1300 so I think I'm upper intermediate in rapid. But in blitz, I'm like lower intermediate and I don't play on my skill level. Usually, I don't have time to play 30|0 either, but I can try to play more slow time controls.
It's a matter of perspective. I was using the "traditional" classification (as it applies to OTB, ratings here are very inflated), if you personally disagree with it, that's fine, but arguing over this like arguing over how many angels can dance on the point of a needle. I only called @amari20i4 a beginner, because they were confidently talking about things that they had no clue about.
Anyways, it's not enough just play slow time controls; you also have to independently put in the work, and study. There's is nothing wrong with playing blitz, but just don't delude yourself into thinking that it's anything more than mindless entertainment.
well, i played a 15|10 and blundered mate in 4 in a winning position.