Had the same problem.Never read any books about it.I solved it this way: we usually play 2 hour KO games,I give myself 15 minutes for the first 10 moves,1 hour for the entire middlegame,45 minutes,minus time spent at the bar and washing hands,for the endgame.
At first my results suffered but now I'm scoring better than before.
If you always spend a lot of time in the same type of positions you could also work to get better at those.
Originally posted by no1marauderYou are of course right.
[b]That's a platitude and/or cliche, not advice.
I stand corrected and am ashamed at my boasting.
Time Trouble
Advice:
I have not read Silman's Assess Your Chess nor can I think of
any book that covers this aspect of chess in great detail.
If you are a habitual time trouble player then 52 seconds should have
been a breeze.
If not, then play some OTB 1 minute games. This will sharpen you up.
Don't panic and do not look at the clock after every move. (it will make you panic).
Infact ignore the clock, concentrate on what you are doing.
You have to find and stick to a plan.
Playing against someone in severe time trouble.
Don't rush. They will be all geared for an instant reply and they
may be a better blitz player than you.
If you can afford too (plenty of time), make a move but DO NOT press
your clock.
This throws them, wait a minute or two and suddenly slap the clock.
It really puts them right off.
Won a few of games with this ploy - it's not cheating.
Some players in bad positions deliberatly get themselves into TT
so they can start bashing out moves in the hope their opponents get confused and blunder.
They are trying to put their opponents off.
This how you get them back.
Finally, a last piece of advice.
Try not to waste time thinking when your reply is forced.
What goes around in Chess, comes around.
You will win a game you should have lost because your opponent
got THEMSELVES into time trouble.
Originally posted by no1maraudergreenpawns 'advice', was sound and based on experience, hes not the one having, ' time trouble ', is he? he stated that spending time on forced moves is a common mistake, did he make this up? perhaps its not pertinent to you, but its sound advice regardless, so be kind to him !
That's a platitude and/or cliche, not advice.
It's like saying "Make only good moves".
I didn't really have much time trouble last season, even though in my OTB games I have to make 42 moves in 90 (7 moves per 15 minutes thereafter) & this is because
1) I have an opening repertoire so in the first few moves I move quicker than the average 2 minutes per move
2) I frequently check the clock (obvious but it does help!)
3) If I have several candidate moves in a non-threatening position I don't take too long to decide
4) If the position is complex & I feel I have a slight advantage I try to keep as much material on the board as possible
and most importantly
5) I don't play at a particularly high standard, so I quite often lose well before the 90 minutes is up!
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Originally posted by SquelchbelchTry to prove your moves wrong instead of proving them right, iv found that I caculate a lot quicker by thinking what is wrong with this. It really does shorten thinking time than spending 10 mins trying to prove something right when you always have this little inkling that its flawed (something I did quite often).
I didn't really have much time trouble last season, even though in my OTB games I have to make 42 moves in 90 (7 moves per 15 minutes thereafter) & this is because
1) I have an opening repertoire so in the first few moves I move quicker than the average 2 minutes per move
2) I frequently check the clock (obvious but it does help!)
3) If I have severa play at a particularly high standard, so I quite often lose well before the 90 minutes is up!
I guess it also depends what sort of positions make you think more? Is it caculating various quite forced lines? Or is it say deciding where to move the rook on the back rank and then which rook to move there? (We're probably all guilty of this at one time or another) Do you always find yourself in time trouble in the endgame, or is your time ok before you get there?
Iv noticed a lot of players OTB write down their and the opponents time on the game card every 5 moves or so. Maybe this would be helpful to you in seeing what sort of positions make you think? Or just running through your playchess games and looking at the thinking times.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Is this really working ? I do not understand why to wait after you make your move....
Playing against someone in severe time trouble.
Don't rush. They will be all geared for an instant reply and they
may be a better blitz player than you.
If you can afford too (plenty of time), make a move but DO NOT press
your clock.
This throws them, wait a minute or two and suddenly slap the clock.
It really puts them right off.
Won a fe ...[text shortened]... d and blunder.
They are trying to put their opponents off.
This how you get them back.
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Originally posted by NowakowskiIs this a book? I know he wrote a paper with that title, but I'm not aware of a book by that name. (I don't think the paper discusses time management directly, though.) Nevertheless, I'm impressed. One of the more obscure recommendations I've seen in a while.
Pertti Saariluoma - Chess and Content-Oriented Psychology - Covers all practical issues of OTB chess and is a great resource to further works on the subject.
But I have to agree with incandenza - I'm not aware of anyone who's done more work on time management in chess than Heisman. On his web site, he has nine Novice Nook articles on that subject. (Go to his Novice Nook web page and find the section on Novice Nooks by subject, then look for the Time Management section.)
http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/Novice_Nook_Links.htm
Quote:
"Is this really working ?
I do not understand why to wait after you make your move...."
In T/trouble a player is very aware of the clock and has some instant
replies ready.
By not pressing your clock you put him in a mire.
Does he tell you (I always do if my opponent forgets to press his clock).
does he carrying playing or does he study the position.
They do not know what to do.
All my opponents have studied the position.
When I hit clock it brings them back from what ever they were looking
at and they get all flustered. I've seen it. They are a bundle of nerves.
One guy even took his own pieces!
Discussed TT with a strong player today.
His advice.
Cover your pieces and weak squares. Try not to leave anything
undefended. Only grab material if you are as sure as you be it's safe.
He added:
"Of course it's best not to get into time troubel in the first place."
I'm going to check out that guy's site - might be something I can
use. As I get older I may slow down.
It is a good article. Cheers.
Note:
9. When in time trouble, if everything else is equal, make "safe"
moves. Put your pieces that are on squares that are protected,
move pieces two squares diagonal from Knights, make "luft" for
your King, put pieces on the opposite color of your opponent's
Bishop, etc.
Which backs up what I heard this afternoon.
Common sense really.