11 Aug 05
Originally posted by JusuhYou don't look like a GM to me, looking at your record. Somehow I think there is more to getting to grandmaster level than playing a lot of blitz and then BAM You're the newest GM.
sweet memories...
anyway best way to get rid of weaknesses is to play blitz and everytime before game you should promise to yourself not making particular mistake (like trading off your bishop pair for nothing or thinking too long per move..etc..) finally, after hundreds of games your unconscious mind prevent you from doing critical mistakes and you are suddenly GM-class player. this is not guaranteed, but it worked to me.
Nigel Davies says "What you get with hundreds of blitz games is a huge series of repetitions of the chess playing process, and these can provide drilling and reinforcement for both good habits and bad. Playing indiscriminately can lead to a careless and superficial approach in which a fast move is preferred to a good move."
11 Aug 05
Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnowAlthough if there's only seconds left on the clock a fast move is what's needed.
You don't look like a GM to me, looking at your record. Somehow I think there is more to getting to grandmaster level than playing a lot of blitz and then BAM You're the newest GM.
Nigel Davies says "What you get with hundreds of blitz games is a huge series of repetitions of the chess playing process, and these can provide drilling and reinfo ...[text shortened]... lead to a careless and superficial approach in which a fast move is preferred to a good move."
The way to become a grandmaster, assuming you are an adult, is to bribe the FIDE authorities. Assuming that that is not within your financial capabilities then you'll have to work really hard at it. Blitz isn't the way forward, I agree, endgame study provides the most rapid improvement as that is where most people fall down. But it's the middle game where most games are won and lost. You can read all sorts of books, correspondence chess will help your vision, but what mostly determines a chess players strength in OTB games is the ability to accurately calculate variations. So take Kotov's advice and train yourself to do that.
11 Aug 05
Originally posted by DeadBeSwallowedErm? You've played five, won five and your rating is at 1602. And you want my advice? 🙄
Most good chess players say the best way to improve is to discover your weaknesses and work on them, but what if you already know your weakness and cannot find a way to remedy that problem? What if your weakness is so unique, so phycological, that convensional study, of say, endgames, tactics, openings, strategy, pawn structures, etc prove useless? I ...[text shortened]... er losses like these that never seem to end in sight and have been going on, for a year running.
12 Aug 05
Originally posted by DeadBeSwallowedSubscribe and play lots of games. You'll learn from your mistakes and pick up patterns. When I was seriously studying this game 30 years ago, I had a match a week and no opportunity to learn from in-game experience. Play lots, play often and study the fundamentals of the game. A site like this can only help you improve - if it had been around then, I would have been a better player today.
Those were lucky wins anyways, I played like crap, and two of them were time-outs early.