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Is there a pgn of all the puzzle in the quiz by the order they appear there?

I try now to solve the quiz but this time when I look at alternatives for the defender that is not in the solution that I know and also try to calculate all the line before the first move so I cannot use tricks like memorizing the move without understanding why and playing it.

For example in puzzle 31 in the quiz you need also to calculate 1.Bxg6 Nxe3 that is not in the solution.

a possible line 2.Bxf7+ Kf8 3.Qxd4 Bxd4 4.Be3 with the double threat against the rook and also Bh6 mate.

I think it can be productive to have a pgn not only with the solution lines but also with alternatives like this(Nxe3 is not suggested by the engine but I think that it is the main alternative that humans should consider except capturing the queen.

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ChessMood Courses

I am a 2265 blitz chess player. Do I have to watch the beginning courses and then the advanced ones or can I directly skip to the advanced ones

Another query, How do I practice the endgames knowledge from the endgame section? 
Thank You!

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As for your first question, if you are talking about CM openings, then yes, Chessmood recommends watching the begginer course first and the wayching step by step one at a time.

If you are talking about the middlegame courses, I reccomend going straight to the advanced middlegame courses as the others might be too easy. Although remember to watch Blunderproof and SLP course as they will help you a lot!

If you are talking about the endgame, then first take the U2000 endgame theory quiz, if everything is easy and simple, go to advanced(Make sure to go in order there! You have to learn pawn endgames before say rook endgames!) and watch there.

To practice the endgame knowledge, the best way is to start from a certain endgame position and then play from that position with your training partner. That way both of you will practice both sides of the position!

I hope this heps you!

Time Management

Hello ChessMood family,

 

So recently I played five OTB games and on all of them, I was under time pressure (I'm rated 1800 btw and the opponents ranged from 1800-2300). This wasn't the first time this happened in an OTB game and I don't know how I can fix this. This cost me three games out of five. I am thinking too much on one move and once I thought for 40 minutes on one move (time control was 90+30). I'm not sure how to fix this. Can you help me?

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Hello H.L.,

this webinar helped me a lot:

https://chessmood.com/event/webinar-time-management

Please watch it!

The point that helped me tremendously: Avo says that during a game chess

is just a game. Only afterwards it is science. You probably know the problem.

I was immediately able to understand what he ment, because this is exactly the point

why I found myself in time trouble all the time: That I was way to scientific and not practical

ON THE BOARD. I am still in time trouble too often, but in the end, this will be exactly the

knowledge that WILL help me. 

Again: Please watch it, it is great!

I am also a player who get into a time trouble almost every game.
I think it is a problem of most players who love chess because they like to think.

Usually players who do not get into time trouble are the weaker players.

You can find the past webinars on the Events page, just use the filter webinar and you will get results like this one:

https://chessmood.com/events#6

You will find other topics here.

Good luck and good study!😀

calculation

do we have eta on when the new calculation course will come out?? new too chess mood , love the content so far!!

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Soon, very soon! 😁

Advice sought re Lichess puzzle

Hi all,

 

My noob brain is struggling to see why the moves I made weren't preferable to the Lichess solution.

 

I play Rxf4 taking the white bishop and putting the king in check. King moves to e3. I play Re4 putting the king in check again and the rook is covered by the queen on g4.  White captures the rook with Qxe4.  OK, I'm fine with all of this (and so is Lichess!).

 

Now, my move is Qg5 checking the king again and once the king moves my pawn on d5 takes white's queen and play continues.  However, the Lichess solution is for queen takes queen and then Rxe4 so I lose my queen.

 

What am I missing? 😀

 

https://lichess.org/training/KeAJ0

 

 

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Hello, after your move Qg5+, white can block with Qf4, and we are down an exchange.

After qxe4 rxe4 and pawn takes e4, we are up a piece! (Dont forget the c8 bishop :)

I hope this helps!

Pawn Structure Course

Hello Chessmood fam,

 

Is there a course here that focuses on proper pawn structure (e.g., when to make pawn breaks / take hook, etc.)?

 

Thanks so much and keep up the great content!

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Hello, at the moment, no such course exists, mabye in the future though!

We ALL miss things!

In the Dec 5, 2023 Racing to 1500 Part 7 event, I think I caught a big miss.

At close to the 33:47 mark, black plays … Ra6.  To my eyes, that is a free rook with Qxa6.  No one viewing caught this live, and during the review no one mentioned it.  

Even Petrosian hung his Queen once as a GM.  But I think the story goes his opponent missed it, because he was …. you know….Petrosian!

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Hey there,

Yes, that is correct :-)
We were all focus on the Kingside attack🙂

Here is the game I was referring to.

Tigran V Petrosian vs David Bronstein (1956) (chessgames.com)

Tactic Ninja Course - Section 4 - Fork - Lesson 11. Fork with a Tempo

Hi guys, I don't understand Avetik's reasoning here on why white moving bishop to e3 is a blunder.

 

So after the white bishop move...

 

Black moved his pawn to d5, trying to get the c4 white bishop to move and then ultimately, move his black pawn forward to d4 - forking the white bishop at e3 and white knight at c3.

 

To stop the fork at d4...

 

I don't understand why white trading pawns and knights at e5 is a blunder. Avetik said black is up a piece here, but after the pawn and knight trades, both white and black have 14 pieces on the board.

 

Can someone please tell me why Avetik said black is up a piece here and therefore winning this exchange?

 

Looking forward to your reply,


Richard
 

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Dear Richard,

After d5 White shoud take on d5. If White it goes e5 Black can just retreat the knight to e8, and the Bishop is still under attack. 

Since the Bishop is under attack, when it moves, the d5 pawn will advance to d4 forking the Bishop and the Knight on e3 and c3.

😁The other option for White is to take exd5, but then Black plays exd5 attacking the Bishop again because White has a pawn supporting this central break and does not take with the Knight! Then again is the same thing: Since the Bishop is under attack, when it moves, the d5 pawn will advance to d4 forking the Bishop and the Knight on e3 and c3.💪

Opposite side castling

I never know what to do when myself and my opponent are castled on opposite sides of the board. I always end up blundering something because I don't know how to navigate. How to fix this and what to study?

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What's your level? Please tell us your ratings, age, etc. the more info the better, 😅to be able to recommend something… 

solving puzzles in the chess ninja quiz

I already solved all the puzzles twice and most of them more than twice.

I measure time on a clock and finally I did the first 400 in less than an hour with one stupid mistake when I thought that I won the problem and thought about something else when moving the mouse so promoted to a queen instead of a rook(I did that problem correctly already in the previous tries and of course I memorized that I need to promote to a rook).

Note that I practically “cheat” in solving the puzzles in the quiz because not only that I did not calculate in advance the all lines that I need to calculate(and in problems that you need to underpromote then not considering promotion to queen and seeing the stalemate only because you remember that you need to underpromote is not the idea of the puzzle) but also in the fact that there are cases when I am sure about the first move and play it without calculating the full line before making the first move.

I wonder if it is a good idea to compose a pgn file that has all the solutions(that mean not only the line that people need to play but also the lines that people need to calculate because practically in a game there may be a similiar position when the same tactics does not work and you see it only if you calculate).

There are many problems in the quiz that I expect strong players to see the solution immediately but there are problems in the quiz with many moves that I do not believe even GM's can be sure about the solution in a few seconds assuming they do not memorize the exact position and in a similiar position when one piece is in a different square the solution may be correct or not correct and you practically need to calculate.

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New article: The Surrender Experiment: How I Raised 100 Points in Three Months

Would you like to raise 100 points in three months and have more fun than you usually do? 
If you said “Yes” you will like today’s article. 

Recently GM Avetik ran an experiment where there would be only one subject - him. He would surrender to his HEART, SOUL & BODY, and play chess ONLY and ONLY when his heart wanted to. 

In three months, and only in four sessions, he raised 100 rating points. 
How did he do that? 
And how you can do it even better? 

Here is the link ⤵️
https://chessmood.com/blog/surrender-experiment

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This is how I think motivation works. Your brain acts like many parts, each one shouting its demand. All you hear is your current thought train (or interruption to it) and how you feel. Ever tried to work through being hungry? That shouting starts to get louder and louder until it's hard to focus on anything. That's how we stay alive. Once we've eaten, it goes back to being quiet again. Or ever had that one thing was bothering you, you deal with it, then suddenly something else pops up you weren't aware of?

Being in-tune with yourself can help massively. I'm wondering whether I should even make my work days longer (which I control). When my mind is on chess, go ahead and ‘fill that need’ now, then go back to work with the ‘chess bug’ leaving me alone. Work a little later to get enough hours done of course, but it'll help on days where in the end I had to work longer anyway because I wasn't feeling work, despite having to do it and felt I needed to work longer to get what I'd planned done.

Also going for a walk can help down periods, but I guess the topic is about hacking chess motivation, not getting on with work :)

Interesting experiment. Maybe I can play a few games in the middle of work.
But I wonder how my teammates would respond. Especially my boss :)

Also the CM you crushed with chessmood openings is from the same city as me(see the last 4 letters of their username). Wasn't me though.

As always, great article.

It’s very interesting as usual ! I have an idea to try this and still keep playing regularly to improve . Having an account where I only play when the 3 conditions are present . And another account for the rest of the games I will play even if not perfect condition or for training purpose 

Nice article and even better games GM Grigoryan!

Looking forward for part 2!!  💪💪💪

I doubt if I can do better.
In the last days I played many games and trained even more with courses of chess mood with no improvement in my lichess blitz rating that is now 2071 and was higher in the past(my best blitz lichess rating was 2225 and when I started training with the new openings it was slightly more than 2100).

In the last weeks I finished the following courses:
1)Opening principles
2)White mood opening
3)Black mood opening
4)Opening Avengers
5)Tactic Ninja

I also started other courses that I did not finish.

I also took the quiz in courses 2,3,5 and for 2,3 I took it again and again until I could finish the quiz with 100%
for the tactic Ninja course I also trained again and again in the first problems before deciding to solve all of them(in the last try I had only one mistake out of the first 400 problems that I repeat them and also solved the rest of the problems without many mistakes and of course when I had a mistake I thought in order to find the right move).

I played nine 5+3 games today after all of this training and my rating did not improve.
Noticing tactics in blitz games is clearly different than solving them in puzzles and practically I also miss tactics in my online blitz games but the problem is not only tactics but the fact that I do not understand some of the openings.

For example the pawn sacrifice in the line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.exd5 Bb4 7.dxe6 Bxe6 

Here is the last game that I lost with this opening when I got nothing good from this opening.

https://lichess.org/4x6nj7r03S2b

when Bxc3+ was probably not good but the real mistake was 9…Nc6

Why I thought that the line with 9…Nc6 and trading queens is good?

Here is a different game I lost in the same opening
https://lichess.org/5KWByDzN/black#17

I needed to play 9…Qxe6+ based on the engine but I thought it is bad to trade queens when I am a pawn down so I played 9…fxe6
I learned from that game that the bad pawn structure of white is worth a pawn so I did not care about trading queens in the other game that I post.
Note that I analyze every game with a computer to understand at least part of my mistakes.

I've read the article, and I have a question. Isn't improving your rating in this scenario not the same as improving your chess? As Avetik said, your rating is the average of your good and bad sessions, and you raise it to be only the average of your good sessions. Your skill level stays the same, doesn't it? And where rating really counts, which is over the board, you can't choose to only play your good sessions, you have to play all "sessions"(tournaments) you sign up for, at the given date and time. So basically you're only making a number go up, right? You're not really getting any chess improvement just from playing online when you're in the right mood, or am I missing something? Love

Nice article. 

Most of all because of this:

Should you start the experiment?   

If you want to improve your chess skills, no, you shouldn’t. 

You need to study, practice, and analyze your games.
You need to detach yourself from your results and focus on growth. 

I mean, most of the time articles and interviews are about rating growth, but this clearly explain the difference between chess growth & chess rating. 

Thank you coach, as usual. 

Tactics Advice

Hi. I saw in the blog that “Many beginners make a mistake trying to solve puzzles without learning the patterns.” . I am loss. What pattern I am suppose to learn. ? currently, when I see  a puzzle. I actually dun really know what to do and even if I solve it, I have to stare at it for a long time.

  1. what is the chain of thoughts should I have in my mind when solving puzzle so that I dun need to stare blindly at it and ultimately improve? all Advice are welcome. Thanks so much  
     

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My main recommendation would be to just watch the Tactic Ninja Course:

https://chessmood.com/course/tactic-ninja

You will have a very sharp tactical vision by the end of the course. 😃

If your level is under 1000, go until section 23.

Lichess also has a very nice “practise” page: https://lichess.org/practice

You can learn basic tactical patterns there.

What Chess Donkey said.  Tactic Ninja is a great course (well, I haven’t found anything here that”s NOT great, but that’s another conversation :) .

Anyway, I wonder how long it takes people to finish! I try to make a rule for myself: every time I get on ChessMood I look at one section (minimum) of Tactic Ninja before I do anything else. Good luck!

I would advise you to watch the Tactics Ninga course and remember to find checks, captures, attacks and more to improve your pattern recognition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     p.s. Do a lot of puzzles and think about what the other side will play

           

Attachment

Hi, I've just noticed that in the Attachments of the SLP course, the slide with the main takeaways is wrong. The column ‘Complicating’ is correct, but ‘Creativity’ and ‘Psychology’ are just repeating the contents of the first column. It would be very helpful if this was fixed.

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Chessmood is a big site. Be patient and I am sure Avetik and others will get it fixed

Yes, we fixed it yesterday, just didn't reply sooner to this thread.

About opening repertoire

I do not think that most players with rating near fide rating 2000 remember more theory than what we have in starter courses white mood and black mood opening. 

I would like opening repertoire for white and black for level below fide master level(that should help players to improve to fide rating 2100 or 2200)  to have the following properties:
1)Relatively small numbers of lines(not more lines than what you have in the starter repertoire)
2)Not to have bad lines(I found by analysis with stockfish that starter course both for black and for white has some bad lines and with bad lines I do not mean something that is not the best move based on stockfish and I have no problem with something that stockfish evaluates as 0.2 pawns weaker than best move but can surprise the opponent but there are few cases when it is a lot worse than it)

3)If possible also to lead to better positions with black in most of the games against players with fide rating 1800-2100 in the first position I am out of my repertoire.

I see that the opening that you call the french attack has at least one bad line for black that is evaluated by stockfish as +1 for white(still did not learn all of it but 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 is a bad line for black based on stockfish).

I play with black 1…e6 against 1.e4 in the last years(not with the same lines that you suggest in the starter course and I may change my lines) but I never had the idea of getting an advantage in this opening after the opening.

Practically I think my opening was always a relative weakness of me relative to my rating(and it is not only about memorizing but also about finding good moves in the opening when both me and my opponent are out of book).

When I play against significantly weaker players than me then of course I can win most of the games but in many cases it is inspite of the fact that my opponent won the opening stage so I thought some basic course about the opening not with many lines can help me but I do not like to get bad positions based on my opening repertoire(with the hope to get a good position because my opponent does not find the best move).

Of course I understand that if the opponent know more than me in the lines that I play I may do a mistake and get a bad position out of the opening but I think that with a good opening small repertoire in big majority of the cases it is not going to happen against players below fide master level simply because they do not know enough theory(and even if they memorize more theory positions than me they will not know a lot against some not common but good lines in the small repertoire).

4)If you like so much e6 with black against everything then what is the reason to have 1.e4 in the white mood starter course and not 1.e3 when you can get what you call the french attack with one more tempo?

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I disagree, having an high rating doesn’t always mean having a better memory, I think the courses here aren’t too big and sometimes there are alternative options like in the French for white and the Scotch if you want something with low theory 

https://chessmood.com/blog/how-to-win-chess-tournaments-7-key-principles

shows you that openings aren’t key and there are other factor's

French Defense Schlechter Variation - I never get the main line and never get an advantage

Among all Chessmood openings, the one I struggle with the most is the French Defense. Of course, it's very nice when black is kind and replies to 3. Bd3 with 3.. Nf6, but what happens most often is 3.. dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 and now, all kinds of things other than 5.. c5 are played. I get 5.. Nbd7/Be7/Bd6/Nc6 etc, and it seems to be easy equality for black and no obvious questions that white can ask. For example, below are few lines with 5..Bd6 that seem to give black an easy game. I know GM Gabuzyan advised to quickly play Nbd2-c4, but I don't quite see how this is such a great asset for white. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 {C00 French Defense: Schlechter Variation} dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Bd6 6. Ne2 (6. Nd2 c5 7. Nc4 cxd4 {and now what?}) 6... O-O 7. Nd2 (7. O-O c5 8. Be3 Qc7 {Holding off on Nc6 seems better for black, as they can now take on d4 while avoiding white pressure on the c6 knight.} 9. h3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Nd2 e5) 7... c5 8. Nc4 Be7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 {and white can't take due to Qa5+.} This are just a few examples, but it's instructive for what I experience in this line in general. To summarize: it's easy life for black! I'd be happy to hear about the experience of others in the community.

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Hi, I must agree in Bd3 french lines I very much like when black goes for 5..c5 main or 3..Nf6, but I find 5..Bd6 or even 5..Be7 I often don't know how should I setup the pieces, of course Nd2-c4 vs Bd6 and Nbc3 with d5 vs Be7 all that jazz but often black just breaks with c5 or e5 bit later with good play. I've seen the updated videos as well in Be7 lines. Another line I'm a bit struggling esp in OTB games vs french is 3..c5 and cxd4 or even c4 sometimes, I get kinda equal play but nothing special. Maybe CM coaches can add more model games? So these look like sidelines, but I get them like 50percent of time, cause black usually dont know theory and just play normally. I even started experimenting with 3.Nc3 and 4.exd5 lines (vs both 3..Bb4 and 3..Nf6) cause it gives fast development with sometimes 0-0-0 esp in blitz and reminds me of CM french rep colors reversed. So that's my experience.

Most e4 approaches work for me from the CM repertoire except the French d3 and in particular the Caro . So I sympathise !! My particular ' bete noire' though with the d3 French is the d/e lines. Like today I got e4 e6: d4 d5 : Bd3 d/e ; Bx e4 Nf6 : Bf3 then c6 . OK I got a decent position playing stuff like Ne2 and c4 + Nc3 etc etc . But I was making it up !!! Black Be7 and wait is another. Personally above 2000 > I struggle with the Caro lines and whilst usually not worse never get any traction on a King side attack. 😠

Please post below this post all the lines that trouble you in this variation and we will try to do a webinar about them like we did with the benko. That would be cool, isn-t it?

😈Only on the Schlechter😈!!! Not other openings (I know you) 😁!!!!! 

Hi, thanks for the post. I actually searched to post the same question. I am around 2100 blitz rating and I totally dislike the positions I am getting out of the French opening course. I played earlier Advanced variation with much bigger success. Similar to French, Caro-Kann exchange variation I find quite unambitious as well, although somewhat better than French. It might be that with accurate play one gets miniscule edge, but most of us are not GMs and will suffer to find correct moves in these kinds of positions. So any alternative to these two courses would be welcome from my side.

Just to add to the commentary, and find this with the old maroczy, ignored lines of the accelerated, chessmood london (which I don't play), English... It's also a question of how fast the game is and what the opponent's rating is (and sometimes where they are from). In 5 minute chess it all works, pretty much up to the top levels as seen on the streams. However I think sometimes long play is ignored and also underestimates our opponents, especially when breaking through the 1900-2000 barrier. That's not to say that 'perfect' play in other areas more than compensates and of course most of us need to do more work there, but when opponents know what to play or good looking moves do the job, it's a problem playing from a line where your opponent is solid or has it slightly better. Sometimes I find the courses focus more on when the opponent went wrong, and not so much on what they are trying to do and how to handle the balanced position. As much as people might think I'm all for more lines, I'd much rather see model games from GM praxis and discussions on how to handle the mopening, middlegame, endgame with the structures obtained especially when play is balanced. This can link into middlegame/endgame courses and model games as drop-off points for how to play discussions, rather than them being more background skills that we somehow have to apply to the lines we play.

not sure if be3 was said in the course but why not castle instead? so it would go Nc4 Be7 0-0 Nc6 dxc5 Bxc5 then go Bg5. looks more active and better for white

My experience in the first game that I played the 3.Bd3 line with white is that I won but not because of the opening but I can blame myself for not memorizing what Avatik suggested.

Here is the game

https://lichess.org/0Nfac4OQtFVU

I did not know what to play specifically against 5…c6 but Avetik suggested the following in
https://chessmood.com/course/whitemood-openings/episode/3788

"if they do not challange us we are going to be in a good shape 
We can play Ne2 0-0 c4 or go with long castle Ne2 Nbc3 Be3(f4,g5) Qd2 0-0-0 both will be fine."

I played Ne2 and 0-0 but continued with Bg5 that was bad.
My logic was that my f3 bishop is my good bishop and Bg5 may help me maybe to trade the bishop at g5  by the bishop at e7 and if the opponent is going to play h6 then the black king is less safe but it seems that I was wrong because:
1)The computer is playing h6 against 8.Bg5 with equality so it seems a good move.
2)After my opponent move 8…Nbd7 the best for me was to admit Bg5 was bad by playing 9.Bf4 but I played 9.c4 that was good one move earlier but not now because I allowed my opponent to play 9…e5 when black get the advantage.

French attack 3.Nc3 and 6.Bg5?

Hello,
I started playing the French attack against my chess computer and after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 c5 it played 6.Bg5. I wonder what the correct response to that it.
After Be7 Bxe7 the queen needs to take to protect the pawn on c5, but then she blocks e7 for the knight.
I found one game in the database (both players around 2,300 ELO) and 6….f6 was played, but after exf6 the pawn on e6 gets weak in my opinion.
Stockfish likes 6….Qc7 but after Nb5 it makes another move with the queen to b6.
Thank you!
Michael

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Hello,

After Bg5. SF reccomendation Qc7 is doable, however inhuman.

F6 does make quite some since, and either player could be outplayed there.

Really its your choice, if you prefer solid play, Qc7 is the move for you.

If you like more active play, and also more risk, then try f6.

Again its your choice.

Hope this helps.

How to offer chessmood

Hello,

Christmas is in 10 days. A nice present to offer to a chess lover would be an acces to chessmood.

Is it possible to generate chessmood gift cards? It seems to me I already saw something like that,;i do not recover it from the site.

Thank you for your help

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The 1 month free access gift is still available but it has to be activated before the 23 th of December . 

Hi Olivier,

Is this the sort of gift that you are thinking of: https://chessmood.com/chess-gift

Im assuming you are looking for this page Change your chess buddy’s life (chessmood.com)

Hope this helps!

SLP EXPERIMENTS

My rating online is around 2100 .Below are two slp games that I just played after learning the course .kindly see and rate them .

https://lichess.org/mNAur0VX/white

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Another one 

https://lichess.org/IHoeNDuo/white#35

I forgot to mention my opponent is rated above 1850 

Think faster

Hi guys, playing blitz and rapid chess in my training I've noticed that my time management in blitz is very poor. While playing rapid I can think, calculate and I never find myself in time trouble, however playing blitz I'm always low on time and I start panicking and playing moves that I wouldn't play if I had time to think. So my question is: how can I think faster in blitz?

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Let me ask you a question and I don't know your level in chess… Did you start to run before you learned to walk correctly? You asked the wrong question. You need to have more reflexes, more patterns, more knowledge of the positions to react instinctively, not to think. Blitz is not for thinking, is for fun many GMS use to say. The more you know and see, the faster and better you can play I believe.

I've always felt that blitz is much better at DEMONSTRATING already accumulated skills, while slower gameplay and other training methods actually IMPROVE chess ability.

I wonder if rating at 5+3 and 3+0 are equivalent

I noticed that GM Avetik played 3+0 in his experiment when he recommended to use 5+3 and I wonder if it is easier to get high rating at 3+0

https://chessmood.com/blog/surrender-experiment
 

The population who play 5+3 and the population who play 3+0 are not the same and in theory it is possible that most people can get higher rating if they stick to 3+0 and not to 5+3

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Hi Uri,

My opinion is the following, that 3+0 is a very quick time control. Assuming a person who tries to play it is a growing chess player who watches lot's of courses and acquires knowledge - in case of 3+0 it will be really hard to use the learned information, as the game from the very beginning is in time trouble conditions. 5+3 is much more flexible.
Secondly, I believe there is no need to rely on time control for the growth. If you increase you chess level through hard trainings anyways you will be stronger and automatically will start the rating gain.

Good luck!

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