Author: Matthew Herman
Date: 05:48:56 12/10/98
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On December 10, 1998 at 08:47:02, Matthew Herman wrote: >On December 09, 1998 at 23:04:45, Lanny DiBartolomeo wrote: > >>On December 09, 1998 at 20:39:03, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >> >>>What a frustrating game!! I've started playing on the ICC again after a long >>>lay-off, and 3 different times I've gotton a 2200+ rating, only too lose again, >>>and not be able to easily get it back. >>> >>>Reading chess books doesn't help. Studying chess software doesn't help. Even >>>yelling at my computer doesn't help, I still suck! (by my own standards of what >>>is a decent level). Soon I'll be moving back to Levittown, NY, commuting to the >>>City to play in the Friday night rapids, and then continueing the chess >>>addiction on the ICC. Maybe that will help - Well, I can dream can't I? >>> >> >>I totally hear you! I never really played blitz games just standard games. >>A little over a year ago I started Blitz/lightning games I was not good I gained >>200pts and stopped cold on blitz and bullet 100 to 150pts ): >>but that was in the first 4mths and now nothing!! its like my brain just won't >>think any quicker, and you can go over games that you play do everything till >>your blue in the face!one day your hot and next your cold!! I like standard time >>controls! Another thing I do not like is loosing at blitz/bullet and when asked >>your rating you have to choke out your master level and wait to "see" the >>laughter :)))))!! I do think however that when faced with life size pieces and >>over the board, it would be better because I do not like 2D or 3D pieces,also I >>loose a real lot on time,and how can someone move 5 times in like a second!! >> >>>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! >>> >>> >>>On December 09, 1998 at 19:23:45, Reynolds Takata wrote: >>> >>>>It's sort of off topic, but then againit does have to do with internet chess and >>>>people practicing blitz with comps. I have noticed that on Fics and ICC there >>>>are people with up to 30,000 blitz games, yet most of them barely have ratings >>>>over 2000, so does all of that practice actually help? And yes they were around >>>>the same rating when they started it appears. > >As a note.. I am mathman on ICC (I started at about 1500 blitz, bullet, standard >about a year or 2 ago (probably because I lost lots of provisional games). Now I >am 2300 Blitz & Bullet and 2100 Standard. I find if you really try to improve >you can. (I have played about 4000 Blitz Games). And moving 5 moves per second >is *very* easy :-) Used to be able to move in 0.0 but the server code was >changed to disallow that. > >Matt As a minor note in this same period my WBCA is now 2200 and my uscf has gone from 1400-2000. And I am on a uscf top 50 list.. I really think that it CAN help improve your game.
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