Author: Oliver Y.
Date: 05:48:43 12/11/98
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On December 10, 1998 at 08:48:56, Matthew Herman wrote: >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. Matt, this is no minor note! Please add any qualitative comments/suggestions as to how to improve. Could you observe yourself changing what you thought, was it a more simple matter of gaining that storehouse of patterns you could recognize? Were you playing over-the-board (competitive/club) chess concurrently? Were you playing much with any programs? Is your experience largely transferable to the vast majority of players? I assume so, and if so, what advice besides "keep it up" would you suggest? My guess is to ignore the ego's beating when losing early and often... Bullet is infuriating, but I don't shy away from it... I recall playing those Eastern Europeans and Russians in blitz tournaments--it is a marvel just to see humans move physical pieces in 230 milliseconds... Do you drag or click-click to move? What percentage of your moves are cursor ready prior to the opponents move? Thanks, Yoda!
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