Author: Frank Nelson
Date: 05:47:52 02/11/04
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Bob: I do not consider blitz chess to be real chess unless you are down to your last 2 minutes to make 15 moves in a tournament time-control. Just as in football in chess when you blitz you can get burned!! Anatoly Karpov was a good example of this in the mid-70's and mid-80's. It is obvious that it is more likely that you can play more games with blitz chess as opposed with time consuming sudden death or tournament chess. Having recently played through the Tal-Botvinnik 1960 match and analysis, I am concerned that the blitz chess I play on a chess server is bad for my chess (just gives me a illusion that I am playing chess). Also playing through last month's Corus GMA and GMB games I realize that grandmaster chess is about move versus countermove rather than brute force (not the ChessMaster personality). You're right about what it is that I desire to accomplish here. Playing chess presupposes that you have adequate time to think about your move(s) before touching your pieces. Aargh!? Maybe I will go on a blitz chess budget of not more than 8 games a day. Still though as you alluded to Bob, I want to play the strongest chess that I can. cheers, Frank
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