I started playing chess in February and have made some progress. I have a decent understanding of the basics, and a handful of openings that I am comfortable with.
I recently decided to play a week of blitz to see if my progress was reflected in a different time control. To be frank, I am significantly worse at Blitz, or at least, i am much worse relative to the pool of blitz players on the site than i am to classical players.
Have any other users noticed this? Sometimes I'll lose to an opponent only to see that their classical rating is quite a bit lower than mine. Anecdotally, it seems the blitz players make fewer mistakes and play better at a lower rating than classical players.
@jujugaga Blitz in definitely harder than classical just because of the time control. I think the reason that some people strive in blitz more than in classical is that they tend to play more intuitively and creatively in blitz due to the limited amount of time. This is the case for me if anything
I've noticed this as well, and there has been another thread on this topic called "Why do I suck at blitz?"
The skills that are important for blitz are different than those for classical; time management, quick thinking, pattern recognition, etc, and this leads to the difference in performance between the time controls.
A tip stated in the previous thread to improve in blitz is to allot yourself a specific amount of time for each move; for example 5 seconds, and at the end of 5 seconds, no matter what, play the move that appears best to you.
I went to you profile. My notes. You have to blitz too small a rating decision tactics. You need 1700-1800 rating in tactics. It is necessary to solve tactical position for 1 minute or faster. That is 60-100 position per hour. I have not yet obtained. If you play blitz for 5 minutes then the lag time to 2 minutes is the threat of the defeat of the party. I, like, you, blitz the weak link. I can't quickly see a picture of the scenario of the party. By the way. Chess master 50000 middlegame positions which he analyzed. We have no more than 1000.
#4 English please.
Blitz isn't "harder" or "easier" than classical, but it's different. If you almost never play blitz you'll naturally be worse at blitz. That doesn't mean skills of one time control are useless in the other one, just that you're not used to the time control.
So the pattern recognition you gain in blitz will help you in Classical and vice versa. If you improve in Classical you will also improve in blitz, just possibly not as much.
Especially as new player you'll likely be not as good in blitz because experienced players have seen a lot of positions and made decisions there which helps them to find good moves quickly (a.k.a "intuition), a skill that develops over time. In classical on the other hand, as a new player you HAVE the time to think through your decisions which makes intuition being not as crucial (though still important).
Another reason might be how serious you take games in each time control. At classical I am "try harding", set up the piece on a real board and pretend it's a tournament game whereas at blitz I'll try out weird moves and ideas or not concentrate as much which also led to my blitz rating being lower than classical.
@Juanma206 #5
So the interpreter. I know English is weak. Sorry.
A lot of interesting responses. Thanks to all!
Indeed!