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LOUIS V posted an update
Resign, resign, resign
I HATE when people don’t RESIGN and end up flagging me despite me having a huge material advantage. What do I need to change about my middle game though process to punish flagging? Anyone? crickets???
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WesA100 (1308) vs louvoodoo1 (1216). WesA100 won on time in 57 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.
Keith F and Team-ChessVibes12 Comments-
Unfortunately there are only two options. Play faster or choose a longer time control (possibly one with an increment). I typically play 15/10 just so I generally don’t have to worry about time pressure. I make enough mistakes already when I’m not experiencing serious time pressure.
There was only one sequence of two moves where you spent significant time in that game, so I don’t think you wasted excessive time anywhere.
Sorry not more help here.
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I agree. 15|10 is the way to go.
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How do I think faster is a great way to rephrase the question. To me play longer time control is just a bandaid solution.
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@louvoodooyahoo-com I suspect thinking faster is something that you will build with experience (better pattern recognition of tactics, etc.) I’m creeping up in years so suspect I will always be slower than other players. Then again your rating is higher than mine, so take my advice with a grain of salt. Best of luck.
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@John there has to be a way to get faster, I don’t believe it is a function of experience or time. There has to be a way to better know what to look for.
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As a low rated player (414 rapid) I struggle with the same problem. I do very well in daily games when I have a lot of time to find my move. (1400+ daily games) It tells me simply that the knowledge is getting there, but experience is what makes you faster. I do not have a lot of games under my belt yet. For those of you who are higher rated rapid players, does that sound right?
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@ryan-vermeulen once you get a better hand on the Owen’s and Stonewall you will save time in the opening. I can almost tell with in the first 10 moves in I am going to win or not. If they don’t fall for the free pawn trick in the Owen’s you are pretty much screwed, it is an extremely passive position and good player will swarm your king and checkmate you while you are busy trying to decongest your pieces. In you see the Kings Indian or if the make a bunch of weird knight moves in the Stonewall your are on trouble as well.
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Don’t be too hard on yourself especially if your opponent has played several thousand more games than you have. Good luck 👍🏼
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@armyguy63bgmail-com I appreciate the encouragement, but I have been at this for over a year now and still not making any real progress. It is extremely frustrating.
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@louvoodooyahoo-com the struggle is real, friend. It’s not for the faint hearted
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I saw a video where Nelson analyzes a bunch of games and makes a spreadsheet for why they lost. I’ve been doing that as well and it’s usually time pressure for me. It used to be a lot of missed tactics, but that has drastically improved lately. I feel it’s a major key to breaking through a plateau.
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The more you practice with puzzles, the quicker you become at seeing common patterns which saves time for less common or more difficalt decision points in the game. Also, taking time after every game (even ones you win) to do the eval and look at the lines that were available that you may have over looked, helps you find them more quickly on future games.
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