I usually play 10+0 but I don't think that is great because sometimes people lose by time and when I go to competitions (in Vietnam), it usually uses 60+0 but there isn't a lot of people play 60+0 and I don't have much time because I need to study for school too. So what time do your guys think that is the best?
Changing the time on the clock won't improve your play.
To improve tactics, do the puzzles.
To improve opening theory, use stockfish or hire a tutor.
To improve tactics, do the puzzles.
To improve opening theory, use stockfish or hire a tutor.
I think every time control has some use in training. I prefer to think of it as: the shorter the time control, the fewer moves of chess get played before the pie fight starts.
If you are training opening/early middle game/tactics recognition - go shorter. If you are trying to learn how to play the strongest version of chess - i.e. your best version of a move on all moves - go longer. However, if you go longer and you don't study the heck out of the game afterwords, it is wasted. The longer stuff is the best way to push your theory and understanding forward overall. Good luck!
If you are training opening/early middle game/tactics recognition - go shorter. If you are trying to learn how to play the strongest version of chess - i.e. your best version of a move on all moves - go longer. However, if you go longer and you don't study the heck out of the game afterwords, it is wasted. The longer stuff is the best way to push your theory and understanding forward overall. Good luck!
Once you learn to do something, you can learn to do it faster. So there is something to be said for longer time controls. However, I do feel like if you use an engine to go over your 10 minute games and think about where you went wrong, you can learn from them, especially if you are doing other chess stuff like puzzles and books/videos/streamers. I like watching the GM analysis of major chess tournaments on chess.com. They have some GMs that do an excellent job teaching.
Early morning, 5, 6 am
When I was young, perhaps. I don't think I can still stay awake so late these days and do anything requiring my full attention.
@Grumpymantooth said in #2:
> Changing the time on the clock won't improve your play.
> To improve tactics, do the puzzles.
> To improve opening theory, use stockfish or hire a tutor.
I have to disagree. When you train on less time you learn to recgnise patterns more quickly alloing you to look deeper when you go back to your preferred time length. that is, if you like 10 mins and then train for a month on 5 mins then go back to ten it seems like you have hours to think. in my case i fell myself looking a ply or two, sometimes three, deeper when i get back to ten.
> Changing the time on the clock won't improve your play.
> To improve tactics, do the puzzles.
> To improve opening theory, use stockfish or hire a tutor.
I have to disagree. When you train on less time you learn to recgnise patterns more quickly alloing you to look deeper when you go back to your preferred time length. that is, if you like 10 mins and then train for a month on 5 mins then go back to ten it seems like you have hours to think. in my case i fell myself looking a ply or two, sometimes three, deeper when i get back to ten.
Play more opening midgame specific puzzles
Play more tactics puzzles
Play more endgame puzzles
Create your own midgame and endgame postions in analysis board/ editor that are common for your variations.
And play out those positions and examine with engine.
And research chessgame databases to see how other games progressed from those positions.
With time play minimum 20min games to practice your calculation checklists.
Everyone jumps into bullet and blitz before developing calculation skills. Become methodical with your calculations by order of importance then over time learn to do it faster to calculate better in blitz and bullet.
If we struggle to calculate efficiently at 30min we sure the hell can't do it in 5min.
A player's abilities will only be as good as their calculation discipline. Your memorizing variations can only do so much. And people are learning to use engine to create sidelines.
You can't memorize 10 variations with 30 sidelines.
Play more tactics puzzles
Play more endgame puzzles
Create your own midgame and endgame postions in analysis board/ editor that are common for your variations.
And play out those positions and examine with engine.
And research chessgame databases to see how other games progressed from those positions.
With time play minimum 20min games to practice your calculation checklists.
Everyone jumps into bullet and blitz before developing calculation skills. Become methodical with your calculations by order of importance then over time learn to do it faster to calculate better in blitz and bullet.
If we struggle to calculate efficiently at 30min we sure the hell can't do it in 5min.
A player's abilities will only be as good as their calculation discipline. Your memorizing variations can only do so much. And people are learning to use engine to create sidelines.
You can't memorize 10 variations with 30 sidelines.
Thank you everyone for the tips and tricks but I'll think I just stick to 10+0 because I'm a grade 7 kid (which in Vietnam is hard) and I only got 1 hour a day for playing chess and social media (and social media already takes 20 mins). I'll try to do puzzles in my other times if I'm free. Again, thank you everyone!
@Grumpymantooth said in #2:
> Changing the time on the clock won't improve your play.
> To improve tactics, do the puzzles.
> To improve opening theory, use stockfish or hire a tutor.
"You can’t improve in chess by playing chess"
> Changing the time on the clock won't improve your play.
> To improve tactics, do the puzzles.
> To improve opening theory, use stockfish or hire a tutor.
"You can’t improve in chess by playing chess"
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