How to get better in chess fast?

Monsterboy

thanks ,i registered there ,i play in chess.com ,i don't a premium membership so i watch youtube videos on different chess openings etc(chesswebsite.com) and apply them in the game.

FreeMitya

On top of what has already been said, I would recommend also studying the greats like Fischer, Kasparov, Carlsen, and see if you can find any information on their strategies.

Monsterboy

I do play a lot of blitz and maybe that's why i make stupid mistakes and i lost a ton of matches initially ,now i think i am getting used to it and i think it actually helps in the long run.
Now recently, i played standard 30min games ,i can think a lot faster than my opponents who are not used to blitz and 30mins feels like a lot of time to think.I think playing blitz actually gives an edge.

mishrashubham

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That is the problem. Playing blitz gives you a bad habit. You tend to quickly look up combinations and play the move that looks the best. But why do that when you could instead think for five mins and do a much better move?

On the internet you compete with people who play blitz, but when you'll go out to play real tournaments you'll have much larger time controls. Any standard FIDE rating chess tournament has matches typically 90mins + 30s, which means you'll begin with 90 mins each and then a 30 second increment every time you move. And even that lasts for only the first 40 moves (although this can vary). So matches can last for 4, 5 hours; or sometimes even 6 to 7 hours striaght (mostly only happens with IMs or GMs though). And trust me it's as tiring as running a marathon. So you should have the stamina and concentration to able to think with clear mind after playing that long. Why do you think all the top tournaments, in which the world's best chess players compete have such time controls? You can see what sort of time controls the recent Tata Steel Chess Tournament had (this is a prestigious tournament, only the top 15 of the world compete). Even in unrated rapid tournaments, you'll generally have time controls of 25, 30 or 40 mins.

You get to see quality moves in chess only in long games. Sure you can play a hell of blitz and soon you'll be pretty good at it, you'll start beating everyone, but then like I said, it begins to resemble a casual video game at that point. If you want to seriously play chess and appreciate it for what it is, for it's own sake, then blitz is not the answer.

Monsterboy

You win.

i was just proposing that if you play blitz (not too much) you can think fast in less time than your opponent can think in the same amount of time ,hence you can think more in the same given time than an opponent who is not used to blitz

mishrashubham

I agree being able to think more in less time is a good thing, but then you're not always thinking in the right direction. You almost never have the time in blitz to think many different possiblities and so the quality of the move is decreased; that's what I'm trying to say. In a blitz match the quality of moves from both sides is never as good as in a standard match, and this happens with even grandmasters. Eventually the one with 'better' moves wins, but that does not necessarily mean that they would mostly be 'good' moves.

Monsterboy

What i have noticed is that all the GMs in chess.com always play bullet, not even blitz ,why is that? what do they gain from bullet which is even worse than blitz.

Jimmy Snyder

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