Blitz games

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soheil_hooshdaran
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Blitz games

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Jan 01, 2018 4:41 am

Hello. Do you think playing blitzz games are useful for beginners?

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IM Jack Rudd
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Re: Blitz games

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Mon Jan 01, 2018 9:48 am

It can be. Playing blitz is good for developing your chess instincts, which may be what said beginners need.

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Re: Blitz games

Post by Anthony Taglione » Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:54 am

Blitz games can be useful at any level but they're not a substitute for longer time controls with some serious thinking. One of the problems with quick-play games is that it's very easy to come to rely on your instinctual move and then to forego the deep thinking. Blitz can make you lazy if you let it.