hello Lichess, I find that I'm not optimally using the time given and often after a victory i have more time on hand than what we start with. So how do chess players spend their time calculating moves? I am unable to look deeper than 5-6 moves in a line, and my plans for the other side are biased (towards mine), so I don't see the best plans for the other side sometimes. Any advice on how to use time and decide which lines to look into would be appreciated
In my games, I just try to find a plan for me and for my opponent and then try to find moves that supports my plan and crosses the opponents plan and try to put pieces on natural squares. Then i check my candidate moves if they work tactically so i look into forcing lines. When the move works i play it. But I use most of my time in endgames because this is the most critical phase where players make the most mistakes.
To learn to use your time properly needs time. For many players takes even years. And some players never learns it, even some top players struggle with it, like Alexander Grischuk.
When you have the feeling that you use too much time, then you could set you a limit, for example that you never think longer than 2 minutes for a move in a 15+15 game. Learning openings also saves time for the beginning.
When you move too quickly then you could try the same, like never move until you thought for at least 15 seconds.
Just find out what your issue is and try to correct it in one or the other direction.
To learn to use your time properly needs time. For many players takes even years. And some players never learns it, even some top players struggle with it, like Alexander Grischuk.
When you have the feeling that you use too much time, then you could set you a limit, for example that you never think longer than 2 minutes for a move in a 15+15 game. Learning openings also saves time for the beginning.
When you move too quickly then you could try the same, like never move until you thought for at least 15 seconds.
Just find out what your issue is and try to correct it in one or the other direction.
Learning to use your time is just as important as learning to use any piece.
You should play slowly at the beginning and you can speed up towards the end.
Grischuk is a player who manages his time extremely well.
Play the opening slowly, to get into a state of concentration.
In an increment game you should use all your time by move 30 and then finish the game on increment.
The faster we play, the more errors we make.
The slower we play, the less errors we make.
Finding the right pace is a matter of experience.
When you lose a game with time left on your clock, then you played too fast. More thought might have avoided the errors that landed you in the lost position.
When you lose a game on time in a lost position, then you were duly defeated, but you at least gave it your best effort.
When you lose a game in a winning position, then you played too slowly. Identify the moves that took you most time and ask yourself why these moves took you so long.
Grischuk is a player who manages his time extremely well.
Play the opening slowly, to get into a state of concentration.
In an increment game you should use all your time by move 30 and then finish the game on increment.
The faster we play, the more errors we make.
The slower we play, the less errors we make.
Finding the right pace is a matter of experience.
When you lose a game with time left on your clock, then you played too fast. More thought might have avoided the errors that landed you in the lost position.
When you lose a game on time in a lost position, then you were duly defeated, but you at least gave it your best effort.
When you lose a game in a winning position, then you played too slowly. Identify the moves that took you most time and ask yourself why these moves took you so long.
Yeahh trust me, even if you know the opening you need to take it slowly. I've been victim to very bad time management when I started, i blitz out move just because (1) i know it (2) it seems obvious and it's still the opening so no need to put in too much time. Ofc i was wrong, i keep blundering away dominating positions in classical. I recommend you first practice a disciplined way of thinking, then you'll notice that there really is soo much things to think about especially in a seemingly dull position
are you guys trolling? you say the faster you play the more mistakes you make, and then you suggest to spent all your time by move 30 so you have to blitz out the moves. How makes this sense? And saying that you need more time in the opening than in the endgame is ridiculous. Endgames are almost only about calculations, so you need a lot of time.
You can easily learn openings so you need to spend maybe 30 minutes in the worst case. Just dont play the sharpest lines when you dont know them and you should be fine.
The best part was that you claimed Grischuk has a good time management. This made me laugh hard. Have you seen the candidates? In almost every game after 20 moves he had 5 minutes on the clock, and on move 30 he threw all his advantage. Guess why...
You can easily learn openings so you need to spend maybe 30 minutes in the worst case. Just dont play the sharpest lines when you dont know them and you should be fine.
The best part was that you claimed Grischuk has a good time management. This made me laugh hard. Have you seen the candidates? In almost every game after 20 moves he had 5 minutes on the clock, and on move 30 he threw all his advantage. Guess why...
I don't have any specific advice but in my opinion classical is a time control in which you should never end up in time trouble.
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Grischuk part i agree.
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