how? by playing faster?
Play rapid or classical
@Professor74 Thank you for starting this discussion.
First: @Alientcp No one plays against the clock, but each assigned activity usually has a specific deadline. The same thing happens when playing chess. So you have to seriously take that into account.
Second: I agree with you about playing at our own pace. But it's evident that, in situations of time trouble, we cannot remain impassive.
First: @Alientcp No one plays against the clock, but each assigned activity usually has a specific deadline. The same thing happens when playing chess. So you have to seriously take that into account.
Second: I agree with you about playing at our own pace. But it's evident that, in situations of time trouble, we cannot remain impassive.
@Professor74 said in #1:
> From a very young age I've faced time problem, ruining games I was playing well. So little by little my chess style became more positional, avoiding long calculations. There were few complex combinations in my games. This was not the only measure I took to avoid this difficulty, but it was one that worked for me. How do you combat time trouble?
I also have this problem, but I've gotten a lot better with it. My coach told me I should generally budget a third of my time for each game phase (opening, middle game, endgame). I've found that to be useful, but of course you need to decide where you think you should spend the most time and how long you think the game is going to last.
As @RG2007 said, you can write down your clock time after every move (in OTB games, of course this wouldn't be much use in online games where the clock time is already recorded for you). I do this, and you can use it to help identify what your specific problem is. For example, for me, I found that often I would spend a long time on a move, but then instead of playing the following moves quickly, I was still unsure of myself and would spend a lot of time on those too.
Playing faster time controls, as @Chessismylife006 says, might help playing under time pressure, but it probably won't help the root cause--time management. There will always be games where you get into time pressure, so being able to play under pressure is helpful, but even better is to improve your time management so you don't get into time trouble as often.
> From a very young age I've faced time problem, ruining games I was playing well. So little by little my chess style became more positional, avoiding long calculations. There were few complex combinations in my games. This was not the only measure I took to avoid this difficulty, but it was one that worked for me. How do you combat time trouble?
I also have this problem, but I've gotten a lot better with it. My coach told me I should generally budget a third of my time for each game phase (opening, middle game, endgame). I've found that to be useful, but of course you need to decide where you think you should spend the most time and how long you think the game is going to last.
As @RG2007 said, you can write down your clock time after every move (in OTB games, of course this wouldn't be much use in online games where the clock time is already recorded for you). I do this, and you can use it to help identify what your specific problem is. For example, for me, I found that often I would spend a long time on a move, but then instead of playing the following moves quickly, I was still unsure of myself and would spend a lot of time on those too.
Playing faster time controls, as @Chessismylife006 says, might help playing under time pressure, but it probably won't help the root cause--time management. There will always be games where you get into time pressure, so being able to play under pressure is helpful, but even better is to improve your time management so you don't get into time trouble as often.
@Professor74 said in #1:
> From a very young age I've faced time problem, ruining games I was playing well. So little by little my chess style became more positional, avoiding long calculations. There were few complex combinations in my games. This was not the only measure I took to avoid this difficulty, but it was one that worked for me. How do you combat time trouble?
I have the exact same problem. According to Aimchess, I’m behind on the clock around 70% of the time I believe. It’s getting better but I still struggle.
> From a very young age I've faced time problem, ruining games I was playing well. So little by little my chess style became more positional, avoiding long calculations. There were few complex combinations in my games. This was not the only measure I took to avoid this difficulty, but it was one that worked for me. How do you combat time trouble?
I have the exact same problem. According to Aimchess, I’m behind on the clock around 70% of the time I believe. It’s getting better but I still struggle.
@AsDaGo said in #15:
> I also have this problem, but I've gotten a lot better with it. My coach told me I should generally budget a third of my time for each game phase (opening, middle game, endgame). I've found that to be useful, but of course you need to decide where you think you should spend the most time and how long you think the game is going to last.
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> As @RG2007 said, you can write down your clock time after every move (in OTB games, of course this wouldn't be much use in online games where the clock time is already recorded for you). I do this, and you can use it to help identify what your specific problem is. For example, for me, I found that often I would spend a long time on a move, but then instead of playing the following moves quickly, I was still unsure of myself and would spend a lot of time on those too.
>
> Playing faster time controls, as @Chessismylife006 says, might help playing under time pressure, but it probably won't help the root cause--time management. There will always be games where you get into time pressure, so being able to play under pressure is helpful, but even better is to improve your time management so you don't get into time trouble as often.
@AsDaGo Thank you for taking time to share your experiences on this matter. I feel like my time trouble were largely to do with insecurity. Maybe that's why I chose to reduce calculations by playing positional style. Your approach aimed at attacking the root of the problem is very interesting, which is finding a way to manage time effectively.
> I also have this problem, but I've gotten a lot better with it. My coach told me I should generally budget a third of my time for each game phase (opening, middle game, endgame). I've found that to be useful, but of course you need to decide where you think you should spend the most time and how long you think the game is going to last.
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> As @RG2007 said, you can write down your clock time after every move (in OTB games, of course this wouldn't be much use in online games where the clock time is already recorded for you). I do this, and you can use it to help identify what your specific problem is. For example, for me, I found that often I would spend a long time on a move, but then instead of playing the following moves quickly, I was still unsure of myself and would spend a lot of time on those too.
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> Playing faster time controls, as @Chessismylife006 says, might help playing under time pressure, but it probably won't help the root cause--time management. There will always be games where you get into time pressure, so being able to play under pressure is helpful, but even better is to improve your time management so you don't get into time trouble as often.
@AsDaGo Thank you for taking time to share your experiences on this matter. I feel like my time trouble were largely to do with insecurity. Maybe that's why I chose to reduce calculations by playing positional style. Your approach aimed at attacking the root of the problem is very interesting, which is finding a way to manage time effectively.
@Le_Patzer83 said in #16:
> I have the exact same problem. According to Aimchess, I’m behind on the clock around 70% of the time I believe. It’s getting better but I still struggle.
I wish you success in the effort to improve the way you manage your time. Maybe some comments here can inspire you.
> I have the exact same problem. According to Aimchess, I’m behind on the clock around 70% of the time I believe. It’s getting better but I still struggle.
I wish you success in the effort to improve the way you manage your time. Maybe some comments here can inspire you.
One suggestion I have seen is to set time goals. For example, in Rapid 15+10:
(a) Reach move 10 by 12 mins;
(b) Reach move 20 by 9 mins;
(c) Reach move 30 by 6 mins;
(d) Reach move 40 by 3 mins.
(e) Reach move 50 by 30 sec and play on increments.
I have not succeeded myself in doing this yet. But as one player said, serious time trouble is usually like being at least a minor piece down. I have found this to be true myself. I have lost many won games in time trouble in Rapid 15+10.
Otherwise move to classical 30 + 20 for a while and try to get effective at that speed first. I am about to try this myself:
(a) Reach move 10 by 24 mins;
(b) Reach move 20 by 18 mins;
(c) Reach move 30 by 12 mins;
(d) Reach move 40 by 6 mins.
(e) Reach move 50 by 1 min and play on increments.
Obviously, there should be some flexibility in this as you gain or lose time in different game phases but you don't want to be more than a minute of two off your targets. Some have sworn by this method. I haven't made it work for me yet but one has to keep trying or else move to 40 moves and 90 minutes and 20 moves per half hour thereafter, or something like that.
(a) Reach move 10 by 12 mins;
(b) Reach move 20 by 9 mins;
(c) Reach move 30 by 6 mins;
(d) Reach move 40 by 3 mins.
(e) Reach move 50 by 30 sec and play on increments.
I have not succeeded myself in doing this yet. But as one player said, serious time trouble is usually like being at least a minor piece down. I have found this to be true myself. I have lost many won games in time trouble in Rapid 15+10.
Otherwise move to classical 30 + 20 for a while and try to get effective at that speed first. I am about to try this myself:
(a) Reach move 10 by 24 mins;
(b) Reach move 20 by 18 mins;
(c) Reach move 30 by 12 mins;
(d) Reach move 40 by 6 mins.
(e) Reach move 50 by 1 min and play on increments.
Obviously, there should be some flexibility in this as you gain or lose time in different game phases but you don't want to be more than a minute of two off your targets. Some have sworn by this method. I haven't made it work for me yet but one has to keep trying or else move to 40 moves and 90 minutes and 20 moves per half hour thereafter, or something like that.
I just play differently for each time control. I really cannot do the deep calculations in bullet I just can't. So I don't. I do it when I play rapid and to a certain extent blitz. The key is to not give up on deep calculation when playing in time controls that allow it. There is nothing wrong with not calculating 10 moves in in bullet. Maybe Carlsen can, maybe some others but I certainly will never be able to do it.
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