Questions about time management during a chess game.
Questions tagged [time-management]
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Why do players leave so little time for the last moves?
In almost any chessgame played at a master level under standard time control, after making a few opening moves fast, players spend most of their time on moves 10-30, leaving very little for the last 10 moves before they receive more time.
What are…
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Losing on time constantly
I'm playing lots of online chess. I find one thing in particular really hard: time. I lose on time a lot. Yesterday and today I lost 3 times pure on time - games where I would've destroyed the other if it wasn't for the time - but since I keep on…
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How to make a time-efficient thinking system?
It is said that given enough time even an average player can play the "best" move in any given position.
Thus the real question in chess is that of time control. It has been argued by several chess tutors/authors (e.g Dan Heisman) that differences…
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Longest pondering in a standard-time control game
Inspired by the LiChess "French leave" question:
In a standard time-control you can think almost two hours about your move, and even two-and-a half or three if you blitzed beyond the 40 move control. Personally, I recall the one or other opponent of…
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How to get faster on the clock?
I am a slow but strong player. I can get into winning positions against masters but there is just one problem:
I always run out on time!
The amount of games that I have lost on time while on winning position has now become unbearable. I usually…
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