Comments on: If you want to improve, play a lot of fast games http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/02/09/if-you-want-to-improve-play-a-lot-of-fast-games/ Saying `just one game' they began to play . . . That was yesterday. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sorin http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/02/09/if-you-want-to-improve-play-a-lot-of-fast-games/#comment-16 Sorin Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:05:08 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/02/09/if-you-want-to-improve-play-a-lot-of-fast-games/#comment-16 Hi Mordeath, Try what I suggested in the article: starting from what you consider the lowest time limits for a "slow game" that you are comfortable with, gradually lower your time limits. As an example, don't go from 1 hour to 10 minute, but first to 50 minutes, play for a while and get comfortable with that again, and so on. Try to push down your comfortable time limits. Everybody has to be able to play faster (without losing game quality), dan and kyu players alike. In doing that we train our brain to think faster, and deeper. In particular, both "Direction of play" lessons are from slow games I played in the insei league, and in both cases I chose the bad move - therefore they became lessons for me - but it had nothing to do with time limits. Hi Mordeath,

Try what I suggested in the article: starting from what you consider the lowest time limits for a “slow game” that you are comfortable with, gradually lower your time limits.

As an example, don’t go from 1 hour to 10 minute, but first to 50 minutes, play for a while and get comfortable with that again, and so on.

Try to push down your comfortable time limits.

Everybody has to be able to play faster (without losing game quality), dan and kyu players alike. In doing that we train our brain to think faster, and deeper.

In particular, both “Direction of play” lessons are from slow games I played in the insei league, and in both cases I chose the bad move - therefore they became lessons for me - but it had nothing to do with time limits.

]]> By: Mordeath http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/02/09/if-you-want-to-improve-play-a-lot-of-fast-games/#comment-14 Mordeath Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:08:37 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/2007/02/09/if-you-want-to-improve-play-a-lot-of-fast-games/#comment-14 Hello ! The problem is that when I play fast games, I usually play by reflex moves, without reading at all... (for example, in your "Direction of play and bad habits" first lesson I would play B by reflex in a fast game, but maybe A in a slow game.) Don't you think that playing fast games is good only after having reached a good level, may be 1d (I'm only 7k on KGS) Hello ! The problem is that when I play fast games, I usually play by reflex moves, without reading at all… (for example, in your “Direction of play and bad habits” first lesson I would play B by reflex in a fast game, but maybe A in a slow game.)
Don’t you think that playing fast games is good only after having reached a good level, may be 1d (I’m only 7k on KGS)

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