Well, I am a speedchess man (NYC style)

[Sixpack]

No time to waste: Think quick, act quick ! No guts no glory !

Sixpack's actual speedchess kit :up: I take this to the park....

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5145/speedchess10242do.jpg

[STEED]

No time to waste: Think quick, act quick ! No guts no glory !

Are yes speed chess that is fast good luck Sixpack :up:

[scandium]

That's mostly what I play, speedchess. Though more so online than over the board (OTB is more fun, but online is more convenient :)). I think if I lived in bigger city where people played it in parks it might be the other way around though (instead locally we have only a very small chess club).

[Skybird]

Speedchess = Blitzschach? I hate it. I am a slow thinker. Very slow, I mean.

[Sixpack]

Much to my surprise but there is no denying considering whats for all to see in the match thread :zzz:

[TteFAboB]

How about chess-boxing?

It's like speedchess, with boxing.

By the end of the game players are so dizzy it doesn't really matter how long they stop to think anyway.

[Iceman]

Did anyone you guys check out that one link I posted in other thread with the web cam and chat feature while you play...looked pretty cool.

[Perilscope]

No time to waste: Think quick, act quick ! No guts no glory !I can hardly do 1 move per hour when playing chess…imagine speedchess… LOL
It shows how much a brain works differently for each of us… :hmm:

[Sixpack]

Speedchess isnt that big a deal.

A comparison to make it clear:

One could make like 20 drafts before posting anything here or simply write what comes to mind. Think it over once and : submit the stuff !

Saves a bunch of time. Yet, I grant you that, there's some risk.

But since both players have the same time limitations (doh), the risk factor is the same for both, and chess gains the extra dimensions of fast thinking and gutsiness. My impatient aries mind likes that.

[STEED]

That's wisdom from Sixpack :yep:

[porphy]

I like speed chess or blitz. Perhaps because I like aggressive playing and daring (read stupid) attacks going for mate, which never would succeed in a 2 hour game. :-j

Anyhow, blitz is fun and trains chess intuition, at least I like to tell myself that. Of course a 3 min game falls apart when analysed outside these time constraints, but some games can actually look very neat and involve some fast and creative thinking. Not to mention you often succumb to getting stuck in your own planing, completely missing what the opponent has in mind for you.

As a token I present to you a 3 min blitz played yesterday on Fics. Excuse me if it looks like "showing of" a mate in 15 moves, but perhaps someone will find it amusing. Not spectacular, but example of what a sacrificing player want from a blitz session . :|\

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7
7. Ng5+ Ke8 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qe1 h6 11. Qh4 Kd7
12. Rxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxg4+ Ke7 14. Qe6+ Kf8 15. Qf7#

Cheers Porphy

[STEED]

I used to play it years ago when I was younger but now no but I do enjoy watching a good game. :yep:

[scandium]

Interesting move order in the King's Gambit... kind of starts out as a Bishop's opening then transposes into the Bishop's variant of the KG. Different.

I think the early sac on f7 prbably surprised your opponent and threw him off his gameplan :lol:

[Skybird]

We were always told: don't play Blitzschach, kids. It teaches you playing rubbish in tournament, and not to think through it thoroughly. One could get bad habits from it.

We obeyed, and played Galaxians instead. :lol:

[Takeda Shingen]

I was also told to stay away from speed play and from 'park games' (we had a few concrete boards set up in a local park). I did dabble in it, and it did help hone my instinct, but it also gave me the tendency to rush my moves. As an inherently aggressive player, that is always something that I had struggled with, even to this day. I frequently have to tell myself to slow down and 'see the board'.

[scandium]

I find its useful for developing rapid calculation and intuition, as it drills lots of patterns in your mind. Unfortunately it also reinforces any bad habits you have, so its a mixed bag. Its also really addictive.

[porphy]

Scandium, yes I like that move order. I usually play it to avoid the falkebeer counter-gambit. My opponent should probably not moved his king at move 11 and instead used his black squared bishop to put pressure on my king-side with a check, as is custom in these openings. After that I guess my position is a bit shaky, but on the other hand time is running out fast ;)

Speed chess games at the local chess-club's christmas parties were always something to behold late at night. Rooks moving of like bishops, tobacco all over the board. etc... :-j

Cheers Porphy

[scandium]

Scandium, yes I like that move order. I usually play it to avoid the falkebeer counter-gambit. My opponent should probably not moved his king at move 11 and instead used his black squared bishop to put pressure on my king-side with a check, as is custom in these openings. After that I guess my position is a bit shaky, but on the other hand time is running out fast ;)

Speed chess games at the local chess-club's christmas parties were always something to behold late at night. Rooks moving of like bishops, tobacco all over the board. etc... :-j

Cheers Porphy

I used to play the KG as well before transitioning to the Vienna Gambit (2. Nc3 and 3.f4) having in mind the same idea of preventing 2...d4. I've since found the Vienna Gambit better suits my style, being a bit less sharp while still having some bite to it. Its like the quieter cousin of the KG ;)