14 Sep '15 15:53>
Hooray, I've joined a real chess club! And this time it's not an informal club where we just sit around and shove wood as we like, at any tempo we like, but a proper one with notation books and clocks.
Ah, yes, and there's the problem. I won my first game, last week, but in a decidedly sloppy way, and the main thing to notice about that game was that we both played far, far too fast. Tonight I'm probably going to have to play a more solid opponent and lose badly because I don't use my full clock. I'm well aware of this bad habit of mine but I can't work out how to stop myself from rushing.
So... how do better players do it? How do I teach myself to use all my available time; And how do I stop falling into traps because I think I've seen the tactic, but because I haven't been patient enough, fail to spot the real danger? I've tried just using the full time for each move, but of course that means I spend too long over the moves that really are simple, and don't have enough left over for the tricky ones.
It'll be too late for tonight, of course, but any useful, practical tips on this area of game management would be deeply appreciated.
Ah, yes, and there's the problem. I won my first game, last week, but in a decidedly sloppy way, and the main thing to notice about that game was that we both played far, far too fast. Tonight I'm probably going to have to play a more solid opponent and lose badly because I don't use my full clock. I'm well aware of this bad habit of mine but I can't work out how to stop myself from rushing.
So... how do better players do it? How do I teach myself to use all my available time; And how do I stop falling into traps because I think I've seen the tactic, but because I haven't been patient enough, fail to spot the real danger? I've tried just using the full time for each move, but of course that means I spend too long over the moves that really are simple, and don't have enough left over for the tricky ones.
It'll be too late for tonight, of course, but any useful, practical tips on this area of game management would be deeply appreciated.