I did five and a half hours of chess this week, split roughly evenly between playing a league game and analysing a few recent games. The league game was a disappointing draw, agreed after falling into bad time trouble (which I seem to be doing even more than usual at the moment, probably partly because I don’t have time to do any prep).
Hey Will.
I find that given the relatively quick time limits in local- league chess, its often better to play a reasonably good move quickly then spend a long time trying to find the best move or remember a long line of theory.
You’re quite right of course, Ben. Playing a move without first trying to be pretty sure it’s the best move is something I struggle to do – I worry about missing wins, or overlooking threats – but I definitely need to try to play faster.