In blitz we usually have few seconds left in endgame.
In my opinion finding correct plan is most important, meaning u know what to do and play much easier, rather than moving your pieces without plan.
Try to simplify position. The risk is minimal, at least u can reach equal position.
You r strong player, just enjoy it
Study rook endgames. It takes time and effort but it should help
Study rook endgames. It takes time and effort but it should help
I've been meaning to study rook endgames, but I rarely enter those in blitz games.
Then study the endgames that happen to you a lot, as long as the might help you in a standard game. I also agree with Dilshod, in blitz you won't have that much time, so simplify it, but also not too much. If you simplify it too much sometimes it can lead to draw.
king and pawn and especially rook and pawn engames are worth studying. there are a number of fairly common positions and patterns that once you have studied them wint require you to consume a bunch of clock time. the other thing to work on (i strugggle with this) is to not relax. i read in a chess book one time that won games can be the hardest to win. thiught it was silly advice. i dont anymore. i have had countless games where i gain a siginificant material advantage early on then i mentally relax assuming the win will be an easy mechanical win. my opponent on the other hand who has nothing to lose starts playing very aggressively and can become very dangerous. stay calm in those situations but dont relax mentally.
Interesting, note worthy. Thanks
I believe that studying the endgame per se, isn't going to prevent you from making blunders late in the game-and depending on how and what you study-you could end up causing more problems. Do you know why you are making mistakes late in the game? Is it due to a lack of knowledge in technique, schematic thinking, endgame theory, or is it a lack of knowledge of the self?
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No, no; the vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison and the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true ...or was that the chalice with the palace??
-To get back to the topic, I often suffer a similar conundrum. I conclude it's quite likely psychological more than the lack of tactical capacity. Upon reviewing the game and even whilst playing at times I realise the errors and kick myself for not changing my own tempo to suit the endgame. Whilst playing a lot of blitz there's always an opening and middle game hence they're practiced with each game. The same degree of positional familiarity is lacking in endgames where I need to remember to slow my own pace...
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...
a lot of it is fatigue i think, it happens to me even in my standard games - making an extra effort to concentrate and look during those times instead of getting into autopilot is something thats helped me personally
Yeah no
Any tips for generally how to attack safely? I'm having a similar issue to OP. I end up in advantaged middle game or even and I don't understand how to attack safely and I always end up blundering just trying to make an opening. I feel like my opponents always just play defense until I make a mistake. But if I don't attack the AI games I'm practicing on just don't end, they refuse to attack and I've drawn a number of times just trying to not be reckless because we get to a point where we just move back and forth with no good moves for either of us.
I enjoy playing blitz, it's fun. I get to play new openings and different lines I'm experimenting with.
The larger percentage of my blitz games, I'm getting nice advantages out of the opening and middle game. This continues until the early part of the endgame. I've identified my problem, but I've struggled with repairing this flaw.
Any thoughts?