Secret System Guaranteed to increase your QUICK RATING

Before I divulge my secrets I want to make it very clear, that I'm not the best quick player out there and don't claim to be.  My secrets will increase quick ratings by 50 points minimum or your money back...Thankfully I'm not taking anyone's money.  For those players who have already mastered quick, this might help and might not.  This is for that 1400 player to help reach 1500 or that 1500 player to reach 1600.

Ready?  Okay.

Secret #1: Pre-moves must be utilized in the opening of the game using a pre-determined set of moves, which can be changed using the right-click button should you see a problem.  I suggest learning and getting comfortable with an opening which takes away the attack on the f7 pawn and fianchettos your bishops.  In other words a hyper-modern defensive posture.

Secret #2: Losing is a part of chess, but for you to get a better rating in quick, we must win more than we lose.  To do this play in sets of 10 games at a time.  Track your progress by writing down how many games you win out of 10 in a set.  Also take note of the rating of players you lose to. (tip: sometimes their current rating doesn't reflect their ability, so make sure to discover their highest rating ever and use that to reflect their ability).  For example if you lose to a 1200 player who has been rated 1400, write down 1400.  The entire goal of this is to increase the number of wins out of 10 by playing the highest possible rating level of a person you should beat.

Secret #3:  Never lose 3 games in a row.  If you lose a game to a 1500 rated player and see that you lose 3 points.  The next game play a 1300 player and gain a point or 2 points back.  Psychologically this puts you into a winning mindset and scientifically you are limiting your point loss, while getting more practice.

Secret #4: Have an opening as white and as black that you will play everytime when using this strategy.  Don't mix it up.  Be disciplined in this.  This will help you learn many responses to the obvious moves a start helping you master these two openings.

Secret #5: Practice Practice Practice.

"It's a bloody system but it works."
                                        -Dana Carvey as George Michael

Great suggestions which apply to all games --- not just quick ones.

 Personally seen about a hundred point increase.  I only play 1 min. in quick.

Yeah I guess it is pretty good suggestions for all games, except the premove stuff. In longer games I would always coach someone to take their time before a move even if the move is obvious, because you don't want to let the opponent dictate the rhythm of a game.

Whilst I do not disagree with any of the comments made by  Immortalgamer, and judging by his grade the system has its merits, to me the purpose of quick chess is to have fun! I play as many games of quick chess as I do Blitz but its quickplay where Ill try anything, any sac, opening,  whatever. 

Ive lost to players graded 300 points below me, and beaten players 300 points higher, Ive played real rubbish and won,Ive been 3 pieces up and lost, and thats the point! Even at blitz, if you win a piece you usually win , at quickplay it means nothing! Im not sure Ive ever learnt from it but I enjoy it! Grade means nothing, its the fun of the game for me!

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Saying "Grade means nothing" is like saying "Age isn't important".  Grade is a reflection on things learned.  In quick chess although I would agree that it is a completely different game than Long Chess, still has its merits.  I think a true chess master will master all levels of the game.  Some people rated 1700 or higher in blitz, but just 1100 in quick always strike me as odd.  They would say it is because they cannot think fast, and I would say it is because they have not mastered that aspect of chess.

Your way of playing quick is fine and fun, but you will not see a gradual rise in your rating that way, you will see large swings.

Thanks for your comments immortalgamer, but I have to say this time I cant agree.

'Grade means nothing' is of course my personal opinion, and I can assure you that age is important (when you get to mine!)

Grade is not a reflection of things learnt either, the simple fact is that as you get older your grade will decline, it happens OTB , at CC and at blitz and quickplay. Its happened to me, its happened to Kasparov (nice to include him in the same sentence!) and it will happen to you too.The only thing Id say is the speed of decline will vary greatly, perhaps CC being the one where it takes  a greater time.

I would also question whether quickplay can improve your game at more standard times, but thats another subject!

Anyway thanks for your comments and thanks for sharing some of your interesting games with the rest of us, keep it up!

Would love your comments on my non-quick game petitbonom here:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/tactical-fireworks-would-enjoy-thoughtscommentsanalysis

Good tips..

I've heard a lot of coaches say that if one wants to improve their play in long games then lots of games under 10 minutes are going to seriously effect their chances, and not so many who say the opposite. But horses for courses I guess.. Personally, unless my local club is having a Blitz competition or I want to quickly test out a few new opening lines on the computer I stear well clear. And IMO one minute games are the most pointless exercise ever invented.

I suppose you've never been in a time crunch in a regular timed game?  This ability helps players like Anand, Carlsen, and Nakamura (to name just a few).  It is not a coincidence that Karpov was considered unbeatable in 1 min games and a true genius of the 5 min game.

Of course I have. But I feel it's not necessary to risk messing up my thinking techniques which I'm carefully trying to develop by playing long games just for the sake of the ability to play quickly under pressure. And in any case I think that the ability to think quickly can come just as well with general improvement through study over time without playing speed chess (and is for me I believe, I'm actually not that bad under time pressure). I'm not denying that most of the great classical players (Capablanca, Fischer and Petrosian were some more great Blitz players) have also been great speed players, but IMO this doesn't prove much because they are bound to be having Mastered long games. And it's no coincidence that most coaches advise players to play minimal Blitz and to stear clear of 1 minute games all together!

As a perfect illustration here's what can happen if one has their Blitz head on in a long game:

Just One more move!

Back when the game was played I was playing not lots, but a reasonable amount of Blitz games. Since then I've cut them out almost completely and mistakes like that are becoming a lot fewer! Since in Blitz games one simply doesn't have the time to use any of the thinking techniques I talked about in the game.

When you're black you cannot really premove at opening. And sometimes in quick, i notice some people just lag and it works to their advantage, they do perfect moves except like as if they are pre-moves.

My strategy is rilly good 2.i wen from 1500 to 1700 in 2 days.i play with ppl 1201 to 1500.

And i play unrated with 1600+ players.