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tactical_abyss 31-May-13, 08:03	Just a personal note of mine regarding blitz... Starting in another thread(not this one)I will begin to discuss some finer details of blitz tactics and how to improve your game play with those who are interested.It may not be for a while,due to my job hours change,but it come sometime in the future.But I just wanted to copy and paste something(from another thread in this club) regarding another issue relative to my Queen sacrifice games and some common misconceptions regarding my "wins" against many players on GK.Your inputs are also welcome: It is a common misconception that the rating differences have to be vastly above another player to win in a Queen sac game,or expected.This was alluded to by someone in Jkarps annotation of my blitz game.Technically,this is incorrect. There is much more to blitz play than simply outsmarting your opponent in ploys,strategies,tactics,ect.There is a host of other factors that can contribute to a win.Thats why I have beaten 2200-2300 players and an occasional 2400 player in blitz...with a Queen sac!Some 2400 players,for example,are fantastic at regular corresp or OTB games with regular long time controls,but are not very good at blitz.Yes,they can play fairly well,but not on what I deem is a 2400 level,but perhaps a 1900 level or even lower.Some players that are,say,only 100-200 points below me in corresp rating "chill up"in very fast time controls!In a one to four minute game with no incremental time control,their minds are not completely "adapted" to speed and they stumble along or miss one ex-ray attack and its curtains when they lose a Knight.Also,you must consider that the type of equip they are using can easily contribute to a blitz loss due to timing-out.There are special mouse designs and weights and surfaces that must be used to optimize ones movement,click and slide speed.Just a microsecond faster on my side combined over several moves can yield a win for me,even if my opponent is going to mate me in one more move! Just my mouse alone for blitz was designed for me by an engineer that you cannot purchase in a store at any cost.I paid several hundred dollars just for the mouse!So,do I take my chess seriously,including blitz?Take a guess! The other factors that contribute to my Sac wins in blitz are that I have tons of experience playing blitz,both OTB at Washington Square Park,my club and on several high quality blitz sites for many,many years.I was in first place several times on some of the major blitz sites. So,its alot more to consider than rating differences.Sure,its much easier to sac my Queen and win against a 1400 player,but its also very possible to beat players above 2200 with a Q sac if they are not prepared in blitz as well as in long corresp games.Keep in mind,many,many players corresp or OTB rating is much higher than their blitz rating and some corresp/OTB players do not even have a blitz rating or have played blitz very little.So,if a 2300 rated player on GK has played blitz only a few times in his life,it is very conceivable that I could beat him with one of my Q sacs in say, a 3 min game with no increment....and yes,I have!!!!!!!!! Blitz is a totally different kind of game and involves alot of psy and tactics that "are"unfamiliar with some players that are within only 100-300 points in rating less than my 2500 rating.Now,due to my experience in blitz,I have been able to maintain an approx 2500 and up to 2600 rating in blitz.So I do not fall into the category of a standard drop in rating of 200-300 points less in blitz as opposed to the long corresp game rating. Yes,brain freeze can occur in blitz regardless of ones rating in corresp.The trouble is,that on GK,there are not many "strong"players that play against me on the GK blitz rooms.This is primarily a corresp site,not a blitz site,so it is very rare for a 2200-2500 player to suddenly appear as my opponent in a 3 min game...and for me to give you an example of my win with a Q sac against a very strong player is rare.But like above,I can give you wins against a fairly strong 1931 player and I can post,if you like Q sac wins against alot of 2000-2100 rated players!But then,if I play a 2200-2300 player in blitz,my strategy changes!Yes,I will still sac my Queen in some cases,BUT I will alter my strategy and play to "time-out"my opponent,not win by mate!See?And winning by timing-out my opponent involves a special set of strategies that has taken me decades to master. So,please do not simply think "rating number"differences in blitz and thats mainly the "only"reason why TA wins most of the time in Q sacs!Imagine if I did NOT sacrifice my Queen(and certainly I do not always sac my Queen).....what then is your chance at beating me then?I will not even begin to compute the odds!Alot of study with the IM"s and GM's,alot of practice and a million blitz games played has contributed to my success in blitz.Rating number differences do not always make a difference,even with Queen or in some cases a Knight sacrifice.Hey,I don't just sac Queens you know,sometimes just a Knight or Bishop!So then its not quite as hard to understand my win then,against a 2300-2400 player using a Knight sac,now is it? No brag,just fact! TA
tactical_abyss 23-Jun-13, 15:02	Just one example of many from the past... Just one game of many examples below where I beat a senior master being down major sacrificed material in the opening(my Queen)Some sac games are won by mate,this game below is by timing-out strategy in a 3 min game.So just an example of the winning possibilities in blitz,even being down a Queen in the opening against a 2400+ player.Can I give you many more examples?Sure!But not from GK.Its very rare for any 2400+player to be in the GK blitz room to begin with! This game is written up in more detail in "TA's Queen sac game link"but I thought i'd post this one example to show readers that I am not simply talking trash with my sac wins against super strong players.I could have mated this player below,not just timed him out,but I knew from experience that I did not have the "time"to do it in a 3 min game.A 5 min game,yes,but not the case here.So a timing-out strategy must sometimes be employed in faster time controls. [Round "-"] [White "tactical_abyss"]rating:2511 [Black "agata"]rating:2438 [Result "1-0"]Agata times-out,white wins. 1. e4 Nf6 2. Qf3 e5 3. Qxf6 Qxf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Be2 h6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. O-O-O Qe6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. g3 b5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. h4 a5 17. e5 b4 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. Rd6 bxa3 20. bxa3 Be6 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Bxd3 a4 24. Nd2 Qd7 25. Nf3 Bf5 26. Re1 Bxd3 27. e6 fxe6 28. Ne5 Qd4 29. Nxd3 Qxc4 30. Re5 Qd4 31. Rxc5 Rb8 32. Kd2 Rb1 33. Rxc6 Qe4 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Kc3 Qd5 36. Rc4 Rb5 37. Rxa4 Qc6+ 38. Rc4 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Qe4 40. Ra5 Qc6+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Kc3 Qh2 43. Kb3 Qxh4 44. Kc3 Qf6+ 45. Kb3 Qg6 46. Ka2 h5 47. Kb1 h4 48. Kb2 h3 49. Nf2 h2 50. Kb3 Qg3+ 51. Kb2 Qxf2 52. Kb3 Qe3+ 53. Kb4 Qd4+ 54. Kb3 Qd5+ 55. Kb2 1-0

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tactical_abyss
31-May-13, 08:03

Just a personal note of mine regarding blitz...

Starting in another thread(not this one)I will begin to discuss some finer details of blitz tactics and how to improve your game play with those who are interested.It may not be for a while,due to my job hours change,but it come sometime in the future.But I just wanted to copy and paste something(from another thread in this club) regarding another issue relative to my Queen sacrifice games and some common misconceptions regarding my "wins" against many players on GK.Your inputs are also welcome:

It is a common misconception that the rating differences have to be vastly above another player to win in a Queen sac game,or expected.This was alluded to by someone in Jkarps annotation of my blitz game.Technically,this is incorrect.

There is much more to blitz play than simply outsmarting your opponent in ploys,strategies,tactics,ect.There is a host of other factors that can contribute to a win.Thats why I have beaten 2200-2300 players and an occasional 2400 player in blitz...with a Queen sac!Some 2400 players,for example,are fantastic at regular corresp or OTB games with regular long time controls,but are not very good at blitz.Yes,they can play fairly well,but not on what I deem is a 2400 level,but perhaps a 1900 level or even lower.Some players that are,say,only 100-200 points below me in corresp rating "chill up"in very fast time controls!In a
one to four minute game with no incremental time control,their minds are not completely "adapted" to speed and they stumble along or miss one ex-ray attack and its curtains when they lose a Knight.Also,you must consider that the type of equip they are using can easily contribute to a blitz loss due to timing-out.There are special mouse designs and weights and surfaces that must be used to optimize ones movement,click and slide speed.Just a microsecond faster on my side combined over several moves can yield a win for me,even if my opponent is going to mate me in one more move!

Just my mouse alone for blitz was designed for me by an engineer that you cannot purchase in a store at any cost.I paid several hundred dollars just for the mouse!So,do I take my chess seriously,including blitz?Take a guess!

The other factors that contribute to my Sac wins in blitz are that I have tons of experience playing blitz,both OTB at Washington Square Park,my club and on several high quality blitz sites for many,many years.I was in first place several times on some of the major blitz sites.

So,its alot more to consider than rating differences.Sure,its much easier to sac my Queen and win against a 1400 player,but its also very possible to beat players above 2200 with a Q sac if they are not prepared in blitz as well as in long corresp games.Keep in mind,many,many players corresp or OTB rating is much higher than their blitz rating and some corresp/OTB players do not even have a blitz rating or have played blitz very little.So,if a 2300 rated player on GK has played blitz only a few times in his life,it is very conceivable that I could beat him with one of my Q sacs in say, a 3 min game with no increment....and yes,I have!!!!!!!!!

Blitz is a totally different kind of game and involves alot of psy and tactics that "are"unfamiliar with some players that are within only 100-300 points in rating less than my 2500 rating.Now,due to my experience in blitz,I have been able to maintain an approx 2500 and up to 2600 rating in blitz.So I do not fall into the category of a standard drop in rating of 200-300 points less in blitz as opposed to the long corresp game rating.

Yes,brain freeze can occur in blitz regardless of ones rating in corresp.The trouble is,that on GK,there are not many "strong"players that play against me on the GK blitz rooms.This is primarily a corresp site,not a blitz site,so it is very rare for a 2200-2500 player to suddenly appear as my opponent in a 3 min game...and for me to give you an example of my win with a Q sac against a very strong player is rare.But like above,I can give you wins against a fairly strong 1931 player and I can post,if you like Q sac wins against alot of 2000-2100 rated players!But then,if I play a 2200-2300 player in blitz,my strategy changes!Yes,I will still sac my Queen in some cases,BUT I will alter my strategy and play to "time-out"my opponent,not win by mate!See?And winning by timing-out my opponent involves a special set of strategies that has taken me decades to master.

So,please do not simply think "rating number"differences in blitz and thats mainly the "only"reason why TA wins most of the time in Q sacs!Imagine if I did NOT sacrifice my Queen(and certainly I do not always sac my Queen).....what then is your chance at beating me then?I will not even begin to compute the odds!Alot of study with the IM"s and GM's,alot of practice and a million blitz games played has contributed to my success in blitz.Rating number differences do not always make a difference,even with Queen or in some cases a Knight sacrifice.Hey,I don't just sac Queens you know,sometimes just a Knight or Bishop!So then its not quite as hard to understand my win then,against a 2300-2400 player using a Knight sac,now is it?

No brag,just fact!

TA

tactical_abyss
23-Jun-13, 15:02

Just one example of many from the past...

Just one game of many examples below where I beat a senior master being down major sacrificed material in the opening(my Queen)Some sac games are won by mate,this game below is by timing-out strategy in a 3 min game.So just an example of the winning possibilities in blitz,even being down a Queen in the opening against a 2400+ player.Can I give you many more examples?Sure!But not from GK.Its very rare for any 2400+player to be in the GK blitz room to begin with!

This game is written up in more detail in "TA's Queen sac game link"but I thought i'd post this one example to show readers that I am not simply talking trash with my sac wins against super strong players.I could have mated this player below,not just timed him out,but I knew from experience that I did not have the "time"to do it in a 3 min game.A 5 min game,yes,but not the case here.So a timing-out strategy must sometimes be employed in faster time controls.

[Round "-"]
[White "tactical_abyss"]rating:2511
[Black "agata"]rating:2438
[Result "1-0"]Agata times-out,white wins.

1. e4 Nf6 2. Qf3 e5 3. Qxf6 Qxf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Be2 h6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. O-O-O Qe6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. g3 b5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. h4 a5 17. e5 b4 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. Rd6 bxa3 20. bxa3 Be6 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Bxd3 a4 24. Nd2 Qd7 25. Nf3 Bf5 26. Re1 Bxd3 27. e6 fxe6 28. Ne5 Qd4 29. Nxd3 Qxc4 30. Re5 Qd4 31. Rxc5 Rb8 32. Kd2 Rb1 33. Rxc6 Qe4 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Kc3 Qd5 36. Rc4 Rb5 37. Rxa4 Qc6+ 38. Rc4 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Qe4 40. Ra5 Qc6+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Kc3 Qh2 43. Kb3 Qxh4 44. Kc3 Qf6+ 45. Kb3 Qg6 46. Ka2 h5 47. Kb1 h4 48. Kb2 h3 49. Nf2 h2 50. Kb3 Qg3+ 51. Kb2 Qxf2 52. Kb3 Qe3+ 53. Kb4 Qd4+ 54. Kb3 Qd5+ 55. Kb2 1-0

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