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Rapid games more "precise" than slow games :-)

Leon rapid games (20 min. + any seconds/move) between Gelfand and Aronian (the final) was spectacular. The champion will be the winner of 4 games, and, after 3th game, Aronian was winning by 2-1. But Boris won the 4th and the two blitz games!

Seeing that 4 games, I think the level - few great mistakes - of them was big. This is the first:

Last week I saw Poikovski (Karpov memorial) tournament, and there was a lot of mistakes, any of them incredible (for me, as they are top GMs).

Next game is an example taken of this event, when black lost a clearly better position - although thinking is difficult a way to win -. It remembers to me the end of Capablanca-Tartakower, cited below, so, I cited it first :-)

* Any comments are taken from chess.ru website

 

The didactical ending of Capablanca-Tartakower:

 

In next game, Rublevski-Sokolov, white could play an "easy" (for a GM I think it is) line, winning without problems. But... 

 

Ok, maybe sometimes rapid, "intuitional" chess is more precise than slow, more planned chess! :-)

Comments

  • 23 months ago

    george1977

    Yes, sexyknight, me too, but not all the time :-) As against most of people, I think rapid chess, with comments and analysis after the game could be a very interesting instrument to improve any key aspects in chess... 

    And...mmm... yes, you can play more agressive chess with more brilliancy!! :-D

  • 23 months ago

    thesexyknight

    I enjoy the blitz games more. Its far more exciting and I feel they're actually more educational becauase you can witness more mistakes and more attacking brilliance.

  • 24 months ago

    george1977

    Hi, iguna! If my level is "top GM" why I am not playing in Linares, etc? :-D

    Thanks, but for me rapid chess is not the same that slow games :-S In rapid chess my pieces are not the same coordination as in Aronian's game! (and 3rd game, not in the article, is spectular at this topic!

  • 24 months ago

    iguna

    For their level (Top GM's), it is possible  'Rapid Chess' is just the same with 'slow games', because their experiments and their talents!!

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