Replaying GM games in 0.5x or 2x of original speed ?

We all know that Lichess TV can teach us a lot. However, in bullet/blitz games, the calculation speed of top players is too fast for us to follow (for 95% of us). To understand their reasoning (a good part of it), we would need more time. At the same time, watching a classical game may be too boring, so and we would like to watch it faster.

This is where the 0.5x or the 2x replay features comes in handy. The basic replay feature that we have today allows us to re-watch a saved game real speed. But I believe that, for our best learning, we need to adjust the speed, just like we would do if it was a video.

So perhaps you would like to watch a 1+0 game as if it was 2+0 (using 0.5x replay) ?
Or maybe a 30+20 classical as if it was a 3+2 game (using 10x replay) ?

Thoughts?

If you really want to study a game, your best bet is to advance yourself, move-by-move, only when you are ready.

@mcgoves what you suggest is the old fashion approach, which was the #1 advice before Lichess TV existed. It is still very good for studying classical games, but results in a very slow learning process and the knowledge obtained doesn't fully apply to blitz/bullet games. You won't grasp the time management of blitz games with the clocks stopped. Makes sense?

In classical games, you need to play solid. Though in bullet, you need to be a "trouble maker". While in bullet games, one essential tactic is to make the maximum number of removes you can while giving lots of checks to cancel your opponent's premoves.

If you're watching bullet recreationally, it makes sense to slow it down a bit. If you're *studying* bullet... well, I'll keep my mouth shut on that one. I'm too much the noob. But I remember what Nezhmetdinov said.

> He who analyzes blitz is stupid.

@mcgoves analyzing blitz/bullet means to use the old fashion approach over this games. That what I'm NOT suggesting.

On the other hand, watching blitz games in a way that you can understand a bit of what's going on has a critical importance in learning how to calculate in a more "time efficient" way. And that knowledge is essential in chess (unless we were talking about correspondence games).

Why do you think your blitz rating is about 300 points below your rapid rating?

Because I haven't played enough slow chess to develop the intuition (board vision, position recognition, etc.) I need for fast. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

If I cared to analyze the time management skills of a fast game, I'd still take as much time as I needed. I don't see the advantage in having the move advance while I'm still thinking about the previous.

But... I should keep my mouth shut.

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@mcgoves said in #6:
> Because I haven't played enough slow chess to develop the intuition (board vision, position recognition, etc.) I need for fast. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

It really doesn't work that way. The only correct part of what you wrote is the fact that playing a greater number of games may help. But you need to condense them in a short period of time. You need to play something like 50 games per day to get a better intuition, position evaluation and become more resourceful. And slow chess won't allow you to do that. Only bullet will. Or maybe 3+0 blitz, if you can dedicate many yours per day.

This is why you won't reach your best blitz performance by playing slow chess and analyzing games offline (without a clock).

You can see from my rating chart that many years ago my ratings were also quite higher in longer time controls. I was focusing in slow chess and game analysis, like you.

Try playing a ton of bullet games, like 1+0, then you'll notice a nice increase in your blitz rating. Also watch GMs commenting on their bullet games while they play. This is another way to watch a fast game between top players while still understanding some of it.