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What is the best way to spend your time when its your opponents move?

Let me tell you something: if all you do while waiting for your opponent is twiddle a chess piece, doodle, or pretend you’re multitasking, congratulations, you’re already not applying yourself to your full potential.

The truth of how fast you think, or how much you care to think, is right there in your puzzle “Storm” time controls. Anyone can look at them. They measure exactly how long it takes you to make a move. If your idea of playing chess is memorizing openings and only starting to think once your opponent steps off the beaten path, no wonder it feels like a long wait.

Impatience isn’t just a chess problem, it’s a life skill problem. Even Bingo players grumble about waiting for the next number. Imagine if they double-checked for something they might of missed. Patience is a skill that has no rating, but it’s everywhere, like dust on a bookshelf, and ignoring it builds up. My advice? Waste or manage your time wisely.

Let me tell you something: if all you do while waiting for your opponent is twiddle a chess piece, doodle, or pretend you’re multitasking, congratulations, you’re already not applying yourself to your full potential. The truth of how fast you think, or how much you care to think, is right there in your puzzle “Storm” time controls. Anyone can look at them. They measure exactly how long it takes you to make a move. If your idea of playing chess is memorizing openings and only starting to think once your opponent steps off the beaten path, no wonder it feels like a long wait. Impatience isn’t just a chess problem, it’s a life skill problem. Even Bingo players grumble about waiting for the next number. Imagine if they double-checked for something they might of missed. Patience is a skill that has no rating, but it’s everywhere, like dust on a bookshelf, and ignoring it builds up. My advice? Waste or manage your time wisely.

@mkubecek said ^

if i tell an organizer the guy just say "i dont know what he is talking about, i didnt cheat" so that doesnt work but true, if i notated that would be proof.

To be honest, I still have no idea what you are talking about. What should I imagine under "if i just look away my opponent would cheat"?

once i was about to either mate him or take his queen, and he couldnt defend both , and i looked away and my opponent had moved a piece to defend his king and his queen. i said where did you move after i noticed he moved twice, and he said he just moved the piece to stop the mate, and a told a organizer, and my opponent declined moving two pieces, and nobody had any proof but the truth, and he got away with it and eventually went to win the game. this is a reason to notate, which i hadnt been doing. and this isnt the first or last time it happened.

@mkubecek said [^](/forum/redirect/post/sVE0CTJR) > > if i tell an organizer the guy just say "i dont know what he is talking about, i didnt cheat" so that doesnt work but true, if i notated that would be proof. > > To be honest, I still have no idea what you are talking about. What should I imagine under "*if i just look away my opponent would cheat*"? once i was about to either mate him or take his queen, and he couldnt defend both , and i looked away and my opponent had moved a piece to defend his king and his queen. i said where did you move after i noticed he moved twice, and he said he just moved the piece to stop the mate, and a told a organizer, and my opponent declined moving two pieces, and nobody had any proof but the truth, and he got away with it and eventually went to win the game. this is a reason to notate, which i hadnt been doing. and this isnt the first or last time it happened.

Chess is like tennis, while the opponent is making a move / hitting the ball, you want to do everything you can to put yourself (or your pieces) in the right place at the right time and think about how you can attack, defend, or counter

Chess is like tennis, while the opponent is making a move / hitting the ball, you want to do everything you can to put yourself (or your pieces) in the right place at the right time and think about how you can attack, defend, or counter

@Hagredion said ^

Strolling around the tournament hall.

Agreed. Plus thinking loosely about the position in general terms. Sometimes you discover something „offsite“.

I wouldn’t force/confine myself or anyone to the board if this feels like going against one‘s nature.

@Hagredion said [^](/forum/redirect/post/nsehQh0p) > Strolling around the tournament hall. Agreed. Plus thinking loosely about the position in general terms. Sometimes you discover something „offsite“. I wouldn’t force/confine myself or anyone to the board if this feels like going against one‘s nature.

@PeterKoopa said ^

once i was about to either mate him or take his queen, and he couldnt defend both , and i looked away and my opponent had moved a piece to defend his king and his queen. i said where did you move after i noticed he moved twice, and he said he just moved the piece to stop the mate, and a told a organizer, and my opponent declined moving two pieces, and nobody had any proof but the truth, and he got away with it and eventually went to win the game. this is a reason to notate, which i hadnt been doing. and this isnt the first or last time it happened.

Must be some weird environment you play in... Something like that never happened to me in 7 years back in the 80's or in the two years I've been playing now.

@PeterKoopa said [^](/forum/redirect/post/N8BDp6Yo) > once i was about to either mate him or take his queen, and he couldnt defend both , and i looked away and my opponent had moved a piece to defend his king and his queen. i said where did you move after i noticed he moved twice, and he said he just moved the piece to stop the mate, and a told a organizer, and my opponent declined moving two pieces, and nobody had any proof but the truth, and he got away with it and eventually went to win the game. this is a reason to notate, which i hadnt been doing. and this isnt the first or last time it happened. Must be some weird environment you play in... Something like that never happened to me in 7 years back in the 80's or in the two years I've been playing now.