I continue to find so much common ground between poker and blitz. The surest way to lose money in a hurry in poker is to be impatient. The surest way to cause your position to go south in a hurry in blitz is to be impatient. It's definitely hard to be patient, but it really does pay off if you can manage it.
You're probably thinking I'm about to tell you how I was really patient in one of my games last night, and how that enabled me to win. Actually, I'm about to tell you the opposite :-) As many have observed before me, you never learn as much from a victory as you do from a defeat. It's so instructive to play over one's defeats, seeing where one went wrong.
That one game where I wasn't patient is the game I remember best from last night. It all hinged on a completely awkward knight move I made in the opening; this horrible move gave my opponent a free pawn and put a permanent cramp on my position. Move in haste, repent at leisure!
On the plus side, I won as many games as I lost.
neostreet: 1200 (48-50-8 (106))
monvieux: 1264 (278-226-15 (519))
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