I was wondering why more people don't play 10 d.p.m. games.  Most players still make their moves at the same rate as 3 d.p.m. games.   I started playing only 10 d.p.m. games when my work schedule caused me to lose too many 3 d.p.m. games.  You also don't have to worry about most vacations, unless you are gone more than 10 days. 

Yes 10 day move timer is good. But I'd rather just set it at 14 days.

I agree, but I rarely see even 14 day games.  I think players don't accept 10 and 14 D.P.M. games because they think a move will only be made every 10 or 14 days, which is seldom the case. 

Yes some may think that. But me and someone played a 14 day move game on chess.com like live chess once, when we decided the game had gone on long enough, it lasted about 8 months.

The theory only works if all or most games are the same time control of 10 days.

With a mix of time controls most players will not play the long time control games until they get to the top of the list. This will be after playing multiple moves in the shorter time control games.

On another site I play 30 days per move.  Moves are made every day so its no problem, just a nice cushion incase something drastic happens.  No need for someone to lose a game on time just because they broke both legs falling down a flight of stairs.  Disaster is always looming. 

I never knew about 10 d.p.m. games until I just now checked your profile. I only joined chess.com to improve my game, not play games. However, I never joined it to read forums either, but it seems I spend more time doing that than improving my game.  Actually, reading the forums has served two purposes that I desire. One, I have learned a great deal about chess books, sites and other chess related things. Second, I have been starved, so to speak, for communication with people that enjoy talking about and sharing chess related interests. The forums fill those needs for me, not to mention adding some humor a long the way.

This reminds me of when I played a few games of postal chess before computers.  I believe it was customary to return one's move within three days, unless both players agree otherwise.  I left a board set up instead of replaying it, but my opponent said that he replayed each time to keep the feel of the game.   He was an intellegence officer, of some sort, in Washington D. C.  He claimed to have a rating of 1600. I am not certain why he stopped playing.  Many times I had to wait awhile to receive his move, and they became further and further apart, until finally I received no more. He did finally write to inform me that the stress of his job was hampering his time to play. I never played postal chess again. 

Your pretty active in the forums!

 Yes, and far more than I thought I would be. I periodically check the posts throughout the day.

Yes, I was surprised to find several of my very, very, old post come back to life.  A one year old forum post has got to be 50 years old in internet years. 

Anyway, Crosspinner, I say if you are enjoying yourself then keep it up. 

Indeed, I am enjoying all of this.  It is sort of like living in a gated-area with only chess players living there. Just think, the clubhouse would be filled with tables adorned with chess sets. And instead of boring books lining the bookshelves there would be chess books and videos. 

 I now must regulate my time on these threads. After I check my messages I cleck Most Recent Posts and end up adding more to the Topics I Am Tracking.  I work on my honey-do-list and check on this site in between my menial tasks. I do training on this site, but If I am not careful I read too many threads and cut down on my training time.  But I am not attempting to become a Master, just improve my game.  Becoming a Master is beyond my reach at my age. I learned long ago how to adjust the limits of my dreams. They can get out of hand so easily. 

 There was probably a post in between the first two whose owner closed their account. For some reason this deletes all posts they ever made too.