Would you please create some short pre-set games in Live Chess with more extra seconds and fewer initial minutes? Such as: 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4. If I had to choose two favorites, I'd request; 1-3 and 2-3.

Here's why:

1. I prefer these time settings because I come across way too many Live players on here who start losing a game, then leave the game or stall out the rest of the game. This is a huge waste of my time to stare at the board for several minutes. So when I am only committed to 1 minute, I don't mind if someone stalls that minute away; but a three-minute stall seems like forever. A 1-4 game is about as long as a 3-0 game, but in a 1-4 game, I am not stuck waiting 3 minutes if some jerk loses a piece then checks out. This happens a lot on here.

2. People use the pre-set times to choose their games, and then they get automatically matched up against someone who chose the same time. So anyone choosing a custom time will often wait a long time for a game - not until someone sees your game on the chart and selects your dot. And I do think a lot more people would select the times I listed above if they did not have to hunt for someone who set up a custom game time like that.

Thanks, Gato

Whoops. I meant that a 3-0 game is about as long as a 1-3 game.

Did you get any feedback about this issue? That happens a lot to me either. I think that users should suffer ranking penalties with that behaviour. It shouldn't be difficult to record the time between last move and the end of game.