It has been a while since I have been active on chess.com and other chess servers. Work and life got in the way, and then I started playing too much Crazyhouse on Lichess.
But last year I purchased a LOT of chess lessons from iChess.net, including 5 DVDs by GingerGM (the coolest chess player of all time)... and I have been keeping up with all the Master tournaments and have been watching a lot of streams on Twitch, too, so I have been learning and improving in my own way.
Anyway, I have realised that I perform better with long time-controls, and my local friends have told me to stick to classical time-controls and take part in tournaments. So with this encouragement I have entered the MUMBAI MAYOR'S CUP 2018. As I am an unrated player and this is my first OTB tournament ever, I'm playing in Category C (below 1600).
The problem I am facing is: finding chess players interested in classical time-controls. Most want to play either Blitz or Rapid. Even my local friends play Rapid or Blitz tournaments while avoiding Classical tournaments. My question is: Is there anyone here interested in playing long time-controls?
If so, we can co-ordinate over Facebook messenger or WhatsApp (because this site doesn't have an instant messaging feature) and set a date and time to play. I see this as preparation for OTB tournaments. The time-controls for classical tourneys in India are mostly 60|30 and 30|30. I do not mind playing 45|45, because... well it might just become the next standard in long-play games.
If you are reading this, do let me know if this is something you find interesting.
Hello Ashley and other good people of TEAM RSK,
It has been a while since I have been active on chess.com and other chess servers. Work and life got in the way, and then I started playing too much Crazyhouse on Lichess.
But last year I purchased a LOT of chess lessons from iChess.net, including 5 DVDs by GingerGM (the coolest chess player of all time)... and I have been keeping up with all the Master tournaments and have been watching a lot of streams on Twitch, too, so I have been learning and improving in my own way.
Anyway, I have realised that I perform better with long time-controls, and my local friends have told me to stick to classical time-controls and take part in tournaments. So with this encouragement I have entered the MUMBAI MAYOR'S CUP 2018. As I am an unrated player and this is my first OTB tournament ever, I'm playing in Category C (below 1600).
The problem I am facing is: finding chess players interested in classical time-controls. Most want to play either Blitz or Rapid. Even my local friends play Rapid or Blitz tournaments while avoiding Classical tournaments.
My question is: Is there anyone here interested in playing long time-controls?
If so, we can co-ordinate over Facebook messenger or WhatsApp (because this site doesn't have an instant messaging feature) and set a date and time to play. I see this as preparation for OTB tournaments. The time-controls for classical tourneys in India are mostly 60|30 and 30|30. I do not mind playing 45|45, because... well it might just become the next standard in long-play games.
If you are reading this, do let me know if this is something you find interesting.