I'd love to play 15+10 and 30+0 classical players. Very good practice for otb tournaments. Also there is no 15 minute pool which is also very good.
Why does chess.com not have a classical or long time control rating?
I think I understand the practicality of merging classical and rapid into one. There's little demand for the classical and you'd have a lot of games be a rating mismatch.
But that's them making up their own categories. For a website called "chess.com" that's preposterous.
I think I understand the practicality of merging classical and rapid into one. There's little demand for the classical and you'd have a lot of games be a rating mismatch.
But that's them making up their own categories. For a website called "chess.com" that's preposterous.
It was said that there will be a classical rating at some point, though it doesn't have a definite date for now:
The other topic where it has been discussed
I think there is not enough players for it to even have a proper effect most likely. Not many play more then 15 minute games unfortunately. On the other site I go days sometimes before I can even get a 30 min game.
Up to 1500 there are enough people playing 45l45 or 60l0. There are some over, but almost nobody over 2000. I know that because I play long rated games pretty much exclusively. A lot of players play 30l0. I' ve seen some around 2300 even. When they implement classical rating it should be slightly better.
Based on fide rules,
Less than 3 minutes is bullet
10 minutes or less is blitz
Less than 60 minutes is rapid
And 60 minutes or more is classical
its a real travesty that there is almost no competitive longer game scene, for a weaker master like myself that doesnt have some major chess club to play rated games, i have to settle for 15 10 as the best attempt at a compromise.
i understand that there is a widespread fear of cheating but i would imagine those higher rated player interested in longer games are more interesting in improving their game than the insignificant benefit of cheating. The "dopamine boost" seems less rewarding if you have to wait that long for a victory anyways.
Based on fide rules,
Less than 3 minutes is bullet
10 minutes or less is blitz
Less than 60 minutes is rapid
And 60 minutes or more is classical
According to this, the chess.com 60 0 time control is technically what I would call "standard time controls" or "slow play", and you call "classical", although grouped with rapid for ratings here. I have never played it.
Grouping 60 0 and 10 0 together is not ideal, IMHO.
Lichess has classical but I don't think 30 minutes is classical
I think more people would be able to do 30 mins than 1 hr
its a real travesty that there is almost no competitive longer game scene, for a weaker master like myself that doesnt have some major chess club to play rated games, i have to settle for 15 10 as the best attempt at a compromise.
i understand that there is a widespread fear of cheating but i would imagine those higher rated player interested in longer games are more interesting in improving their game than the insignificant benefit of cheating. The "dopamine boost" seems less rewarding if you have to wait that long for a victory anyways.
I think cheating is not even the problem, its stalling
30+0 is the normal barrier for rapid/classical in USCF Otb I believe