Planning to try out Daily. How exactly does it work?
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This has been in my mind for quite a while. The concept of having days loaded of time to think out the best possible moves is rather intriguing to me, but I never seem to get into it worrying I might forget and abandon created daily matches. So how exactly does this vacation system work? Does it allow me to take long breaks between a match and notify me when I only have a day left or something? On a side note, would playing games with a huge time control be good practice for my regular rapid games?
Premium members automatically go on vacation if in danger of losing on time. As a standard member, you have to remember to do that yourself. They do send you notices when your opponent has made a move or if you are very low on time. If you haven't logged on, they'll send you an email as well. Daily is like homework back in school or maybe a paper you have to write based on library research. Live is like when the teacher calls you up in front of the class to work something out on the blackboard.
Might be something in the article for you...
https://support.chess.com/article/361-what-is-daily-chess
Play Longer Time Controls...
For many at the beginner-novice level, speed chess tends to be primarily an exercise in moving pieces around faster than your opponent while avoiding checkmate, in hopes that his/her clock runs out sooner than yours. And/or hoping to notice and exploit your opponent’s blunders while hoping they don't notice yours. The reason for this is that there is little time to think about what you should be doing.
It makes sense that taking more time to think about what you should be doing would promote improvement in your chess skills and results.
An effective way to improve your chess is therefore to play mostly longer time controls, including "daily" chess, so you have time to think about what you should be doing.
This is not to suggest that you should necessarily play exclusively slow or daily time controls, but they should be a significant percentage of your games, at least as much, if not more so than speed games which, while they may be fun, do almost nothing to promote an understanding of how to play the game well.
Here's what IM Jeremy Silman, well-known chess book author, has to say on the topic...
https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive
And Dan Heisman, well-known chess teacher and chess book author…
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/http:/www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/dan-heisman-resources
and the experience of a FIDE Master...
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-blitz-and-bullet-rotted-my-brain-don-t-let-it-rot-yours
for some good stuff on general chess improvement, with a view toward learning what you should be doing, browse my blog.....
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Finally, note that for daily chess each player can make their moves as quickly as they like, as long as the moves are made within the allotted time control (number of days).