Should I as a 360-400 beginner play with a 10min timer, or 30min?

Is it better to learn playing chess with a 10min timer as a beginner (i often lose due to time), or to play 30min (so I rather won't lose due to time, and additionally I will have plenty of time to think about my moves very well - but so will my opponent https://nox.tips/)?

The reasons I lose if not due to time are basically either blunders (bishop taking queen e.g), or tactical mistakes (i make some moves which don't hurt me now, but will hurt me after the next 10 moves, as my opponent will be able to pin or especially fork me, making me lose pieces which are extremely valuable to be able to even check my opponents King)

If you are comfortable with the pace of 30 minute games, you should play them.

There is no "better" or "best" time control.

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I suggest 30 minutes so you can think longer.  I hope that this helps.  Also, ask questions before every move to avoid making silly mistakes.

Select 45/45.

Hi,

If you find yourself losing on time you should play with increment for starters, as you’ll avoid time losses a lot. 15|10 is a popular time control, but you can try others like 30|30. More time the better for you!

-Jordan

30|0 is better I think for beginners, not being too slow (120+0 is probably too slow for beginners unless you're 1. an advanced beginner (like me) and 2. you take a long time to think (like me)) while also allowing you enough time to think. Tactics are important, do all of the puzzles that you can do in a day. Try to find the tactics in your games too.

30. (15/10 is good too.)

id say 10 minutes, at that level u really just need experience with certain interactions and how everything moves. try to learn from your mistakes and learn common themes like forks, most importantly look at what every move does for your opponent, once you get used to this u start to do it subconsciously, that is how good players stop blundering tactics without spending time on looking at the move (at least most of the time)

30 minutes, minimum.  As a beginner, you NEED that time to examine every move to make sure you are not blundering pieces.  Shorter time controls start to become viable when you have played hundreds of games and start to see patterns quickly.

15 with incremen 10 sec should be fastest level. 30mins is better but you will not manage to play many games then. Try maybe with 15 min and 10 sec increment. If you get into time troubles then go for 30mins. Best regards Ivan

I'd say go for 10 minutes. If you struggle with time pressure, try 15|10, but don't go any longer. Trust me, you WILL get annoyed when you burn several minutes planning out several different lines in a tough situation, only to blunder the whole thing. Make sure you have enough time to examine your moves, but not too much time to allow that problem.

30|0 is a very good time control for improving I think.

Like others said, 15|10 is not bad either.

thanks for all the information, as a beginner myself, this thread is very useful

yeah like everyone else;

30 mins is a good time control to prevent time trouble, and other time controls with increment also work