15 | 10 vs 10 - 0 reaching 2000 on chess.com (rapid)

Has anyone made it to 2000 chess.com rapid playing exclusively 15 | 10 or should one focus on 10 minute with no increment? Keen to hear perspectives. 

15|10 is better for progress.
The increment gives time to win a won position or draw a drawn position.
The longer duration also allows deeper thought.
Above 2000 it becomes harder to get paired.

Hey Sundip, I recommend playing both 15/10 and 10/00.... Tygxc is right, with 15/10 you have more time to think and everyone's chess performance is higher. Still, I find that a lot of people are in "blitz" mode when they play with these time control and don't take advantage of the extra time and increment.

10/00 has it's own advantages. For example, if you only play 15/10 you will eventually be paired with same players over and over again. 10/00 seems to expose you to many other players you otherwise would never see. Also, 10/00 is more compact and you know that the game will last 20 minutes max. That's important if you have a busy life at home or if you are on a lunch break at work, etc.

Cheers

my friend approached 2200 by doing both.

in my experience 10mins tends to favour people with more opening knowledge

Hi, I reached 2000 this month, and I can tell you that by playing 15+10, you can build your base and enhance your understanding. Once you are good at it, you will have to increase your speed a bit. I used to play long 15+10-minute rapid games, but I think once one builds a base, you should definitely go for 10-minute games

I myself(also a 2000+ player) would recommend u to play 15m+10s because u can think much more deeper without threat of flagging. Also, playing a lot of 15m+10s will give a new "feeling" of the games, the positions. Btw, u dont have to scare that when reaching 2000, u will still able to 2000+ players but i do have to say that u will meet quite a lot of 1900s(dw they are still very strong)

I just played a 15|10 online tournament and it reminded me of when I used to play OTB. Like the others have said, it's much better for deeper thought and gives you the chance to calculate more lines.

I recommend 15|10 till 1800, but after that it's almost impossible to find 15|10.

There are not many players in 15 minutes rapid

When I was making my climb, I played exclusively 10+0. Back then, 10min was blitz, and not rapid.

Also, the pool for 15+10 is significantly smaller, although you'll only start to see that take effect around 2000.

10|0 is too fast and 15|10 is too slow for me so I play 10|5 which has way less players

For example, i have been playing 15m+10s for months now and I only gained 40 elos in 2070s. HOWEVER, I can easily crush my peers(lile very easy, i feel like im playing 1900s for some reasons) by outplay them pretty much