Depends on you're elo, but generally for below 1000's you should always play atleast 10min or 15/10 - 20 minute ranges for better results and ALWAYS analyze them don't do blitz and expect too much improvement
Blitz, Bullet or Rapid: which format helps you improve more?
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BigChessplayer665 wrote:
basketstorm wrote:
5 min sucks. 3|2 is Best. With 40 move game you still get 4 min 20 sec + you can go on with a long endgame. + it's fair because you need some time just to move the piece with your mouse, you need compensation for that. 3|1 might be fair too for online. Also 3|2 is officially accepted by FIDE
Stop giving good chess advice 😡 your supposed to be whining about how it's rigged
Oh I'm so sorry, I forgot. Yes, so basically guys, Blitz, Bullet and Rapid are all rigged. Evil chess matrix agents do quantum time manipulations and change outcome of the games. Join Underground chess federation if you want to unleash your true chess powers.
Nov 17, 2024
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#64
Rapid improves you more since you have more time to think, more strategies to discover, and you can create more plans with the longer time control. Classical is good but chess.com doesn't have that tho.
Nov 17, 2024
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#65
And basket is back again saying chess is rigged. He'll never stop saying the same thing.
Nov 17, 2024
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PlayerIDC wrote:
Rapid improves you more since you have more time to think, more strategies to discover, and you can create more plans with the longer time control. Classical is good but chess.com doesn't have that tho.
Play on Lichess then, it's a better platform to play chess anyways
PlayerIDC wrote:
Rapid improves you more since you have more time to think, more strategies to discover, and you can create more plans with the longer time control. Classical is good but chess.com doesn't have that tho.
Click more time controls, Rapid, 60 min. By FIDE's definition that's not Rapid anymore.
But I wouldn't risk my time playing against random people like that, it's better to play against bots (but not chess.com bots).
Nov 18, 2024
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#68
basketstorm wrote:
PlayerIDC wrote:
Rapid improves you more since you have more time to think, more strategies to discover, and you can create more plans with the longer time control. Classical is good but chess.com doesn't have that tho.
Click more time controls, Rapid, 60 min. By FIDE's definition that's not Rapid anymore.
But I wouldn't risk my time playing against random people like that, it's better to play against bots (but not chess.com bots).
Bro
I like playing daily chess, it helps improve, you have a lot of time to think about your moves, you can see opening databases or books as well to help
Nov 18, 2024
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Juwen_728 wrote:
I like playing daily chess, it helps improve, you have a lot of time to think about your moves, you can see opening databases or books as well to help
More likely to get distracted
PedorosChes200 wrote:
But if you need to improve your calculation and precision, Rapid gives you more time to analyze positions calmly.
Or you can panic for longer periods of time sadly apid goes both ways it does help tho
Tsuna-chan wrote:
I prefer rapid. I need a bit more time to think things through. But I can think really fast when I'm playing variants like bughouse.
U should play rapid until u r atleast 1500 then can switch to short time control but if u playing rapid don't play 30 min games as cheating can be faced
bijalwanakshat wrote:
Tsuna-chan wrote:
I prefer rapid. I need a bit more time to think things through. But I can think really fast when I'm playing variants like bughouse.
U should play rapid until u r atleast 1500 then can switch to short time control but if u playing rapid don't play 30 min games as cheating can be faced
Plus beginners don't know how to use their time anyway so even if they think for 30 min they won't know what to do a time control like 5+3 or 10+2 would be good
BigChessplayer665 wrote:
bijalwanakshat wrote:
Tsuna-chan wrote:
I prefer rapid. I need a bit more time to think things through. But I can think really fast when I'm playing variants like bughouse.
U should play rapid until u r atleast 1500 then can switch to short time control but if u playing rapid don't play 30 min games as cheating can be faced
Plus beginners don't know how to use there time anyway so even if they think for 30 min they won't know what to do a time control like 5+3 or 10+2 would be good
Agreed
Nov 25, 2024
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bijalwanakshat wrote:
Tsuna-chan wrote:
I prefer rapid. I need a bit more time to think things through. But I can think really fast when I'm playing variants like bughouse.
U should play rapid until u r atleast 1500 then can switch to short time control but if u playing rapid don't play 30 min games as cheating can be faced
Why 30 mins, even bullet has a lot of cheaters
Jun 3, 2025
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#77
In my opinion, if you want to improve pure chess skills, playing 10+0 rapid would be one of the best options compared to other formats.
bullet helps you to improve at bullet. You've got to use different strategies and it operates on a different sort of thinking. for example in my experience it's best to just calculate 3 moves ahead at most when you're in the middle game and it's a different set of considerations in terms of what moves are most impactful (and if your strategy is to win ion time that changes what sort of moves and positions are most impactful). so a different algorithm that you have to learn/come up with and get good at. people think bullet is just randomly moving as quickly as you can but there is actually quite a bit of technique to it.
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