Do most beginners prefer longer time controls?

Thanks for understanding.

How is your Blitz going anyways? Do I have to be worried for when we play?😏 You might be secretly becoming a master at the Albin Counter and crush me.

Ha no Blitz is terrible , make bad blunders I need practice at speed games , just started playing again , played a guy in a club the other day he was rated 1300 something or just under 1400 , I forget , he bet me in both games , I was dominating in both games , especially the second game a piece up and missed a free rook I would never miss when not under time pressure , I really do not enjoy it much , just feel completely hopeless.

And as far as openings it only helps to a point , sometimes a lot , it depends , I have heard of the Albin Counter gambit , not looked at it yet , seen it in the London system played by Ginger , he was pointing out the position that arose in the game.

1600 rating is not secretly becoming a master , though I intend to get to know my openings deep enough that I can get stronger with the knowledge I already have , I only ever play the London now , so I am getting used to many variations and out of book moves

What you wre saying about knowing an opening deep , but then your opponent makes out of book moves and you get stuck or simply just playing chess again instead of a script , well , if you understand the reasons for all the moves in the opening , and not just remembering a long sequence of moves , then you will know how to react to an out of book move , you will know its not the best move , so you ask yourself why i it not , there is a reason , and then play accordingly if you solve why

Yeah, I was talking in terms of my own games, hence 3 min Blitz. It is very difficult to adjust the movement pattern under such time pressure and find the alternate best move when your opponent doesn't play into the line due to mistakes. You're probably speaking from a daily perspective right? That's a whole different ballgame, man. Especially in highly aggressive variations that I like to play.

You are clearly not a beginner anymore, but do you prefer Rapid over Blitz?

Yeah I am talking daily , I am starting to play blitz and rapid again , I just need some practice and adjust a bit and I will be fine

@SpiderUnicorn Yeah, but you're probably 2000 already, it's just about being concentrated and in the right mindset now to get the number right, but your strength is most likely already there.

I'm in a similar situation. Took a little break from playing in order to study up on some stuff, so I can finally crack 2300.

In Blitz you'll flactuate way harder I think, but the exhilaration is priceless.

Oh yeah, I blocked @btickler for lying about his figures and probably trolling btw. That guy has other problems to worry about I believe.

You need faster openings for Blitz, I personally think Gambits are the only way. What gambit openings do you currently know?

None , but have intended to look at some , I watched Eric Rosen go through a list of all gambits he could think of which was a long list

Let's learn a new one together!

I am currently brushing up on the Traxler Gambit/Albin, but I have always wanted to go deep into the Evans.

I think the Traxler would be perfect for <1500 because alot of people play the fried liver still.

I forgot about the Evans , I know the Evans better than any opening and can play my strongest game in it , I would beat 1900 rated engine % 50 of the time with the Evans , I do not play it because most people do not go into that line , playing 4 nights or Phillador or something else so I stopped trying , you could force a similar line with the wing gambit b4 , I have studied it deeply and used to know all the famous games by memory , Kasparov Anand , Fischer , Morphy etc..

I will look at the Ablin / Traxler a bit latter when I have cleared some daily moves

at the beginning i prefered playing with no time.

Do you play any gambits in Blitz? What openings do you usually play?

You are doing well though, at 2100. I know exactly what you mean with regards to "your mind going blank under time pressure", because I have experienced the exact same thing in Blitz. Staying calm under pressure is also just another skill that needs to be imroved in chess, I believe. I also like to take advantage of it when I play aggressive gambits.

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I occasionally find opponents, playing black, that resign the moment they realise I actuallly can play white against the Albin Counter Gambit.

Somehow I believe you don't have much experience with casual games without a clock. There's no unlimited time. If you take too long to make a move the other guy will complain, and eventually leave if you don't move. So no "infinite" time as you suppose.

However, that's not a time control because the amount is not fixed before the start of the game.

And on beginners, most don't enjoy clocks. It's distracting and they have a lot in hands just trying to figure it out what to do next. Clocks are a preference of competitive players, regardless of their level. That said, and talking about online chess, a good amount of people choose to play with shorter time controls not because they like it but because they have had experiences with "engine support", and there's the belief that a faster time control reduces the chances of playing an engine.

extremely high rated players,old players,and patzers do. I am a semi beginner,and I prefer the quicker side of rapid, 20 min, 15 min

Btw, let me state for the record that a few pages back when Colby kept on posting refutations of my posts and I suddenly seemed to drop off the earth, it's because Colby had blocked me without saying he had and then kept posting stuff knowing I would not be able to reply.  I'm not going to go back now and pick up the argument, because everybody knows that most people worldwide that play chess casually don't use clocks and don't know anything about time controls.