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kindaspongey
SoupTime4 wrote:

… I am not here for the drama. ...

"... Every online forum always has the usual cast of characters. You fill one of those roles here. You are a cliche, nothing more." - SoupTime4 (~3 days ago)

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/i-want-to-learn-the-ruy-lopez?page=4

"... Now do the smart thing and burn this post down. What happened was bound to happen. It was taken over and destroyed. Hopefully you got some useful info." - SoupTime4 (~1 day ago)

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/for-beginners/im-frustrated?page=4

kindaspongey
PTERANODON7 wrote:

Seeing as the recurring idea here is "stop playing speed chess", what time controls don't qualify as speed chess?

"... Most internet players think that 30 5 is slow, but that is unlikely slow enough to play 'real' chess. You need a game slow enough so that for most of the game you have time to consider all your candidate moves as well as your opponent’s possible replies that at least include his checks, captures, and serious threats, to make sure you can meet all of them. For the average OTB player G/90 is about the fastest, which might be roughly 60 10 online, where there is some delay. But there is no absolute; some people think faster than others and others can play real chess faster because of experience. Many internet players are reluctant to play slower than 30 5 so you might have to settle for that as a 'slow' game." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627010008/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman12.pdf