I hate it when I have interesting problem on board and only few minutes to end the entire game. Well yeah. Fast games are great for certain type of players. Those who like to try and fiddle with king trying to get at least draw in lost position or trying to win on time some drawn position. But that is no longer chess to me..
IM Greg Shahade: "Slow Chess should die a fast death"!
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I dont know a single person that says "Hey! Theres a blitz/bullet tournament coming up. Lets book hotel stay, airfare, etc. and go"
Blitz/bullet are great side events at tournaments, but they arent the man draw.
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To the tune of "do you want to build a snowman?"
"Do you want to build a strawman?"
IM Shahade wasn't talking about blitz or bullet. He was talking about rapid chess. Even when the time controls were 20 moves in an hour, Steinitz ran into time trouble. Whenever there's a time control, there's going to be a time scramble.
The best players in the world are the best at all time controls. Sure, there's a bit of variance in the top lists, but not much.
She is a Human , Has Right to Speech but Why you guys are not Ignoring her . By the way I am a big fan of her 
Everyone has their own Thoughts .
@SmyslovFan:
IM Shahade did in fact argue that 99% of the games played on the internet are blitz and bullet. But this is another straw man! Slow internet chess isn't widespread, and many strong players avoid online rapid chess to dodge cheaters. Also, one good 90 30 game is equal to roughly 21 5-minute games, 35 3-minute games, and 105 1-minute games. Therefore, slow chess actually should account for a respectable ~10% of all playing time on the internet. Also, many people don't have time for slow internet games or can't make 4-hour commitments. Secondly, Greg Shahade's assertion that 30+5 is good enough for people to play at only ~100 ELO below their rating is possibly true, but in the absence of slow time controls, amateurs all over the world will stop improving. Crack open any book with exercises for your rating level and you'll see things that you will miss every time in 30+5.
It's a game of the mind, not a game of the hands.
Chess commentary is actually very good. Mainly, though, chess just isn't meant to entertain non-chess players. There seems to be a continual dumbing down of chess. Rapid and Blitz appear on the scene, but are considered just for fun. Blitz tournaments appear. Rapid and blitz tiebreaks become a thing. Now we have Greg Shahade, who argues that rapid chess is vastly superior and that slow chess needs to die. And meanwhile we slide from 40/150 to 40/120 to 40/90. Personally, I'm okay playing 90/30. It's pretty slow, and it's the longest I'm going to get on the internet. Plus I'm not quite used to anything longer.