Increments should be banned from Blitz play !

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ESP-918

Bullet = yes increments

Blitz = NO increments

Rapid = debatable, most likely yes

Standard = NO increments

Chess for me, is a war game. It doesn't matter how good your troops look on the parade ground, how dashing their uniforms are, what good fighters they are. They must get to the battle field in a timely manner, and that is true since the beginning of warfare. Poor time management should be punished as brutally on the chess board as it is on the battle field, no exception's. Anything else is political correctness run amok. On the chess board, the strong survive, the weak and late, are doomed.

wanmokewan

Go talk to FIDE.

ESP-918

Personally, I think that for top level chess where time scrambles won't affect the standard of chess that much, I think for broadcasting etc. that increments shouldn't be used, but at lower level, to increase the chances of not winning on time, I reckon there hsould be time increments.

Pulpofeira

To me it should be the Bronstein clock, not time magically appearing from nowhere.

ESP-918

Agree maybe Bronstein clock for blitz play and NO increments or bronstein or any other controls for standard, just pure say 3 hours per side ! And that's it !