Is Daily Chess good for you?

It sounds like fun, playing simultaneous games at once during a long period of time. But is it any way good for you for more serious play?

Maybe playing simultaneous games without a time clock, idk

Being a beginner, daily chess gives me time to work out the positions. I don't have a mind that is trained yet to think about chess. I try to look at each piece on each side and think of what the pros and cons of each one are. This takes a very very long time for me. But I'm sure as I get some experience, I can learn to see what is essential and what is extraneous. I am not even thinking of playing a non-daily game at this point.

I recently started playing daily and I've found it very helpful to work out moves without the time pressure.

Depends on the approach you take. If you just play it randomly then it is just another game of chess.

If you sit and calculate for 2 hours, research your openings, analyze games with similar structures as the ones in your game and overall take a very scientific approach to it I think it can be rewarding, specially when your opponent does the same.

Where it helps me most is understanding a lot of options in the openings I play and the plans they lead to and the extra time spent analyzing them causes them to stick in my memory better.  I do see tactics and strategy better because I have more time to think about it but I don't know if that will help me in faster games, though the planning steps should be of some value.

In my time here I have found daily chess most helpful when I only have a few games going at a time. Tournaments make it hard to remember what your strategy was and it is like being reintroduced to the board every time your opponent makes a move. If you see something past 3 moves down, you're most likely going to find something completely different after starting that line just because of forgetfulness. What has been great is playing 1-2 at a time and having the boards set up in my dorm, when I have some time to think I can calculate out moves and think very hard about my next move and really prepare. Doing this has been the second most helpful thing to my skill level, besides tactics. Because of it I began to see things very far down the line if given the chance. It's also a great way to get intimate with your openings, if you find someone to practice with, you guys can agree to coach each other/allow engines (hopefully after my make your move not before). before that, I was playing my openings blindly, now I have plans until fair middle game.   

If you have quite a few games going it's a bit like a series of spot the best move puzzles.

I have found it to be helpful personally.  I like that you can try so many possibilities at your pace, including supposedly ridiculous moves that only a fool you think would play that just might have a gem that leads to a victory. I appreciate the ability to write notes and variations.

My research for unfamiliar openings I encounter don't go too far past a few moves through the main line and the rest of the game is up to my grit, whit, and effort. 

Do not accept games with more than 3 days because of the poor sports out there who know they're losing and drag it out, and some even have the audacity of using vacation time.  With that said, I won't complain about that since I agreed to the time frame but gees Louise. Imagine being locked in a 7 day game and you're 4 moves from a forced checkmate and you opponent uses his entire 7 days... you'd have to wait a month to make the final move lol. 

I also try not to play more than 4 games because my attention gets spread thinner than I'd like. I want to win and having too many games makes me more likely to make careless moves or moves that I didn't give enough thought to. 

You're right. Bad example, but hopefully the gist is understood about feet draggers lol. Thanks.

It's helpful 'yan you have a lot of time to analyze. I'm just worried about cheaters. The ones who use engines.

Same here, but I think engines are on all categories here

Being new, I just don't see the benefit of using an engine. I mean, yeah, sure you'll win, but when you sit across from another player, your game won't be any better. I guess if you want a high rating on chess.com, go ahead and let an engine play for you, but you'll get caught some day. I play against an engine sometimes and I can beat it up to level 4 so far, so I don't particularly mind within the confines of a game. But in the community, it makes ratings irrelevant.  I guess if you agree with a player to use an engine, this should be fine, but that should be an unrated game, no? I would think after playing a game, the two players could agree to play with an engine to add their mutual thoughts to the choices the engine makes.

The most efficient form of study is going over your own games that have been played with a high degree of deliberation.  After the game is concluded, spend 20-40 minutes analyzing the more contested games to find the critical moments.  Studying your losses is the most beneficial process.  When you are done, then put the game through an engine to see what tactical shots you missed; while you were playing the game as well as the tactics missed in your post-mortem.

I've only once come across a player I was fairly certain was cheating on here in 2000+ games, and he got autobanned not long after. It's really not as big a problem as people here make it out to be.

Keep a notebook and write your thoughts down for your daily games. You can make notes during analysis on chess.com but that feature still needs work in order to be more organized (in the Android app anyway) in my opinion. But if you write your thoughts and assessments down along with the variations you analyze - I know it takes a bit more time and effort - it can help your game tremendously. It might be tough at first but after a couple of games it becomes habit. I still do it; it's just as important in my personal training as post mortem analysis is and has helped me just as much if not more.