So how do you play here?
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There is a great deal of variation from one player to the next. I play quickly if it's going okay, but tend to slow down when in difficulties. You should expect many of your games to last at least a few days.
I tend to play like I'm playing over hte board, too, but I've got one game going on right now that I'm having to play in more of a corresspondence style with a lot more time spent pondering things. I've also found that I play far better when I set up a real board showing the position each game is at and make my move on that board before I make the move on the game here. I see things a lot better OTB.
Ray_Brooks wrote: There is a great deal of variation from one player to the next. I play quickly if it's going okay, but tend to slow down when in difficulties. You should expect many of your games to last at least a few days.
Thanks for the info - I wasn't asking because I think the pace of the site is slow (I actually like the pace). I am really interested to know if I play more like most players on this site or if players spend more time looking at the board considering their moves.
Thanks for the info - I wasn't asking because I think the pace of the site is slow (I actually like the pace). I am really interested to know if I play more like most players on this site or if players spend more time looking at the board considering their moves.
I agree with ray_brooks but do not always get online; so I sometimes take awhile to play.
dwardzala wrote:
As this site is technically a correspondence chess site, I am curious as to how you play. In other words do you ponder moves for hours (days?) or do you play more like you are over the board. Myself, I tend to play more over the board and rarely take more than 10 minutes to analyze any one position.
As some of you probably already know 
, I like to ponder my moves for days. I think chess is best as a slow game. Chess is a rarity in that it is one of the few games where there actually is good reason to think about a potential move for days rather than rush out a quick response. It's like planning your own little war - wait for the enemy response (your opponent's move), put on the hat of a S-2 to figure out enemy intentions, and then respond after careful deliberations. 
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I try to sense turning points in the game, and spend more time at those points. This can be right out of the opening, or just when entering an ending, or even during an attack in the middlegame. When I'm "on" I can sense them well, but of course it doesn't always happen that way.
In the openings, I use an opening database on chess.com (games explorer). This is one of the main reasons I joined the site, to improve my openings. As I've said before, there's no better time to learn an opening as when you get to a position (that you've had before many times) and you're like "hmm I always do this one plan, but really I have no idea what I'm 'supposed' to do here, I should probably spend some time learning that". Well, on this website, you can!
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As this site is technically a correspondence chess site, I am curious as to how you play. In other words do you ponder moves for hours (days?) or do you play more like you are over the board.
Myself, I tend to play more over the board and rarely take more than 10 minutes to analyze any one position.