Speed chess vs classic chess

Is it less impressive to be a speed chess champion than a classical chess champion. I think it is. I know that both are very good but you hear a lot more about Magnus (classical chess) than Hikaru (speed chess). What’s your opinion?

It's equally impressive since speed chess requires quick thinking and Classical Chess requires extreme focus to spot the right moves. Both time controls have their own differences that makes them hard or contrast from each other. The reason that Classical Chess is heard much more about because it's the standard when you think about topics such as WCC or Chess960. Speed Chess is also popular since Titled Tuesday etc.

When I was a kid, we played speed chess but no one took it seriously. It's chess with an asterisk.

I don't know the point here but to support my point I think Classical Chess is favored more in the Professional Side of Chess and Speed Chess is more favoured with the streamers in chess such as Hikaru and Levy.

I think you’re right because content creators have to keep it short and interesting because people would move on if each move took a minute and a half. However, in tournaments the important thing is winning regardless of how interesting it is. Still speed chess is a game of entertainment and classical chess is about competition making it a more professional.

What speed chess is Hikaru world champion in? The blitz world champion right now is Magnus and Nepo.

While he’s not the current speed chess champion he has won five times and I was only using him as an example.

Magnus won 8 times, and Hikaru never.

I think you are confusing the blitz world championship with some meaningless chess.com event.

My personal preference is blitz chess to rapid or classical. The FIDE tournaments I've participated in were fun and all, but nothing beats sitting down with your friends, drinking a few beers and blitzing out 60 games.

Apples and oranges, right.

From Reddit, analyzing games at Lichess, average length of game, roughly:

1 min: 90 seconds

3/2: 6 minutes

10 min: 17 minutes

A FIDE tournament classical game, 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move one, usually lasts 4 to 6 hours, according to FIDE.org

You’re right, I was mistaken about Hikaru’s wins sorry. He is still a very good player that specializes in speed chess and serves as my example in this point.

Speed chess is completely different from chess, because most of the time you are not allowed to play the best moves since you don't have the time to explore all of your options, so you just end up playing something that you believe should work, but you can never really be sure. Also, some people have only one strategy, they just want to flag you right from the start, they play passive moves, sometimes even stupid moves to confuse you, waste your time and very often that works well for them. It's fun to play, sure, but other than that it's brain rot and waste of time, especially if you want to improve.

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