the benefit of tactics isn't the score or the tactics rating. it's the knowledge you aquire.
Tactics problems reward patience not speed
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Then do chess tempo. They don't penalise you on time.
However, is time important to you? You're knackered in timed games
Dec 23, 2016
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I solved a problem in 10.5 minutes this morning. I got +1. The average solving time for the problem is 2.5 minutes. It also has a 67% failure rate. I felt that success in this problem had more benefits than 30 minutes of faster tactics.
I find this kind of annoying, because you can do 10 problems and if you solve them fast you only mostly get 5-6 points anyway, and if you get 1 wrong you lose 10 points.
You have no choice but to spend 5 minutes solving it to get 2-3 points, when some are near impossible to see to conclusion without moving pieces forward at the rating they're in the context of.
I wish there was a greater balance so I could solve a few problems quickly