maybe, send me a friend request, and I will try. Mind if we go 60|10 a bit too, cos thats the time limit used in junior tournaments over here in australia
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Oh yeah, I am in AEST, which is GMT +10 I think. . .
Lol, thats every other state, Queensland just doesn't do daylight savings.
Nov 15, 2013
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Yeah, we have some states like that to.
OP, what time zone are you in? Hard to agree to play live games if we are 11 hours apart.
I'm in GMT.
Nov 15, 2013
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Sorry, I am GMT -5 and the only time I would have to spend 2 -3 hours for a game is at 6 or 7 pm my time.
Fear_the_Queen wrote:
Wow 90|30? Those games could last more than 4 hours? Personally I have never played a game longer than 15|10, even in my correspondence games I usually move quicker than in my 15|10 games.
Actually, standard time controls in most multi-day USCF tournaments is 120/60, typically with a 5 second time delay. Theoretically, this could lead to one game taking more than 6 hours, but I think that this is rare, particularly for the lower ratings events. Most of my games have lasted 2-3 hours on average, with my longest game lasting a little over 4 hours (the game started at around 6 pm, and I didn't get to eat dinner until 10:30 pm). In my quickest game (which I won), only about 3 minutes had elapsed on my clock (although my opponent's clock showed around 10 minutes. Surprisingly, he fell for a classic opening trap and was checkmated in 5 or 6 moves. He spent several minutes thinking before he captured my queen, and then looked absolutely shocked when I made my move and announced checkmate.
Nov 15, 2013
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Fear_the_Queen wrote:
That is very interesting and surprising. I didn't realise that people didn't use their time properly in OTB play. Perhaps at expert level the games last longer?
P.S. lol @ the opening trap :)
The difference between experts and under-expert: The experts begin to use their time before they get a bad position.
Usually, the better you get, you use more time (since you think about more, longer variations, pawn structure, piece quality and so on), untill you begin getting in time trouble, then you begin to play faster.
I'm looking for people to have regular 90|30 games with. If interested please reply and send a friends request, thanks.