Classic OTB rated game, do mean? Maybe there's a range, but I've always played 90+30. That's my favourite, and time flies. I couldn't do that at home in a casual game with a computer, though. Online, maybe 15+10.
What's your favorite time control and why?
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Ah, no, we use exclusively hourglasses.
Apr 21, 2020
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Pulpofeira wrote:
Ah, no, we use exclusively hourglasses.
You and your modern technology...[old man voice begins sounding] back in my day...we had to use a sundial. Cloudy that day? Raining? Night? That's tougher...but we managed.
5/0 and not a second more
Apr 22, 2020
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Miss_Blue_Hair wrote:
5/0 Since I move quick and never lose on time it works for me. But 3 mins is too fast
Half the games I lose are on time in positions I already won. I think I'm moving faster than the other guy by far so need to look and then poof....lost on time.
Apr 22, 2020
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hoodoothere wrote:
Mine is right around 10 minutes, not too fast to have a little time to think, and not so slow it bores me.
same
Apr 22, 2020
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#29
3 min and 1 min are good too. I rarely lose on time or get into time pressure
Apr 22, 2020
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YangugaruKyonyu1995 wrote:
I like classical games and daily games because I want to prepare myself for OTB tournaments when the covid-19 stuff blows over. Classical or very very slow rapid games mirror tournament settings and daily games allow me to play lots of games simultaneously as a supplement to my more important live games.
Agree. Daily games are my favourite, forgot about them 
Apr 22, 2020
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My favorite time control is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, an additional 50 minutes added after the 40th move, and then an additional 15 minutes added after the 60th move, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Apr 22, 2020
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An_asparagusic_acid wrote:
My favorite time control is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, an additional 50 minutes added after the 40th move, and then an additional 15 minutes added after the 60th move, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
what is this
Apr 22, 2020
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SNUDOO wrote:
An_asparagusic_acid wrote:
My favorite time control is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, an additional 50 minutes added after the 40th move, and then an additional 15 minutes added after the 60th move, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
what is this
Chess at its finest.
Apr 22, 2020
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#37
SNUDOO wrote:
Stop
What do you expect? He has a chesskid account.
Not in the OTB blitz games I've seen lol
Do most players even know how to pause their clock? I know some have an obvious pause button, but there are many OTB players that barely even know how their chess clocks work.
The club I used to play OTB would not allow a paused clock except in practice games if both players agreed. In a tourny I thought you would have to call the director over before stopping a clock for any reason. The chess sets we played with had extra queens though.
I didn't think clocks could be paused either (although I might be wrong). The only time I thought a clock could be paused (without a TD/rules official/arbiter present) was if a ruling question came up and both players agreed to call an arbiter over.
Someone will probably comment some instance I didn't think of where paused clock is legal and legitimate, but then I guess I'll learn something.