Which category you enjoy playing most? bullet, blitz, standard, online, or 960?

To tell the truth i like most of all live standard.

online

Classic Online CC is the only viable option. I can create tournaments and select trustworthy participants.

Live chess is buggy - server disconnects and after reconnecting manipulates with clock at random like crazy causing undeserved wins and loses on time.

Also I don't understand the promotion of the 960 over all other chess variants.

1. 960
2. 10 minute blitz
3. 24 hour online
4. all the other styles of self imposed torture

live blitz i think

15 min. As a total noob, i feel blitz and bullet doesn`t improve my game (still play them altough i shouldn`t)

I like live standard and dont like blitz at all because i think it doesnt help you improve its only for fun.

Online...by far.

960 comes a distant 2nd and is played only for the mental exercise.

+1

theworldbutcher says'''' I like live standard and dont like blitz at all because i think it doesnt help you improve its only for fun.

I agree with you but i like play blitz too. 

Online chess is most interesting for those, who is more interested in chess itself, then in the result of the game :)

i have avoided playing blitz for the year or so i've been playing chess, but the past few days i have been playing it more than anything else. i am so, so bad at it. i lost a game where i was two rooks up earlier, on time. i've been losing on time a lot, i just can't think fast enough.

it's definitely fun playing blitz, but i much, much prefere the slower time controls. even 15 minute games on this site feel very fast for me, i like time to calculate and weigh up my options.

 

I don't really understand what you people see in online chess. Standard resembles the most OTB chess. You won't get 3 days to make your move OTB.

Please,tell me what is OTB? I often see this abbreviation here.

Playing against strong chess engine, can be also very interesting and usefull for chess understanding. Pity, here is impossible to play online vs Computer Impossible :)

OTB = over the board

Playing against humans improves your ability not cold mechanic engines that never go wrong. I remember even Carlsen saying that he dislikes playing against engines.

Thank you for your explanation about OTB. I played sometimes against Fritz and was impressed by its positional understanding. Not every man has opportunity to play against a real chess master. I remember that one my acquaintance became strong chess player because he plays regularly against his neighbour - a chess master.

Salatoy, i think that blitz is addicting for a reason.

correspondence

Standard. I prefer OTB

blitz, although i prefer to play standerd more.

Edit: i also much prefer OTB to online chess