It's bullet. If the site didn't do any compensation, many players would get less than a minute for the game.
Why Bother to Even Use Clocks?
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OTB chess tournaments were originally played with 2.5 hours for each side for the first 40 moves. The game would then be adjourned to resume later between rounds.
Your weekend was consumed by a 5 round tournament. I now only play 5 minute blitz.
Your weekend was consumed by a 5 round tournament. I now only play 5 minute blitz.
Apr 22, 2017
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This clock business has led to so many complaints over the years (lag time, my clock seems to run but not my opponent's, my opponent should time out but I time out instead...) that I suspect it will never be resolved for computer-based playing.
Bullet is barely chess at its best.
Apr 22, 2017
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THINK! Don't do bullet if the lag time for your computer/ISP puts you at a disadvantage, go to 5 or 10 minute games.
Apr 22, 2017
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Monie49 wrote:
OTB chess tournaments were originally played with 2.5 hours for each side for the first 40 moves. The game would then be adjourned to resume later between rounds.
Your weekend was consumed by a 5 round tournament. I now only play 5 minute blitz.
Your weekend was consumed by a 5 round tournament. I now only play 5 minute blitz.
Good points! The first OTB touraments I played in were 60 min to 2 to 2.5 hrs (U.S. Open) where there were 3 games of 5 on Sat. and 2 on Sun. or 1 per evening.
Then 30 minute chess became popular and my rating dropped accordingly!
I have lost two games of 1/0 bullet tonight.
You tell me if either of these scenarios seem physically or metaphysically plausible.
1) 55 moves and my opponent beats me by over 15 seconds on the clock.
2) 47 moves and my opponent beats me by 14 seconds on the clock.
I read some of the most impenetrable logic I have ever tried to wade through regarding chess.com's adjusting for lags in transmission (and far worse) "thinking time."
If you are going to play it that way don't even bother using a clock. It's reached a point tonight where every game is little more than a coin toss if you have a strategy for different time frames. I have never seen it this bad.
After you play thousands of games you don't even have to look at the clock to know that something is wrong. I admit that I have won a few games for the same reason but it makes me feel like I am cheating.
Why not give those of us who would prefer to just opt into a straight game as if we were playing OTB? I would rather take my chance with a 1 second lag here and there than with trusting chess.com's servers to estimate the "thinking time" in which my opponent is engaged and adjust their clocks accordingly.
I expect I will be getting a lot more sleep soon because this isn't chess the way I understand the game to be played.