Why don't YOU play longer time controls?
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that sounds very relatable, I am pretty impatient and for me it's just a waste of time to spend 10 minutes looking at the board to play the move I already wanted to play after 10 seconds :D
IcyAvaleigh wrote:
that sounds very relatable, I am pretty impatient and for me it's just a waste of time to spend 10 minutes looking at the board to play the move I already wanted to play after 10 seconds :D
This, in turn, describes my ideal approach pretty well! I often go into the tank when I feel I could decide the game by a direct attack, though... and then it turns out I don't quite have it, so even though I might already have a superior position, I get into time trouble and then lose by blundering. I feel like I just lack brain power, compared to what I was like a few years ago.
May 31, 2021
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jessicatheprodigee wrote:
"Why spend an hour or two on a single loss, if you can play 4-6 games in the same time frame and win at least one on average?"
You said it. If I lose a speed game, it didn't take too long and I can start a new one. It sucks to spend half an hour on a slow game and lose after all of that time and energy.
Besides, your opponent is more likely to use an engine on a long game than in a speed game.
so what, i play regularly in rapid, if I lose, i learn from it, and play a different time control, then play another game of rapid. even if i play a cheater (which is really common) my points will be refunded. Usually it's pretty easy to tell if someone is cheating, spending 10-20 sec per move, just joined lately, having high accuracies etc.
May 31, 2021
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#5
Investing 40 minutes into a game just to miss a tactic doesn’t sound like much fun to me.
May 31, 2021
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GoatPatronus wrote:
Investing 40 minutes into a game just to miss a tactic doesn’t sound like much fun to me.
usually if you play longer time controls, you don't tend to easily make errors. Even if you do, you can still learn something from it.
May 31, 2021
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#8
Cheaters.
If there were no cheaters I'd play long time controls online. That's my only reason.
May 31, 2021
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#9
Even if no cheaters online I would hardly play rapid, reason is my eyes get tired. I have no problem playing long time controls otb (laughs painfully in 100+30)
May 31, 2021
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llama47 wrote:
Cheaters.
If there were no cheaters I'd play long time controls online. That's my only reason.
I hate it when people cheat
May 31, 2021
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ricorat wrote:
llama47 wrote:
Cheaters.
If there were no cheaters I'd play long time controls online. That's my only reason.
I hate it when people cheat
Free rating points yo
May 31, 2021
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B1ZMARK wrote:
ricorat wrote:
llama47 wrote:
Cheaters.
If there were no cheaters I'd play long time controls online. That's my only reason.
I hate it when people cheat
Free rating points yo
That’s one positive thing about it I guess
May 31, 2021
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#13
B1ZMARK wrote:
ricorat wrote:
llama47 wrote:
Cheaters.
If there were no cheaters I'd play long time controls online. That's my only reason.
I hate it when people cheat
Free rating points yo
Only the most obvious cheaters are caught... but the types of cheating that are going on gets into speculation / paranoia on my part.
Shaikidow wrote:
My own reason is that if I play for too long, I start caring for the result too much.
I'm perhaps the opposite. I stop caring before 5 mins have elapsed.
May 31, 2021
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llama47 wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
ricorat wrote:
llama47 wrote:
Cheaters.
If there were no cheaters I'd play long time controls online. That's my only reason.
I hate it when people cheat
Free rating points yo
Only the most obvious cheaters are caught... but the types of cheating that's going on gets into speculation / paranoia on my part.
Yes I have seen people who were banned for cheating after being on the site for 5+ years
ricorat wrote:
I play 30|0 a lot and it is my favorite time control.
More or less the reasons I play fast time controls have been listed out - inability to keep my hands still, ability to play etc. But there is another reason which has not been listed. For a person like me who is preoccupied with my job, I find it difficult to spare time for longer games. I treat bullet games as stress relievers when the pandemic began last year.
Unfortunately, that was months ago, and I have since stopped playing all formats of games (at least for now). I only play longer controls at my local chess club, which was at least the case before it was closed off temporarily due to the pandemic.
Depends,
Jun 1, 2021
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eric0022 wrote:
ricorat wrote:
I play 30|0 a lot and it is my favorite time control.
More or less the reasons I play fast time controls have been listed out - inability to keep my hands still, ability to play etc. But there is another reason which has not been listed. For a person like me who is preoccupied with my job, I find it difficult to spare time for longer games. I treat bullet games as stress relievers when the pandemic began last year.
Unfortunately, that was months ago, and I have since stopped playing all formats of games (at least for now). I only play longer controls at my local chess club, which was at least the case before it was closed off temporarily due to the pandemic.
Depends,
That makes sense. I don’t have a job as I’m still a kid so I have all the time in the world to play longer time controls. Though I would love to play some OTB chess at a club even if it was shorter time controls.
takes too long
Jun 1, 2021
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Blitz is nice because it relies a lot on intuition, which I like. If I play a longer time control, I feel the duty to calculate more than I would like, often lowering my accuracy
My own reason is that if I play for too long, I start caring for the result too much.
Sure, standard controls would give me more time to think, but if I thought everything through and still ended up losing (and I don't have too much time for chess as it is), then that would really feel like a waste of time. Why spend an hour or two on a single loss, if you can play 4-6 games in the same time frame and win at least one on average? Increased returns? As a casual player, I'm a bit skeptical.
Your thoughts?