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oskar_hall

Feb 21, 2025

I use the Chess.com app on my mobile and something has changed with the games that appear under Watch -> Playing now. While there used to be a lot 3 minutes games played by higher-rated players and can now generally only see one or two while the rest are games featuring other time controls with much lower-rated players, not sure what’s happened.
Ideally I’d like to have a few different games for different time controls played by the top players.

JosephReidNZ

Mar 22, 2025

Hey @oskar_hall,

I've noticed the same thing! It seems like Chess.com has adjusted how the "Playing Now" list works, possibly to show a wider variety of games instead of just high-rated 3-minute blitz matches. It could be an intentional change to promote different time controls, or maybe there's just a temporary shift in what games are being played at the top levels.

I agree it would be nice to have a filter or category system so we could easily watch different time controls featuring top players. Maybe Chess.com could implement something like that in the future!

Have you tried checking the "Top Games" section instead? Sometimes you can still find a good mix of fast-paced games there.

Would love to hear if others have noticed this too!