How long should my chess games be (Beginner)

So I am technically a beginner, and I want to learn more about the game and more moves. How long should my chess games be?

If you mean time controls (timers), it's best to start at longer times. I personally find 20 minutes to be just enough to give each player enough time to make decisions without rushing, while also not having you sitting around waiting for too long.

Play Longer Time Controls...

For many at the beginner-novice level, speed chess tends to be primarily an exercise in moving pieces around faster than your opponent while avoiding checkmate, in hopes that his/her clock runs out sooner than yours.  And/or hoping to notice and exploit your opponent’s blunders while hoping they don't notice yours.  The reason for this is that there is little time to think about what you should be doing.

It makes sense that taking more time to think about what you should be doing would promote improvement in your chess skills and results.

An effective way to improve your chess is therefore to play mostly longer time controls, including "daily" chess, so you have time to think about what you should be doing.

This is not to suggest that you should necessarily play exclusively slow or daily time controls, but they should be a significant percentage of your games, at least as much, if not more so than speed games which, while they may be fun, do almost nothing to promote an understanding of how to play the game well.

Here's what IM Jeremy Silman, well-known chess book author, has to say on the topic...
https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive

And Dan Heisman, well-known chess teacher and chess book author…
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/http:/www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/dan-heisman-resources

and the experience of a FIDE Master...
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-blitz-and-bullet-rotted-my-brain-don-t-let-it-rot-yours

for some good stuff on general chess improvement, with a view toward learning what you should be doing, browse my blog.....

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

Time wise, at least 10|0. Moves wise, most beginner games don't last more than 30 moves, but it's not a bad thing if your games are shorter or longer than that. It just is

Average is like 30-40 I think, can be as short as 2 or as long as hundreds

Hi all, i want to abuse this thread for something that really bothers me. Regarding time control. I found that i give away nearly every game with short time control due to timeouts or blunders. I tried 1 min. bullet and im now at 260 and constantly losing. I simply cant move fast enough. Everything under 10 mins. im not able to keep up with my opponents. Is there any advice i could get to improve this, or is it just normal at beginner level? In Daily chess i do ok which is fine for me. Is it depending on how old one is? I am 57 years old and besides of some drug and alcohol abusus i am relatively fit. i would say. thx.

If you don't play well in shorter time controls, play longer time controls....

Try 15|10 Rapid