Ooh can't wait. I'll just start a quick 3679201|1 game with my grandma.
Is there a way on Chess.com to give time odds to one side?
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Martin_Stahl wrote:
You can do material odds in Daily games by starting the position from a Custom FEN. Live doesn't have that option
The problem with material odds though is that you learn openings badly. When I learned chess as a kid my uncle said taking a piece off the board teaches you to play as if that piece wasn't there, and then when you go to play and the piece is there, you hang pieces. Time odds is a much better way to favor low rated players.
+1 for time odds
Actually, in UNRATED games there is this option to add 15sec to opponent clock. You can keep clicking that until you reach a suitable time. I think that's the only workaround.
it's absolutely ridiculous that there are a million different material odds games and no times odds.
What if we all email chess.com about it or share this forum to more people and if we have enough support, I'm pretty sure it a piece of cake for them to implement that.
May 11, 2023
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A handicap league could be introduced. Or one player could allow their clock to run down before their first move.
Need a take back button too
Lichess has that
Jun 12, 2023
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GM_Rajat_Shenoi wrote:
Actually, in UNRATED games there is this option to add 15sec to opponent clock. You can keep clicking that until you reach a suitable time. I think that's the only workaround.
But the problem with this is that; for example I started a 1 minute game and gave my opponent 15 seconds repeatedly untill he has 5 mins but if he thinks for more than 10 seconds he will auto resign
Dream6942 wrote:
GM_Rajat_Shenoi wrote:
Actually, in UNRATED games there is this option to add 15sec to opponent clock. You can keep clicking that until you reach a suitable time. I think that's the only workaround.
But the problem with this is that; for example I started a 1 minute game and gave my opponent 15 seconds repeatedly untill he has 5 mins but if he thinks for more than 10 seconds he will auto resign
Whoa, that's there. Sometimes these chess.com features help us, sometimes they do the exact opposite.
Feb 12, 2024
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chessguitar wrote:
Lets say someone who was low rated (like me) wanted to have a fighting chance against someone who is higher rated. Is there a way to set up time odds in an unrated game here on chess.com. I mean something like I get 30 minutes and the higher rated player gets 5 minutes.
On that same line of thinking is there a way to take a piece away from the stronger player...like giving knight or rook odds?
About the time no but the knight and rook
odds yes
Well, doesn't seem like they'll implement it anytime soon. It's been more than 6 years since this thread was started.
GM_Rajat_Shenoi wrote:
Well, doesn't seem like they'll implement it anytime soon. It's been more than 6 years since this thread was started.
yea its embarrassing
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/site-feedback/add-time-odds-for-unrated-games
Lets say someone who was low rated (like me) wanted to have a fighting chance against someone who is higher rated. Is there a way to set up time odds in an unrated game here on chess.com. I mean something like I get 30 minutes and the higher rated player gets 5 minutes.
On that same line of thinking is there a way to take a piece away from the stronger player...like giving knight or rook odds?
i think you should get real and realize that the only people that will happily take 5 minutes of your time for every one minute of their time are people that want you to have their babies for them.
#surrogacy-rules_make-it-rain