45/45 is great but being able to carve out time during the day is difficult
i like 30/30 or 30/20 the best for an online rapid time control
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15/10 is too fast for me but if i can get into middlegame with decent time a 15/10 works better than 30 min for me
45/45 is great but being able to carve out time during the day is difficult
i like 30/30 or 30/20 the best for an online rapid time control
45/45 is great but being able to carve out time during the day is difficult
i like 30/30 or 30/20 the best for an online rapid time control
daxypoo wrote:
15/10 is too fast for me but if i can get into middlegame with decent time a 15/10 works better than 30 min for me
45/45 is great but being able to carve out time during the day is difficult
i like 30/30 or 30/20 the best for an online rapid time control
45/45 is great but being able to carve out time during the day is difficult
i like 30/30 or 30/20 the best for an online rapid time control
Interesting! I think almost every site treats 30+ minutes as a classical time control, though.
Nov 10, 2021
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#5
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
A rapid rating now doesn't mean much, as a blitz player can just inflate their rapid rating by playing 10 minute games.
15/10 or 30 minutes are real rapid times.
tygxc wrote:
15|10 is the official FIDE rapid time control.
Well, there's my exact answer, I guess!
#5 what?
Nov 11, 2021
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#8
CooloutAC wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
A rapid rating now doesn't mean much, as a blitz player can just inflate their rapid rating by playing 10 minute games.
15/10 or 30 minutes are real rapid times.
10 mins isn't considered blitz, and 30 mins isn't considered rapid even though chess.com has no separate rating for classical. Not that any of that matters people should just play whatever they like best whatever its labeled as. but i'm not understanding what you mean by blitz players inflating their rapid rating?
On Chess.com, 10 minutes used to be blitz, but was changed to rapid (I do not know why). 10 minutes is blitz according to FIDE.
Nov 11, 2021
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#9
CooloutAC wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
A rapid rating now doesn't mean much, as a blitz player can just inflate their rapid rating by playing 10 minute games.
15/10 or 30 minutes are real rapid times.
10 mins isn't considered blitz, and 30 mins isn't considered rapid even though chess.com has no separate rating for classical. Not that any of that matters people should just play whatever they like best whatever its labeled as. but i'm not understanding what you mean by blitz players inflating their rapid rating?
As someone else said, 10 minutes is a Blitz time control, but for some reason Chess.com changed it to rapid.
So if someone is better at Blitz than Rapid, they can simply infate their rapid rating by playing lots of 10 minute games. Gaining Rapid points with a Blitz time control.
Nov 11, 2021
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#10
Shaikidow wrote:
I haven't seen this get discussed about enough at all! I understand that everyone's natural playing tempo can and does change due to various circumstances, but I feel a need to pick an exact time control and stick to it.
I'd like it to be a time control that a) gets used in online tournaments the most, and b) uses a time increment greater than 0. The only rapid preset available both here and on Lichess seems to be 15 | 10, so I guess I should go with that, but 25 | 10 seems to see the most usage at top-level rapid tournaments... unless that has changed in the last couple of years?
Really wanna hear your opinion on this.
15|10 je najblize onome sto zelis da postignes. Ja licno vise volim duze partije, ali recimo 45|45 ne mogu da svrstam u polubrzopoteznu partiju.
Mozes naravno i da sam podesis vreme, ali 15|10 je verovatno najbolje i relativno ces brzo naci partiju, jer ima ljudi sa rejtingom preko 2000 da igraju 15|10.
Nov 11, 2021
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#12
harrytipper3 wrote:
CooloutAC wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
A rapid rating now doesn't mean much, as a blitz player can just inflate their rapid rating by playing 10 minute games.
15/10 or 30 minutes are real rapid times.
10 mins isn't considered blitz, and 30 mins isn't considered rapid even though chess.com has no separate rating for classical. Not that any of that matters people should just play whatever they like best whatever its labeled as. but i'm not understanding what you mean by blitz players inflating their rapid rating?
As someone else said, 10 minutes is a Blitz time control, but for some reason Chess.com changed it to rapid.
So if someone is better at Blitz than Rapid, they can simply infate their rapid rating by playing lots of 10 minute games. Gaining Rapid points with a Blitz time control.
I think they did it because 10|0 was the most played time control on the site at the time (probably still is) and if I am not mistaken, I believe they wanted to have more people in rapid category to even things up.
Nov 11, 2021
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#13
harrytipper3 wrote:
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
On this site, 10 0 was switched to rapid a little more than a year ago. OTB, it is blitz.
The most common OTB rapid times in my community are g30 and g29. In youth tournaments we use either g30 or g25 d5.
Nov 11, 2021
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#14
I don't play it often but I really enjoy 15+10! I mostly play 30+0 here though
Nov 11, 2021
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#15
10+0 is a weird time control in my opinion. It's to long to be blitz but to short to be rapid.
Nov 11, 2021
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#16
CooloutAC wrote:
nklristic wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
CooloutAC wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
A rapid rating now doesn't mean much, as a blitz player can just inflate their rapid rating by playing 10 minute games.
15/10 or 30 minutes are real rapid times.
10 mins isn't considered blitz, and 30 mins isn't considered rapid even though chess.com has no separate rating for classical. Not that any of that matters people should just play whatever they like best whatever its labeled as. but i'm not understanding what you mean by blitz players inflating their rapid rating?
As someone else said, 10 minutes is a Blitz time control, but for some reason Chess.com changed it to rapid.
So if someone is better at Blitz than Rapid, they can simply infate their rapid rating by playing lots of 10 minute games. Gaining Rapid points with a Blitz time control.
I think they did it because 10|0 was the most played time control on the site at the time (probably still is) and if I am not mistaken, I believe they wanted to have more people in rapid category to even things up.
Hmm. To me it seems 5+0 and 15+10 are most popular.
At this point, that wasn't the case:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/interesting-chess-data-time-controls-and-game-results
Of course, something might have changed since then. For instance there are no statistics for 45|45 and 60|0, as this was back in 2017. so perhaps back then those were not a default time controls, but I don't think too much would change, a few percents here and there.
Nov 11, 2021
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#17
ChesswithNickolay wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
A rapid rating now doesn't mean much, as a blitz player can just inflate their rapid rating by playing 10 minute games.
15/10 or 30 minutes are real rapid times.
*Me who plays 10 minute and has a 500 point rating difference from blitz*
Look kid, that's just wrong.
I don’t think I’d say 10+0 is blitz but I’m also not sure if i’d say it’s rapid. It’s a weird time control lol
Nov 11, 2021
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#18
ChesswithNickolay wrote:
Yeah agreed, I prefer 15|10 and other rapid increment time controls, but depending 30+ minutes on a game to only lose or end it in a draw is upsetting. Maybe I may get 8 points or something, but still, It's not like I have lots of time to play chess. I actually am pretty good at 15|10, I played in several 15|10 tournaments with great results.
Yeah 10+0 is nice because you can play around 5 games in an hour whereas 15+10 and 30+0 games can be around 30 minute to an hour.
Nov 11, 2021
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#19
CooloutAC wrote:
nklristic wrote:
CooloutAC wrote:
nklristic wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
CooloutAC wrote:
harrytipper3 wrote:
10 minutes is not a rapid time control, it's blitz.
A rapid rating now doesn't mean much, as a blitz player can just inflate their rapid rating by playing 10 minute games.
15/10 or 30 minutes are real rapid times.
10 mins isn't considered blitz, and 30 mins isn't considered rapid even though chess.com has no separate rating for classical. Not that any of that matters people should just play whatever they like best whatever its labeled as. but i'm not understanding what you mean by blitz players inflating their rapid rating?
As someone else said, 10 minutes is a Blitz time control, but for some reason Chess.com changed it to rapid.
So if someone is better at Blitz than Rapid, they can simply infate their rapid rating by playing lots of 10 minute games. Gaining Rapid points with a Blitz time control.
I think they did it because 10|0 was the most played time control on the site at the time (probably still is) and if I am not mistaken, I believe they wanted to have more people in rapid category to even things up.
Hmm. To me it seems 5+0 and 15+10 are most popular.
At this point, that wasn't the case:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/interesting-chess-data-time-controls-and-game-results
Of course, something might have changed since then. For instance there are no statistics for 45|45 and 60|0, as this was back in 2017. so perhaps back then those were not a default time controls, but I don't think too much would change, a few percents here and there.
wow more then 5 mins? very interesting. I guess you are right and that is probably the reason they changed it. Makes sense.
I mean i know that people barely play 30 mins and up. but wow if 10 minse was not considered rapid barely anyone would be even playing rapid it seems.
Yeah, if you go with this, it would be too much blitz chess compared to rapid.
The average user rarely plays longer games, most people want to play short, casual games, but you can find games even in very long time controls, especially if you are not higher rated.
People play those long games, 3% is still enough to find a game, especially if you are not higher rated like 2 000+. If you are, you probably need to open one of those "I need a training partner" threads.
Nov 11, 2021
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#20
ricorat wrote:
ChesswithNickolay wrote:
Yeah agreed, I prefer 15|10 and other rapid increment time controls, but depending 30+ minutes on a game to only lose or end it in a draw is upsetting. Maybe I may get 8 points or something, but still, It's not like I have lots of time to play chess. I actually am pretty good at 15|10, I played in several 15|10 tournaments with great results.
Yeah 10+0 is nice because you can play around 5 games in an hour whereas 15+10 and 30+0 games can be around 30 minute to an hour.
I think that 10|0 is very tricky to play. It is easier to flag than in 5|5 games and you are lulled in a false sense of security that you have enough time. If I have to play such a short game, I would rather choose 5|5. But because I don't have to, I generally choose long games instead (unless I want to play some relaxing unrated chess when I play everything from 15|10 and up).
I haven't seen this get discussed about enough at all! I understand that everyone's natural playing tempo can and does change due to various circumstances, but I feel a need to pick an exact time control and stick to it.
I'd like it to be a time control that a) gets used in online tournaments the most, and b) uses a time increment greater than 0. The only rapid preset available both here and on Lichess seems to be 15 | 10, so I guess I should go with that, but 25 | 10 seems to see the most usage at top-level rapid tournaments... unless that has changed in the last couple of years?
Really wanna hear your opinion on this.