I used to think the same thing until I played a couple 2(1) games and sort of got hooked on it...I really like the rush of quick thinking, but I'm moving back to 5 minute games, it's really whatever you like best.
which is a better game for the new person on live
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10 5 are good
chefmike wrote:
I would like to hear from people about what they think is the best game for new people on live to play.
The slower the time control the better I think beginners could benefit from playing 35 minute and even 60 minute games versus banging their pieces down and making moves like this 1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 and like this 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 in 2 minute quickies.
Sep 23, 2008
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Sometimes I try to play 90 5 games to simulate the actual time controls of real chess tournaments so that I can practice and be prepared for that type of situation.
I really like 7 7 games. It gives a blitz pace like a 10 0 game but more or less guarantees that I won't run out of time
The ten minute games are helping me. Mostly I just try to avoid leaving pieces en prise, and hope the other guy does just that! What is missing, (thinking of lower-ranked players, or those learning the game), is time to plan, come up with some "chessic ideas" and try to carry them out. I miss the old chess club of my youth where we'd play non-timed games over 45 or 60 minutes, then spend ten minutes in post-mortem. Actually, I think I've learned best from annotated master games, especially Capablanca. (The Cuban kept it straight-and-simple. Anyone can learn to play like he did.... just not so well!)
I would like to hear from people about what they think is the best game for new people on live to play. I have found the 10 min blitz to be a good starting point. Now and then I go down to 5 min but if i go lower then that it becomes too fast and i make stupid mistakes and lose a lot of games.