What time control do you prefer to play with?
1. 5-30 minutes per game
2. 30-60 minutes
3. 60-90
4. 90-120 minutes
5. Over 120 minutes
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2 hours for first 40 moves then
1 hours for rest of the game.
this is the only time for a real game of chess.
1. 5-30 minutes per game
Option 5.
Alex
30-60 minutes. Gives you time to think a bit and play some quality moves and not have to worry so much about losing on time with a better position.
I prefer +120 minutes. It is sad to see the time controls for events being shortened as time goes on. I think one of the reasons for this is the introduction of internet chess where everyone prefers to play the rapid games and it is hard to get an online game at a long time control.
There used to be times when the players would adjourn the games at move 40 to resume the game the next day so that the endgame could be played reasonably and with accuracy. Nowadays the endgame is just a time scramble and it is not appreciated as it was back in the good old days.
If I have to choose from the list, I’d say 5min.
But my niece would choose 2 minutes hands down!
Rich
I prefer G/120 or G/90. I have done G/60.
30-60 minutes per game.
When I play at home with wife and children I prefer shorter times like 15 to 30 minutes a game. Against an equal opponent, anywhere from 30 – 90 minutes. I also play correspondence and those go for weeks.
As a compromise, I like G/2 with 10 seconds delay per move.
I like at least 10 second increment for time controls; even for the longer ones. It gives you the opportunity to think hard in the middle game and then hopefully make up the time during end-game.
I always play at last 15 min (with 10 second increment).
My favourite: 20min+10sec.
90 to 120 minutes is most comfortable to me. When time control is less than Game in 60 minutes, it’s not really chess anymore. I think it was Gufeld who said that at the quicker speeds, let’s just pound the clock and dispense with the moves.
I prefer: 5-30minutes per game
I prefer games in the range of 60-120 minutes.
I like those G/150’s that CCA uses in some of their weekend tournaments. I like these because I can use all my time whenever I want, and do not have to worry about making 40 moves. Most of my games are below 40 moves so I get the most amount of time possible.
I also like g/30 for fun, but real chess required time.
#4 – 90 to 120 minutes.
#4 90 to 120 minutes
2 hours, with increment of 30s
The more time the better for me.
If you mean for an entire tournament game, then 120 with a 5 second delay.
Brenan
By far option 5 !!
That is the most ‘real’ chess
1. 5-30 minutes per game + 12 sec increment.
When I do play OTB, my preference is clear and totally opposite. Less than 6o min is not enough for me.
Honestly I have not played OTB chess for over 5 years, and during the last 25 years or so I have participated in at most 5 OTB tournaments. I find myself playing on the internet. Very rarely I play a game of more than 30 min. Usually its around 15 min and I love the increment. 12 sec.
This is one of the most fascinating questions in chess.
My favorite was not listed!!
I prefer the 1 minute game, unless I have just read a chess book, in which case, I prefer option #1.
The reason for this is, I retain better what I have just read when I am able to exercise it on the board and to actually see it in action.
I like all of the above! We have G/10 tournaments every Friday where I live, so that’s good entertainment. G/30-60 lets me play a tournament in one day, which helps since I can’t usually give up the whole weekend. My results at that time control are better than the slower time controls. What I don’t like are 3-hour time controls, which makes the day way too long even if you don’t use your time. I also hate an intermediate time control like 30/90, SD/1. Why force a time scramble in the middle and then have you slow down so you can “savor” the mess you made of your previously fine position?
for interner chess 5-30 minutes.
all , but im used to 2hrs for 4o moves and 1 hour for the game to end, that about the right time to play a decent game.
other wiese if your theory aint good (me( then theres not enough time, say 90m for all game.
my favourite time controls have been, are and will be the old FIDE rules (which have passed away – maybe by extraterrestrians – a few years ago):
50 moves / 2.5 hours
1. time control
20 moves / 1 hour plus
2. time control
20 moves / 1 hour plus
3. time control
game adjourned or 1 hour plus for each player till the end of the game…
scholastic chess players nowadays are all chicken … a good game of chess lasts around 9 hours or so (sometimes even longer) – this is, what i’ve learned, when i was 8-9 years old … to sit on my hands, whilst playing chess… to be honest: i still believe in this rule (and i’m sure, it turns my Fritz! crazy to lose an eight hours game when his tablebase access is turned off …)
IMHO – Blitz, Rapid, Increment adds or other silly time control rules – HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH REAL CHESS! this time control rules are just for the show, but for nothing else…
the changing of time control rules – and some rules about the behaviour around the board ( e.g. it is not allowed to eat, it is not allowed to smoke, it is not allowed to leave the tournament room, if you are on to move …) – made me quit chess a decade ago …
i started to play tournament chess again recently – because i’m addicted – i admit: i’m ill with chess, it ruined my life – and the actual time control rules are going to ruin my chess …
:))
My preference is for the longer time controls — 120 minutes or more.
I would like to return to competitive chess; but I’ve not played in a single tournament in the past 10 years. The proliferation of shorter time controls has made it more difficult for me to return to active play. I feel the need for ever more study and preparation if I expect myself to ‘rattle off’ moves of satisfactory (to myself) quality under a rapid-fire environment — expecially in my first tournament upon my return to active play.
It seems as if I’ll never feel adequately prepared to return to tournament play as long as game in 90 is the slowest time control within a reasonable distance from home.
I would like to see a return to the longer time controls, allowing a greater emphasis on OTB thinking and less need to rely on memorized move sequences.
Although I play lots of 5 minute games in casual play, I prefer a slower time control in a tournament. 30-60 mins per game would be my pick.