• Paul P posted an update

      a year ago

      I have been on chess.com since March 2012. I mostly play daily chess with time control of 1 to 3 days. When I started I hovered around 1500, but over the years I have slowly declined and am now about 1265. Would I be better served to play live chess with 10 min or 15 min controls? I am usually playing in tournaments 10 – 15 games at a time. I generally play immediately and then wait the 2 or 3 days for my opponent to play. The decline has been frustrating.

      • I improve more when I play shorter periods of time, but not too short (!). So 10-15 minutes is perfect. Because you are really in the game and don’t interrupt the thought process.

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        • Yes. On the correspondence type games, especially when playing multiple games, you forget what the plan was and often blunder. Especially when you rush the moves.

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