Internet Chess Game Time Controls

ouachita · Post by **ouachita** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:25 pm

Which TC do you play most of your internet games at?

mohzus · Post by **mohzus** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:51 pm

Hello Bobby,
I play on FICS from time to time, 3 0 (for each player) for blitz and 15 0 for standard games. None of these choices are available in your poll.

Here are some stats for FICS games: http://www.ficsgames.org/stats/tcontrols.html.
The problem is that it does not state for what period of time these stats were made of (I'm guessing a period of around 6 months).

JManion · Post by **JManion** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:04 am

I assume he means with an engine. Since we see 4+2, 15+10, and 2+12.

I would guess 1+0 and 3+0 would be 2 of the most popular answers for human chess.

enhorning · Post by **enhorning** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:44 am

JManion wrote:I assume he means with an engine. Since we see 4+2, 15+10, and 2+12.

I assumed he meant as a human - I don't play internet games with an engine. 15+10 is what the majority of my games are.

jdart · Post by **jdart** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:38 pm

For me it is 5+3 mostly and standard games at 15+3. My internet accounts do not play bullet games.

However, I notice playchess.com is mostly 3+0 and 5+0.

--Jon

mohzus · Post by **mohzus** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:23 pm

JManion wrote:I assume he means with an engine. Since we see 4+2, 15+10, and 2+12.

I would guess 1+0 and 3+0 would be 2 of the most popular answers for human chess.

The link I provided shows that 2+12 is the 4th most popular time control in FICS; there are mostly humans there. I think that this time control is that popular because it is the default when you type "seek".
Your guess about 1+0 and 3+0 is right for FICS at least, with 20 and 37% of all games respectively.

JManion · Post by **JManion** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:36 am

mohzus wrote:
JManion wrote:I assume he means with an engine. Since we see 4+2, 15+10, and 2+12.

I would guess 1+0 and 3+0 would be 2 of the most popular answers for human chess.
The link I provided shows that 2+12 is the 4th most popular time control in FICS; there are mostly humans there. I think that this time control is that popular because it is the default when you type "seek".
Your guess about 1+0 and 3+0 is right for FICS at least, with 20 and 37% of all games respectively.

I would guess for ICC, and playchess 1 0, 3 0, and 5 0 would be by far the most popular. 15 0 would be my guess for 4th but its just a guess.

This is for Human play.

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:07 pm

10 moves in 50 days repeating

I tried 10 moves in 30 days

http://www.iccf-webchess.com/event?id=25448

but I had to ask not to progress to the next round - too fast!

Shaun

ouachita · Post by **ouachita** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:37 pm

Shaun wrote:10 moves in 50 days repeating Shaun

yea, me too, but I'm finding that we're in the minority percentile on this topic