Yeah I also think having a rapid rating section would be nice. True Standard games of today's age last for hours not ten minutes. Most pros would consider that blitz or rapid lol I think a good rating standard would be
bullet: less than 1 minute
blitz: between 1 and 15 minutes
rapid: between 15 and 30 minutes
standard: 30 minutes and above
Or if longer then:
rapid: 15 to 60 minutes
standard: anything above 60 minutes
Also, I think having tournaments as such especially now with like the U1600 U2000 Elites etc. it would be very enjoyable for those like myself who enjoy the longer time controls and rapid chess much more! :D
About the tournaments, I would like more classical (or rapid if it is implemented) with increment. Like 15+15 instead of 10+0. For blitz, there are some 3+2, so that would be great for other time controls to have a few tournaments per day with increment.
Since they stomped Ultrabullet out of the ground a mere six days after it had been requested with there being talk of yet another Hyperbullet category, I really do not understand why we cannot have rapid/ standard categories as well. After all, a vast majority of the users play blitz and rapid/standard. Effectively, that is if you look at the classical leaderboard, classical is a seperate 8+0 Blitz category. So people who perform great at 45+45 get overshadowed by those guys whereas great blitz and possibly soon bullet players have two seperate leaderboards as an incentive. Doesn't seem fair to me to treat time controls between days per turn and 8+0 as virtually non existent. Extend Blitz to 10+0 in accordance with FIDE rules and give the rapid players a category above that and call it standard beyond 60+0, worst case scenario with the same limitations as for correspondence (Though I would prefer ALLOWING engine use for correspondence simply *because it cannot be prevented* and reintroducing all the features, but that's another issue). I would really appreciate it, so please consider the original poster's proposal and it's advantages.
would be nice to have rapid tournaments 15+15 or 25+10 games, at the moment I always play those on
chess.com@Allquantor and
@Demonolith , I think lichess uses 45 as the average number of moves, hence you must multiply the increment in seconds by 0.75 to convert it to time fixed time in minutes. For instance 45+45 is equivalent to 78+0 aprox.
@Bulldogfan1998 and others,
Yes, many want blitz category to get extended to 10m or 15m and a category for even longer time controls is also desirable. But it is easier to concentrate on the most basic idea which has greatest acceptance, which is to just add a 30+. Using the names Rapid + Standard, we avoid making existing users confused. Also, a few months later, when the new 30+ category turns into a success, we can vote for an even longer onw (lets say 90+) and the name "Classical" will be available. But for now chances are better if we just focus on the most widely accepted idea, of adding a 30+.
Thank you for the information
@EvilChess Hey, any additional supporters of the 30+ category reading this, please do express your wishes.
10 + 0 to be considered "classical" is utterly ridiculous. Classical tournaments should be at least 15+5
Yes I would like to see a split in rapid and classic as well.
The day it happens I start playing both.
I would however prefer to handle a new classic rating similar to correspondence.
No trophy. No leaderboard. No rating distribution.
So the rating would only be an indication of the own and opponents strength for the current game. No mots would be attracted by the shining light of golden cups.
A major concern I read is that it gets to fragmented. I do not see this problem.
The new rapid rating which equals classic now would not be affected by a significant loss of players in the pool.( Right now 70k+. More than the double than bullet for example.) It only would be a more accurate and probably profit from separating the real long games.
Yes the new classic category would be a niche but look at the variants.
They work as well with a weekly player base of under 1000.
Don't tell me there are less than that playing long games. Or are there?
