haven't been able to pick up chess. I just couldn't make any inferences when the consequences are half an hour away The most popular time controls to play ches

haven't been able to pick up chess. I just couldn't make any inferences when the consequences are half an hour away The most popular time controls to play chess online seem to be 1 0 and 3 0 - i.e. you have 1 or 3 minutes total to play every move in the game, so the game lasts 2 or 6 minutes maximum. That seems crazy fast to me, but e.g. watch grandmasters play banter blitz on chess24[0], and 3 0 seems quite leisurely, most of the time. (3 0 means 3 minutes to start, with 0 seconds added after each move.) I prefer 5 12, 15 10 or something where you have time to think, to plan. There's not a lot of planning in blitz chess, they mostly play by intuition, playing whatever move feels right. There's no time to think about complicated tactics or formulate a complex plan. [0] https://www.youtube.com/user/chess24media/videos#top https://www.youtube.com/user/chess24media/videos#top