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Often you don't have or don't want to spend the uninterrupted time to play a 15+15 match, this is why bullet and blitz are so popular. For those I recommend cor

Often you don't have or don't want to spend the uninterrupted time to play a 15+15 match, this is why bullet and blitz are so popular. For those I recommend correspondence chess (e.g. on Lichess). This form of chess is asynchronously, so whenever you have some time, like waiting for the bus, you can deeply think about a chess position of your chess game. After a game I would recommend to analyze the game and learn from your mistakes in the opening, middlegame, endgame, missed tactics and so on. These games are much more meaningful than blitz games, where you obviously might have just lost a game due to a knight fork you hadn't seen because of few seconds left on your clock. Correspondence games will help you to understand chess more deeply, fix your own mistakes and to become an overall better player. You can also open many correspondence games in parallel, this way you don't have to wait for days until you can make another move.

thom 5y ago
I love correspondence games! I cannot cope with the anxiety of short time controls, and the satisfaction for me is always thinking deeply and feeling like I’ve made the best move I’m capable of. That said unless you’re only playing people you trust, it’s hard to dodge cheaters, even with Lichess’s cheat detection.
- hutrdvnj 5y ago
  > it’s hard to dodge cheaters, even with Lichess’s cheat detection You can never be 100% certain, but there's a few things one can do. Before playing an opponent in correspondence check his profile. Never play against new accounts (e.g. join date in profile < 3 months). Don't play someone who never lose games (e.g. 80 wins, 20 draws, 0 losses is suspicious unless it's Magnus). Don't play someone who only has very few games played in total. Compare the other statistics if he has a beginner level blitz rating of 1600 and rapid rating of 1700, but correspondence is GM like level of 2500+ then this is also suspicious.

thom 5y ago

I love correspondence games! I cannot cope with the anxiety of short time controls, and the satisfaction for me is always thinking deeply and feeling like I’ve made the best move I’m capable of. That said unless you’re only playing people you trust, it’s hard to dodge cheaters, even with Lichess’s cheat detection.

hutrdvnj 5y ago
> it’s hard to dodge cheaters, even with Lichess’s cheat detection You can never be 100% certain, but there's a few things one can do. Before playing an opponent in correspondence check his profile. Never play against new accounts (e.g. join date in profile < 3 months). Don't play someone who never lose games (e.g. 80 wins, 20 draws, 0 losses is suspicious unless it's Magnus). Don't play someone who only has very few games played in total. Compare the other statistics if he has a beginner level blitz rating of 1600 and rapid rating of 1700, but correspondence is GM like level of 2500+ then this is also suspicious.