I used to play against a chess master, with 5 minutes on my clock and 30 seconds on his. He routinely crushed me. I also used to play against some amateur ches

I used to play against a chess master, with 5 minutes on my clock and 30 seconds on his. He routinely crushed me. I also used to play against some amateur chess players with 30 seconds on my clock and 5 minutes on theirs. I routinely crushed them. Even with 30 seconds, a significantly better player will still almost always win.