I long for "real" chess

I just finished "listening" to The Queen's Gambit (the book, unabridged), and it made me long for playing serious chess. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I also loves the Netflix series (it was very close to the book), and "Searching for Bobby Fisher." The beauty of the battle...which in a 10 + 5 rapid game... wasn't present. In a Rapid game, I find that I am just looking for tactics, hoping for mistakes, taking advantage of any inaccuracies...but no real (deep) planning or artistry. No magic. Almost not chess.

A few Online-Only-Players (OOPs) I work with via my streaming started off like most OOPs. Playing Bullet and Blitz. I had to push them to play Rapid...just to make them play slow enough that I could identify where they would benefit from instruction. I found it nearly impossible to help them improve when they were mired in the blunder-full world of B&B. But now I'm seeing that while it is better than B&B, Rapid is too fast also. Granted, I can get an idea about where they have errors in their thinking, where some misconceptions are, but when I need to dig deeper, the waters are too shallow.

Online Classical and Correspondence allow the player to do more than think move to move. More than 1 or two moves ahead. It allows them time to plan, to assess, and analyze. It allows time to create art and to apply science. It allows them to play real chess.

I miss real chess.

It's great that there are a few fictional shows and books on Chess that make it possible to satisfy my longing. And of course, there is slower time controls (Classical and Correspondence) on line that I could play. But I miss the long battles over the board. Time to get back into playing the game I love.

There is hope! Many of my fellow streamers, members of our Community Stream Team (non-super-stars of streaming), are turning to playing & streaming classical games. And they are falling in love with "real" chess.

Have you found Real chess yet?