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SHould I play blitz or rapid?

I don't know.I play a lot of blitz and sometimes rapid.CAn someone help me?
Tpr would have definitely said Rapid.
So I reply from his view point.

Play Rapid or classical and play that exclusively, no blitz, no bullet
Generally, I'd recommend slower time controls so you can give yourself enough time to think and develop your chess skills.

Blitz is fun, but it's really about instantly recognizing certain patterns.
Well you could just listen to listen to the Forum Legend @tpr and play rapid...

Or just expand his username ( tpr - " Try playing rapid") and then go play rapid...
Blitz is good for developing your intuition by forcing you to play based more off of pattern recognition and can help learn openings by playing a lot of games and being exposed to different variations and set ups (however to get the real benefit of this you have to analyze the games afterwards to improve your opening lines). At your level you are still learning most patterns so it's not your intuition that needs to be strengthen but your calculation abilities and learning opening lines are not important as almost everyone you play will deviate from known theory within several moves. You should instead be focused on longer time controls and be developing your abilities to identify the needs of the positions and come up with solutions/plans from that. Regardless of time control you should always be reviewing your games afterwards to look at what you're doing right and wrong, and what areas you need to focus your attention on learning more about and/or being more cautious of during games. A good example would be players who tend to bring their queen out to early, if you notice that from post game analysis trends then you can remind yourself to be extra cautious bringing out your queen in future games and ask yourself if doing so is actually the best move in the position or just habit of yours.

-Jordan
@Ronakkarthik, Blitz prevents from Cheating, and Rapid is too long time to get cheated. But, Lichess detects cheaters, so I should say to Rapid. You may play 10+0 for ending fast, or 15+10 to play slowly. 15+10 is reccomended usually.

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