It is impossible to train your brain with thinking process during fast games.
Fast games are great for fun and intuition.
ten 90 mn games are not thirty 30 mn games
While solving problems, you learn to count options. Over time this will help find tactics in his party. In addition, each move is amplified as you see the main threats of the opponent. Slow play helps to develop these skills at a favorable pace. But if the slow game makes you yawn from boredom better speed up.
The idea of <2100 players using longer time controls to improve chess, is a little bit of a misnomer.
It's not the longer time that will improve the chess, it's about using that extra time to explore and involve appropriate fundamental arguments and fundamental applications.
Aside from the 0.001%, growth is completely impossible without this measure.
Routinely we see GMs use 30 minutes for a single move...and we think that we can play a game of "chess" in 10-15-20 minutes? These two facts must mean something.
We want 1/8+0 time control!
The ONLY way to improve in chess!
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Slow chess is the only real chess. Others (blitz, bullet, silly variants, etc.) are just games.
if you want to improve, ideal are games with 60' plus increment. rapid games with 15' plus increment that allows to play chess and not flag your opponent are also ok. anything less is just for fun and can also hurt calculation technique and visualization
A few years ago GM Dlugy responded to a forum post of mine with the comment that playing blitz improved his chess a lot. That was an interesting remark to hear from a GM and former WC blitz champion.
@achja Was Dlugy talking about improving from 2100-2500, or from 1500-2100?
@Onyx_Chess #18
I know I've made a screenshot of the comment, but that will be hard to find among thousands of images. I think he didn't give more details but I really liked his comment.
I can speak for myself saying that otb blitz with my otb chess team members and analysing afterwards did help me to push from 1800 to over 2000 Dutch rating years ago.
Slow time control will help you develop your though process. When you play blitz, you rely on automatism and this won’t help you identify what you can improve. Search youTube for “Thought Process errors by coach Dan Heisman”. Also, it’s a long process for someone to improve its skills in analysis (calculation/tactics). Working on tactical puzzles for a few months won't cut it. It can takes years.
