It should be like this 5 days per game + 2 days per move at the same time. Its irritating to wait for 15 hours for every move, or to lose on time when you are AFK for more than a day.
Current rules allow game to realisticaly last for more than a month. While it should be 1-3 days in average.
@LifeWaste You have an option to choose how much time you want per move. If you lose because you're offline, make it more. If the game lasts too long, make it less.
I don't really see why a rule change would be needed, and if you don't like Correspondence there are other time controls to play ;)
@LifeWaste Wrong. Top Class Correspondence games last strictly more than 1 month.
40-60 moves average per game. 3 days per move could mean theoretically up to 180 days!
The longest correspondence game I've played was 15 months. If you want a game done in 1 day, don't play correspondence.
Set the limit of 5 days per game for each player! So if player wants he wont waste more than a week per game.
This should be an option.
If it was 5 days + 2 days per move, I'd make all my moves in 2 days.
2 days per move are within 5 per game
ICCF is 3 days per move.
If you don't check your games at the same time everyday, there's a chance you'll time out on 1 day per move. If some days you can't make it online at all, you might time out on 2 day. So 3 days is sort of the sweet spot. This is for correspondence where you are actually taking the time to study and analyse the position (with your brain, not an engine) and might be playing 10 or more games at once. It's not the same as "live" chess, nor is supposed to be.