jlt wrote:I actually like long time settings, which force us to read thoroughly instead of guessing. Well, I still guess a lot, but less than in fast games. If all internet tournaments were with short time settings, then we wouldn't be able to play long games before the end of the coronavirus crisis.
I can totally relate, though from my experience amateurs - on average - don't actually increase their playing strength with longer time controls (not talking about correspondence, Uberdude!) - there might be a threshold, where further time investments do not lead to better moves/decisions. Amateurs might think longer but they still do ponder the same bad moves or just spent more time reading lines which lead to a bad result (which often times don't will be judged at all in the process). This is just anecdotal of course, my "overall experience", and there are exceptions, I even know one.
You can also rephrase this all as training. If you think longer about moves you might remember your reasoning and thus - retrospectively - spot flaws in it therefor improving your game. Which I believe holds true, that's why I like to play longer tournaments in real life. But for the reasons mention
above I don't like it online.
I'm not saying every online tournament should have faster time settings. People should play settings they feel comfortable with and enjoy. Online, I would enjoy some rapid tournaments for a change (like 15min/3*20sec).
I sent a message via the German Go forums to one of the organisers and I hope they'll fix it quickly.
