IQP - 07 January 2015 10:25 PM
I would really like to see one blitz/rapid pool with increment. I don’t care what the time control is, so long as a game can take less than 30 min. and there is some increment involved. I do not like players having the possibility to win by shuffling rooks (yes, I win games like this also but I still think it is stupid). However, I don’t generally have time for 45 45. My suggestion would be 3 2, since this is the FIDE blitz time control. But really, any blitz or rapid time control with at least one second of increment would be wonderful. Thanks.
As the author of ECR (The Encyclopedia Of Rook Harassment), I take offense!
(j/k I didn’t write that but I use that tactic a lot!)
we always want it both ways: to win on the board if we’re too slow, and to win on time if we’re too weak. Personally I only play in the 1-minute pool since cheating is almost impossible (or too obvious), and you can’t cherry-pick your opponents.
Players who want to get good are not looking to game the system, but don’t want to play against those who are.