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There are probably enough players that play both time controls to connect the rating pools. However there is some difference between time controls, this is noticible when switching from 5+0 to 3+0. Wh…

This line looks like something out of a Mikhail Tal game

@MCFet said [^] > Recently been playing a lot of rapid and the players that leaves the game instead of resigning is way too high compared to other time formats. > > I suggest at least a one day INSTAN…

Have you tried Ctrl+0? might just be your browser ist zoomed out.

I checked out his histoty before posting did you? Out of his last 20 games he got white 6 times, driving the imbalance further. This is what he is complaining about. another possibility that we can di…

@mkubecek said [^] > > The ratio is nowhere close to fair. > > Correct. You have played 1475 games with white and 1693 with black which is not fair. Until the balance is restored, you are going to get…

I am not sure if the comparison makes much sense. Instead of comparing rating you should try and compare what percentile you are playing in. That may not be accurate due to to different player pools b…

@WildWizard said in #9: > Set the required games limit to 10-20 before the arena, and right before it starts set it to 100 100 Rated games and 1 Month old account should be the minimum for such a tour…

I mean I am all for it but the tournament might last a year and there is absolutely no good way to ensure fair play.

Everything changes trust me. You have 31k played games, almost all blitz. You may be too used to playing 3-5 minute games to use 15 minutes properly, but this is where real improvment takes place. Loo…