I know there are occasional 3+2 tournaments already, but the vast majority (at least in the U1500 and U1700 tournaments that I play in) are 5+0 and 3+0.
A lot of the time you can be in a very winning position but you lose because your timer goes to zero and your opponent has 3 seconds left, and you get frantic piece shuffling for the last few seconds. Of course I have my share of wins while behind on the board from this, and it can add some excitement, but I'd prefer if the outcome were more dependent on playing good moves than the speed you can enter them. (Adrenaline junkies still have bullet games.)
Increment games also have the advantage that if your opponent leaves the game without resigning, there's less time to wait before they time out.
So I would like to propose that in the U1500 and U1700 tournaments we substitute the 5+0 time control with 4+2, and the 3+0 with 2+2 (does that still count as blitz? maybe 3+1 otherwise), at least on a trial basis.
Is it worth a try?
A lot of the time you can be in a very winning position but you lose because your timer goes to zero and your opponent has 3 seconds left, and you get frantic piece shuffling for the last few seconds. Of course I have my share of wins while behind on the board from this, and it can add some excitement, but I'd prefer if the outcome were more dependent on playing good moves than the speed you can enter them. (Adrenaline junkies still have bullet games.)
Increment games also have the advantage that if your opponent leaves the game without resigning, there's less time to wait before they time out.
So I would like to propose that in the U1500 and U1700 tournaments we substitute the 5+0 time control with 4+2, and the 3+0 with 2+2 (does that still count as blitz? maybe 3+1 otherwise), at least on a trial basis.
Is it worth a try?