Is it possible.....

ShockandWave

Only Chess

26 Jul 03

ShockandWave

Joined: 10 Jul 03
Moves: 569

26 Jul 03

Is it possible to play a fast game (5 min per person)?

genius

Wayward Soul

Your Blackened Sky

Joined: 12 Mar 02
Moves: 15128

26 Jul 03

Originally posted by ShockandWave
Is it possible to play a fast game (5 min per person)?

no. well, not yet at least-RHP live, which is currently under development (or something like that anyway) will allow you to do this...

legionnaire

Free Thinker

New York City

Joined: 22 Mar 02
Moves: 10815

28 Jul 03

Originally posted by ShockandWave
Is it possible to play a fast game (5 min per person)?

It is possible elsewhere. I live in New York city, very close to Washington Square park, where "speed chess" (5 minutes per side) is the standard.

I would not recommend this sort of game if you really want to improve your chess game. It's useful for learning some opening traps, but the positions that win speed chess games, in a regular OTB game would often result in losing if the game went all the way to an actual endgame.

-mike

KFC Bognor

The bottom of a well

Joined: 17 Aug 03
Moves: 786

18 Aug 03

Speed chess is great fun!
I regularly play games in which the time limit per move is 1 second, and one of the rules is "no thinking". Even with this rule in place, you'd be surprised how much good chess players eventually prevail.