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is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:43 pm
by Jonathan Rogers
It is probably a blessing for me that I cannot. But I am curious that I can never find an opponent there. Is it just me, or have over the last year or so vast numbers of people apparently migrated to lichess or other platforms? Did I miss some announcement?
(I never seem to have to wait more than five seconds on lichess. Which, of course, is also bad for me).
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:50 pm
by Joey Stewart
You should easily be able to find blitz opponents on chess.com - it's the largest chess site in the world and has a very active blitz community. Are you maybe asking for some sort of unusual time control like 8/8 or something - that might be why people are not spotting your game request?
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:25 am
by Jonathan Rogers
No, normally 2 minute chess or one minute plus one. Almost exactly the same as I do on lichess but with utterly opposite results. on chess.com the search just goes on forever and I give up. I have no such problems with their puzzle challenges against other users, just with the games.
Well, obviously it is a personal mystery ...
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:29 am
by IM Jack Rudd
Well, I just tested this and I could find a game on 1+1 easily enough.
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:50 pm
by Nick Ivell
....Qxf3. A suckerpunch.
An opening in which White has to be very careful, if Black delays castling.
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:52 pm
by Jonathan Rogers
Evidently my unique problem then. Not that I especially want to resolve it now, I was really just curious whether others encountered it too.
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:00 pm
by Joey Stewart
I feel like chess.com suffers much more from connection issues then lichess - perhaps a new internet provider might be in order (and as a bonus tip, switch internet through a cashback or price comparison website and you can get a £100 ish bonus)
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:37 pm
by Jon Mahony
Chess.com blitz is always a harsh reality check for me - I tend to stick to my crummy free app on my phone where I have 2 million coins and a rating higher than Magnus
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:04 am
by MSoszynski
Joey Stewart wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:00 pm
I feel like chess.com suffers much more from connection issues then lichess - perhaps a new internet provider might be in order (and as a bonus tip, switch internet through a cashback or price comparison website and you can get a £100 ish bonus)
The trouble with chess.com is a bloated website, even as a paid member. The lichess experience is plain but slicker and quicker. Also, the two clocks seem to operate differently. A couple of seconds left on lichess is okay; a couple of seconds left on chess.com means I've already lost.
Re: is it possible any longer to play blitz on chess.com?
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:57 pm
by Andy Stoker
I have not been able to play Live Chess on chess.com for some months - it will not connect - I've put it down to a firewall of some sort in my computer (belongs to my employer).
I have no such problems with LiChess - so just play live chess there. I stick with chess.com for daily chess