# Try Blitz with G/3;d2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Running Chess Tournaments\ **Created:** [September 26, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/try-blitz-with-g-3-d2/21048 "2015-09-26T18:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Micah\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@Micah\_Smith](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Micah_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/try-blitz-with-g-3-d2/21048/21 "2015-10-05T23:24:48Z")
> [@relyea](#): > > > [@Micah Smith](#): > > > > > [@relyea](#): > > > > > > Is Mr. Smith suggesting the only value of delay over increment is to try to run the opponent out of time? > > > > > > Alex Relyea > > > > No, but that’s one advantage of delay over increment > > So what are the others? > > Alex Relyea Players don’t gain addition time by repeating moves, the start time of the next round is less likely to be delayed, and the popular blue Saitek clock doesn’t do increment. ---
**Author:** ![eastside](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/eastside/32/3726_2.png) [@eastside](https://forum.uschess.org/u/eastside)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/try-blitz-with-g-3-d2/21048/22 "2015-10-06T02:51:34Z")
The question of advantage is, of course, a matter of preference, as Mr. Mulford states. That was the underlying point of my last post - and it applies to a number of recent posts in a number of recent threads in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Mulfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Mulfish](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Mulfish)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/try-blitz-with-g-3-d2/21048/23 "2015-10-06T12:16:41Z")
> [@Micah Smith](#): > > > [@relyea](#): > > > > > [@Micah Smith](#): > > > > > > > [@relyea](#): > > > > > > > > Is Mr. Smith suggesting the only value of delay over increment is to try to run the opponent out of time? > > > > > > > > Alex Relyea > > > > > > No, but that’s one advantage of delay over increment > > > > So what are the others? > > > > Alex Relyea > > Players don’t gain addition time by repeating moves, the start time of the next round is less likely to be delayed, and the popular blue Saitek clock doesn’t do increment. A. is a description of the styles, factually true. Over a relatively long 60 move game you gain 2 minutes each with increment while delay would have prevented 2 minutes each from ticking off. Those are equivalent except when you respond before the 2 seconds expires (I’d guess at most 1/3 of the time) Net savings on a 60 move game 40 seconds each or 80 seconds total if my estimate is correct. Less on shorter games. B. Is factually true. By a maximum of 80 seconds, if my estimates are correct. C. The analog clocks don’t do either one. So what? By the way, those Blue Saiteks aren’t that popular in our area. And if increment was more common, they would lose popularity. I think very little of this criteria. Your mileage may vary. A&B are immaterial in my book. C is not terribly important in my book. I do not fault Micah for thinking differently. It’s all preference. Run a few events, see what the players have to say and what the actual experience is. ---
**Author:** ![bbentrup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bbentrup](https://forum.uschess.org/u/bbentrup)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/try-blitz-with-g-3-d2/21048/24 "2015-10-22T13:03:56Z")
Online I only play with increment time controls, even if it means it takes a little longer to find a game. I hate what an element of flagging does to my human nature, letting winning directly transcend the chess pieces, making everything a bit more personal. I prefer to emphasize good moves. I find flagging to be similarly gimmicky to stunts like positioning the board so the sun is in the opponent’s eyes. After years of experience, I am confident in proclaiming increments to be as fast, on average, than delay or no time added. Part is the original reduction in minutes; part is the tendency of people to resign 40 moves earlier in simple endgames instead of making the superior side play it out: the writing is on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uschess.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/try-blitz-with-g-3-d2/21048/25 "2024-04-22T08:41:13Z")
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