I would really love to see superblitz ratings! I know that in bullet, I'm dreadful. In blitz, I'm decent. But inbetween the two is absolutely terrible. My 3 minute skills are not good, but I cannot play a rated 3 minute game without it affecting my blitz rating. Maybe it would be good to take 2-4 mins as superblitz.
Lichess has four main tournament time controls for standard chess:
Bullet 1+0
SuperBlitz 3+0
Blitz 5+0
Classical 10+0
This indicates that these are popular time controls and I think that if these are seen as the "main" time controls for standard chess, there should be a separate rating for each time control.
The "BULLET", "BLITZ", and "CLASSICAL" that is currently in use would only have its rating affected if a player played a time control that fell in its range, but wasn't specifically 1+0, 3+0, 5+0, or 10+0 as those would have their separate rating accounts. The "range" as already set out:
"BULLET" is described as: "Very fast games: less than 3 minutes"
"BLITZ" is described as: "Fast games: 3 to 8 minutes"
"CLASSICAL" is described as: "Classical games: more than 8 minutes"
For example:
You play a 3+0 game and the rating goes to the "3+0 SUPERBLITZ" rating category.
You play a 4+0 game or a 6+3 game and the rating goes to the "BLITZ" (Fast games: 3 to 8 minutes) category just as it does now.
This way 1+0, 3+0, 5+0, and 10+0 will have their separate ratings and will better serve to indicate rating strength in each of those time controls. It could be a good idea since those are the main tournament time control options available and if you play in the tournaments your ratings for those specific time controls can remain quite accurate! If you play 3+0 it will affect only the "3+0 SUPERBLITZ" rating and if you play 5+0 it will affect only the "5+0 BLITZ" rating! On the other hand, if you play 5+5 it will just affect "BLITZ" like it does now, and if you play 2+2 it will just affect "BULLET" like it does now. This is not a rating specific to the tournaments but to the "time control".
If you play some 3+2 games now and then some 7+5 games later, the rating will all be affected under "BLITZ" where you might go up in points with the 7+5 time control, and then come back down when you play 3+2. You will possibly be underrated when you play 7+5 and when you play 3+2 you will possibly be overrated as usually the more time you have to think, the better you will play!
A players profile page for example could then look like:
BULLET
2000 / 1,040 Games
Rank: _____
BLITZ
2100 / 1,810 Games
Rank: _____
CLASSICAL
2300 / 356 Games
Rank: _____
1+0 BULLET
1950 / 2,332 games
Rank: _____
3+0 SUPERBLITZ
2050 / 3,460 games
Rank: _____
5+0 BLITZ
2180 / 2,735 games
Rank: _____
10+0 CLASSICAL
2340 / 542 games
Rank: _____
Just an idea to go along with Laedis!
Daniel
Bullet 1+0
SuperBlitz 3+0
Blitz 5+0
Classical 10+0
This indicates that these are popular time controls and I think that if these are seen as the "main" time controls for standard chess, there should be a separate rating for each time control.
The "BULLET", "BLITZ", and "CLASSICAL" that is currently in use would only have its rating affected if a player played a time control that fell in its range, but wasn't specifically 1+0, 3+0, 5+0, or 10+0 as those would have their separate rating accounts. The "range" as already set out:
"BULLET" is described as: "Very fast games: less than 3 minutes"
"BLITZ" is described as: "Fast games: 3 to 8 minutes"
"CLASSICAL" is described as: "Classical games: more than 8 minutes"
For example:
You play a 3+0 game and the rating goes to the "3+0 SUPERBLITZ" rating category.
You play a 4+0 game or a 6+3 game and the rating goes to the "BLITZ" (Fast games: 3 to 8 minutes) category just as it does now.
This way 1+0, 3+0, 5+0, and 10+0 will have their separate ratings and will better serve to indicate rating strength in each of those time controls. It could be a good idea since those are the main tournament time control options available and if you play in the tournaments your ratings for those specific time controls can remain quite accurate! If you play 3+0 it will affect only the "3+0 SUPERBLITZ" rating and if you play 5+0 it will affect only the "5+0 BLITZ" rating! On the other hand, if you play 5+5 it will just affect "BLITZ" like it does now, and if you play 2+2 it will just affect "BULLET" like it does now. This is not a rating specific to the tournaments but to the "time control".
If you play some 3+2 games now and then some 7+5 games later, the rating will all be affected under "BLITZ" where you might go up in points with the 7+5 time control, and then come back down when you play 3+2. You will possibly be underrated when you play 7+5 and when you play 3+2 you will possibly be overrated as usually the more time you have to think, the better you will play!
A players profile page for example could then look like:
BULLET
2000 / 1,040 Games
Rank: _____
BLITZ
2100 / 1,810 Games
Rank: _____
CLASSICAL
2300 / 356 Games
Rank: _____
1+0 BULLET
1950 / 2,332 games
Rank: _____
3+0 SUPERBLITZ
2050 / 3,460 games
Rank: _____
5+0 BLITZ
2180 / 2,735 games
Rank: _____
10+0 CLASSICAL
2340 / 542 games
Rank: _____
Just an idea to go along with Laedis!
Daniel
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