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marku300

Just had a quick question to throw out there; I was wondering what a classical chess game actually is? Is it just a chess match where there really is no time limit to the moves you make and can take hours of time to finish? I just want to know the distinction between classical chess games and other types of chess games such as rapid, blitz, bullet, etc.

Ziryab

Classical chess is a time control of two hours per player or longer for the game. Online, classical often begins at a much shorter time control, such as more than 30 minutes per side.

Clocks were introduced in the late-nineteenth century and games were often 15 moves an hour after that point. Before clocks, some players could take many hours for a single move.

In US Chess Federation rules, “regular” (classical) is a total time of at least 65 minutes per player. Quick (rapid) is a total time of more than ten minutes, but less than 65. Blitz is ten minutes or less, but at least five. Games from 30 to 60 minutes are dual rated, affecting both quick and regular ratings.

calliejohnson950

I am playing chess for the last 2 years it is so awesome game that grows into my mind, but now I find a cooking game food voyage that keeps me fresh with time management and cool graphics. 

tygxc

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Classical chess is slower than rapid chess

A.1
A ‘Rapid chess’ game is one where either all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player; or the time allotted plus 60 times any increment is of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player.
https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018 

Hence x|y with x + y >= 60 is classical
E.g. 30|30 or 45|15 is classical

The_Dark_Lord2011

can you play classical on chess.com?

Martin_Stahl
The_Dark_Lord2011 wrote:

can you play classical on chess.com?

You can play long sudden death time controls.

tygxc

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"can you play classical on chess.com?"
++ Yes, you can set a custom time control 90|30, but it is difficult to get paired.

Arush_KK5

The classical format normal chess only its just have 15 minutes time to 1 day timer I hope that helps