Hi - I am new to Lichess from mostly playing Chess.com. I mostly play correspondence 1 Day per move games because I am afraid if I play a 30 Minute Game I will get interrupted for some reason.
Is it possible to play a 30 min times game and ask your opponent if the game can be paused for a very short time or would it just be assumed that I am trying to cheat? I would love to get into 30 minute chess games but don't know how to account for interruptions. How do you do it? Thanks.
there is no pause in lichess. but you can use your time as you wish. if wanna spend 15 minutes watching tv and then make move sure. opponent might be annoyed but it is your clock that is running
you can play correspondance here on lichess. You can agree with opponent via the chat that some days you would like to play many move during a shorter period than the automatic timer, and then stop for however long you wish in that 1day or more damocles.
This requires some faith, but correspondance itself already has that. It should filter cheating mentality away as motivator both as cheater and cheater projection onto opponent. what would be the point.....?
If you are playing a long time control, you can do whatever you want during your time. Spending 3-5 minutes on a move is not particularly unusual. I think if it's going to be unusually long it would be polite to say "Sorry, AFK for a few minutes" or something, but it isn't necessary.
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