Ian Nepomniachtchi shared his opinion on the time control at the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot. Nepo believes that Fast Classic is more entertaining than traditional Classical. Ian notes that Fast Classic leads to more decisive games. Nepomniachtchi spoke about it in an interview with ChessBase India.

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Russia's No. 1

“If you ask me what I would prefer, Fast Classical or 7 hours, at this point I would surely say Fast Classic.

Because in a 7 hours game your opponent basically never ever runs out of time. And whenever it goes down to the last time control, would it be 15 minutes and 30 seconds increment, it’s already deep in the endgame.

You basically don’t need that much time. And even the increment is more than enough to keep the game going in a logical way.

So of course, as a chess fan, if you want to see more dеcisive games, of course Fast Classic is a lot more entertaining and a lot more fun to watch.”

The Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot takes place from November 10 to 20, at the Anantara New York Palace Hotel in Budapest, Hungary. The event features 45+30 Fast Classic throughout the Group stage. The Knockout of the event features Fast Classic along with 15+10 Rapid and 3+2 Blitz.

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