Preferred time control: 3 days / move. I am likely to decline invitations with longer time control.
I am also likely to decline invitations with non-random choice of sides.
I have no interest in games with luck elements (though sometimes a random starting setup is acceptable), or games with hidden information.
I generally prefer playing to a set number of wins, in order to avoid drawn matches, as I find that a boring and disappointing result. Specifically, I prefer: 1-win (or more) matches, for fair games, e.g. most chess and checkers variants, including standard chess. 2-win (or more) matches, for games where one side has an (clear but overcomeable) advantage, e.g. atomic chess. 4-game (or more, but an even number) matches, for games where one side has an usually winning advantage (e.g. Alquerque, Horde Chess). While this risks the match ending in a disappointing draw result, at least it won't give the win to a player purely due to them having the luck to get the better side first.
I also play chess variants and other games (mainly Alice Chess which sadly isn't available here) on Scheming Minds and Gold Token, using the same nick.
(nascondi) Se vuoi giocare contro un avversario del tuo livello, puoi definire un BKR minimo ed uno massimo per ogni nuova partita che intendi creare. In questo modo nessun giocatore che non sia all'interno di questa fascia di rating potrà vedere o accettare il tuo invito. (Katechka) (mostra tutti i suggerimenti)