I think in Go playing many quick games is generally better for novices than playing slow games for “initializing your neural network” so to speak. Among others, developing an intuitve and holistic sense for which shapes lead to victory (sometimes it’s referred to as “beautiful” or “elegant”) matters a lot, even at low levels.
Whereas in chess novice play is almost entirely dominated by tactics, which means playing lots of quick games often teaches you bad patterns and shortcuts.
I think in Go playing many quick games is generally better for novices than playing slow games for “initializing your neural network” so to speak. Among others, developing an intuitve and holistic sense for which shapes lead to victory (sometimes it’s referred to as “beautiful” or “elegant”) matters a lot, even at low levels.
Whereas in chess novice play is almost entirely dominated by tactics, which means playing lots of quick games often teaches you bad patterns and shortcuts.