BULLET TAKES MORE SKILL THAN OTB CHESS

"Blitz Chess is like asking for no pickles and you still get pickles!" - Garry Kasparov

Definetly bullet does not take more skills than OTB or longer time control, and bullet is not chess. But I find there are people who are simply against bullet  because they suck at playing bullet.

Bullet chess takes a lot of skill but it is a different kind of skill than skill for playing a slower time limit.

"Marijuana slows down time so blitz chess becomes standard" - Robert Fischer

I know the topic is a trolling one, but I'll address it anyway. I recognize that bullet is a nice skill to have; however, it's much easier to move up the ladder than in OTB chess.

For example, I have been playing bullet regularly for months -- a few months ago, I was happy to get to 1700; now I'm 1900. Do you really think I actually learned that much chess in those months to make such a huge jump? Or did I just get a better feel for how to adjust to the special pace of bullet? Probably the latter.

You will, definitely, benefit from being good at OTB chess, though, since your pattern recognition will make it more likely for you to intuitively find the moves. Nonetheless, an amateur will have a much easier time getting an upset against a GM in bullet than in a tournament game -- we all know this. There will be some cases where speed is more important than precision, and there will be more random blunders made that wouldn't normally be made.

If my bullet rating was 2300 and my blitz was only 1900 i would probably make the opposite conclusion.
"you have to react and anticipate different moves in a matter of milliseconds" Yes, but react and anticipate moves which have only milliseconds of thought behind them.

The advantages and disadvantages are still equal.

Actually, the other way around is the only thing that's true

Of course, if you are a strong OTB player and are not used to bullet, you will need to adjust. But if you figure out a way to condense what you know into fast moves (and also, learn some premoving technique ), you'll do just fine.

Getting better at bullet is merely getting better at regurgitating concepts you already know (such as seeing a classic mate quickly). It will not teach you something that you don't know because that would require discovery, which would require serious thought, which would require losing on time.

lol, people are so touchy over this topic

Although you do often play for time, it is a skill to be able to play quickly without constantly hanging pieces. If you make too many blunders like that, something easy to do when playing quickly, you won't win bullet games no matter how fast you play. The only possible exception is when both sides are down to 2 or less seconds; in that case, a well timed unsound sacrifice of the rook might be shocking enough to cause a hesitation that makes him run out of time.

Bullet chess are fantastic entertainer in the chess era. But OTB is the one which develops your bullet skills. Time and thinking both are inversely proportional to each other so in order to be more efficient both should be at optimum point i.e giving too much of time for thinking and giving no time to think are basless. 

maybe your inability to recognise that people have busy lives, proves that you should see some sunlight.

You're actually the smartest person who has replied to this thread. Thankyou

kinda suprised this got to 150, probs from all the kiddos getting mad

kiddos be mad

Amazing how a half-joke post, not to be taken seriously, turned into such a discussion. Snip3z, I bow to your capacity of creating such chaos.

Now, about your rating, I am very impressed. I once tried bullet and only managed 7 moves before losing on time.

Thankyou thankyou, I really appreciate your support :) Epic thread be epic? haaha

sonny jim, you're mad. Suggest you go jump into an Ice bath, might help calm ya down.

I'm mad.