Bullet for beginners?
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So I saw on here that someone was asking how to improve their studying repertoire as a beginner. Someone told them to play a lot of bullet chess. I've tried to stay away from playing bullet chess and faster games because I thought it would reinforce bad habits by having To make quick moves I'm not been able to think the position through. I guess bullet chess could help you work on your instinctive moves maybe? Thoughts please
Jul 24, 2021
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JocNAllDay wrote:
So I saw on here that someone was asking how to improve their studying repertoire as a beginner. Someone told them to play a lot of bullet chess. I've tried to stay away from playing bullet chess and faster games because I thought it would reinforce bad habits by having To make quick moves I'm not been able to think the position through. I guess bullet chess could help you work on your instinctive moves maybe? Thoughts please
The consensus is that slower chess is most conducive to improvement - especially for beginners. A person needs time to take in a position, calculate, and develop plans in order to better understand and improve at chess.
Jul 24, 2021
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It depends.
I am on the other side of the fence compared to the majority.
If you can stay disciplined and are okay with your bullet and blitz ratings taking big dents , then use those two time controls to work on openings, defences and middle game preparation; but that’s it.
If you are very serious on improving for the long term, then stick to rapid and don’t be lured by speed chess because you will pick up poor habits.
Back in February, I rehauled my game based on a new opening as white and learned a few defences as black. I’d rather let my speed chess take a hit and not be committal to longer time controls. It was disrespectful or weird when I resigned to my opponent prematurely lol.
In my personal case, I reserve my rapid play for serious games which is why I have very little amount of games compared to my speed chess. With that said, I score 65% in rapid but 50% in speed chess. I am okay with my stats by skewed.
Jul 24, 2021
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https://support.chess.com/article/437-how-do-i-get-better-at-chess
Maybe worth looking at the link and looking at drills, lessons etc.
Jul 26, 2021
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JocNAllDay wrote:
So I saw on here that someone was asking how to improve their studying repertoire as a beginner. Someone told them to play a lot of bullet chess. I've tried to stay away from playing bullet chess and faster games because I thought it would reinforce bad habits by having To make quick moves I'm not been able to think the position through. I guess bullet chess could help you work on your instinctive moves maybe? Thoughts please
If you're playing purely for the enjoyment of the game, and improvement is not a priority? Then play bullet and speed chess.
If improvement is a goal? Then dont play speed chess.
The way you get good at bullet chess is learning to make good moves quickly.
The way you learn to make good moves quickly is by first learning to make good moves slowly.
JocNAllDay wrote:
So I saw on here that someone was asking how to improve their studying repertoire as a beginner. Someone told them to play a lot of bullet chess. I've tried to stay away from playing bullet chess and faster games because I thought it would reinforce bad habits by having To make quick moves I'm not been able to think the position through. I guess bullet chess could help you work on your instinctive moves maybe? Thoughts please
for me bullet chess makes me improve bc my bullet rating is higher than my actual rating. so i am technically playing against stronger opponents so i have to be more careful with my moves whilst thinking in a short space of time. so bullet chess helps me decide what moves to play and how to access a positions faster. I would say play it if it is like 300-400 points higher than your blitz and rapid to help improve but still dont use it as your main way to improve