Opinions on blitz and bullet?

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whiteknight1968

"For improvement, Rapid (15 | 10 or longer). Classical (for amateurs), albeit useful, is not as efficient relative to what you would learn in a longer time-control Rapid. Therefore, amateur players should find a longer Rapid sufficient, as they will not comprehend the nuances each move carries in Classical."

What do you mean by Classical?

There is no such category on this site. Just a huge rapid pool of over 15 and a half million players encompassing everything from 10/0 to 60/0 which is therefore totally meaningless.

Hoffmann713

It depends on what a beginner want to be, I guess. I mean: if one loves speed chess, I think he can improve as a blitz player by playing blitz. If you love slow chess, maybe playing blitz won't do you any good. I say "maybe" because my judgment is based only on my personal experience, maybe for another it could be different.

To answer the initial question:  Personally, I’m not interested in blitz mode. Also for me chess means deep thinking, position's analysis, long calculations ( although, as a beginner, I am still lacking in all three of these characteristics...). So, I’m interested in getting better at rapid and classical modes; and playing blitz does not bring me any improvement.

But for a reason I find it useful to play blitz games: it's a quick way to get and accumulate information about the openings I use, trying new lines, seeing which ones work and which ones don't. This is essentially why I play blitz, even if I don't enjoy it.

trigram27

I like blitz because I don't play slow games (speedrunning platformers and singleplayer FPS) so it's more enjoyable for me. That said, I can't play any rn because I gave myself a concussion :( Also I think it is better if you know your chess strategies and stuff, which I kinda don’t.

deadmemer1

No idea why people say blitz makes you bad at chess, I played a lot of rapid and my elo was basically plateauing, so I played a couple weeks of blitz and I got +300 elo in a couple days once I returned to rapid.

Kraig
hrarray wrote:
I improved from 500 to 1600(in blitz) just by playing blitz. Probably wasn’t very efficient lol.

Same, 90% of my improvement has come from speed chess and solving tactics. 600 to 2100/2200 in 3 years.

whiteknight1968

"No idea why people say blitz makes you bad at chess, I played a lot of rapid and my elo was basically plateauing, so I played a couple weeks of blitz and I got +300 elo in a couple days once I returned to rapid."

What "rapid" game length are you referring to?

10/0 is not the same as 60/0......but this site treats both as rapid for some unknown reason.