a visual trap in ruy lopez that I often use in 5 or 3 min blitz

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I am playing black here. I am not really good at shorter time controls but I am getting the hang of it recently. I use this visual trap in move 5. Often my opponent doesn't notice it ..especially in shorter time controls

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Not really a trap. Are you sandbagging in bullet? 

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hikarunaku wrote:

Not really a trap. Are you sandbagging in bullet? 

I don't have much experience in bullet games. I started playing it yesterday and losing in time a lot xD Looks like bullet chess is not for me. Btw, last day I used this trick against a 1900+ rated player and he lost the bishop lol but later managed to win anyway. I lost that game for making a mistake later in the game....it was a 10 min blitz    

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I'm mostly used to 10 min blitz 

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Keep playing, you will get used to the time control after some time. 

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Thanks! 

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This is my special opening in bullet!

A really aggressive attack against fianchetto whereas people usually dont expect!

 

As you can see 2300+ bullet is dead in move 9. (SF saying -4 is dead)

 

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drmrboss wrote:

This is my special opening in bullet!

A really aggressive attack against fianchetto whereas people usually dont expect!

 

As you can see 2300+ bullet is dead in move 9. (SF saying -4 is dead)

 

 

Interesting!  I'll look this opening up in more details for my bullet preparations. Thanks. Bullet seems more like flagging your opponent than beating him. At least that's what I've experienced after playing it.      

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SchaakVoorAlles wrote:

So some opponents fall for a cheap tricks in an inferior opening lines, at bullet, 3 minute, and 5 minute chess. Big deal. Who cares? It is like being proud of beating up a five year old.

I'm not being proud. Just sharing this which may come handy for others if they like it. Believe it or not, for some reason, stronger players blunder their bishops too, which I found strange.   

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You are missing the point, then. I never claimed it to be strong. In addition, I did mention faster time controls. And I agree. Early castling solves the issue. 

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SchaakVoorAlles wrote:

Weird goings on. ... I don't know how I managed to add that comment (do not remember ding it) and now chess.com will not let me delete it or edit it ... which has never been a problem before

I see. Chess.com can be glitchy Sometimes. It's okay.