Right. I closed the account. It had been acting funny for some time.
5 basic steps to become good at bullet
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shudder-lung wrote:
Another argument would be that even if someone preforms poorly it doesn't mean their knowledge is bad. For example professional sports coaches can't play better because their bodies prohibit them, but this doesn't make their knowledge any less valid.
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Having said that, when you peaked at 1300 after 10,000 games it's reasonable to expect some backlash when you try to give advice.
As for my exercise, more specifically it was aimed at your comment (paraphrasing) "good moves always beat fast moves"
Obviously this is not true in bullet. I maintained a 1500 rating playing absurd moves in 1 minute games. My moves were always worse, but I eventually won some games.
Maintaining and achieving are not the same. Any discussion of rating in regards to 60 second time control must be taken with a full understanding.
Your first sentence is excellent but the second is so vague and broad it is tough to take seriously. "Bodies prohibit them" .... Like WHAT? Size? Athleticism? Lack of mental focus due to a marginal will to sidetrack the thoughts? Is that what you're saying?
Steven-ODonoghue wrote:
Accounts do not become corrupt. If it's closed that's because you cheated or violated their policies in some way
Look at the big brain on YOU! Are you sayin' you are a COMPLETE expert in all things digital? If not unfriend me now. I am only joking.
P.S. hashtag GFY, Steven.
Jan 8, 2021
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#46
Muted by auto triggers and in spite of being very busy already unmuted by support. Have to say I'm impressed by the speed.
Jan 8, 2021
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#47
Anyway, most tips by 1000 rated players and 3000 rated players are more or less equally garbage 
Chess is 99% (or something large) unconscious pattern recognition. If I ask you what 2 + 2 is you don't actually do math. You also don't count on your fingers. You just know the answer is 4 because it's in your long term memory. That's how most chess moves work. It's not calculation, it's not "chess" in the sense that you're divining it through some chess-specific skills, it's just long term knowledge making good moves "pop" into your head the same way the number 4 pops in what someone says "what's 2 + 2"
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But ok, a few practical tips are play a solid opening that you know well as fast as you can. Solid doesn't mean boring, it can be a gambit, but in that case be sure you know the lines well enough to play very quickly.
Play the middlegame a bit slower than that, and then at some point after you're below 10 seconds go into pure premove mode. That doesn't necessarily mean stack 8 premoves (as you can do on chess.com) but it does mean try to make all your moves a premove.
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And another general tip... you gain time when you can force your opponent out of that 2+2 mode. When you force them to start thinking, that's when they lose time. This happens in many ways, for example when you have a legitimate checkmating attack they have to slow down to calculate.
A more subtle example, especially at lower ratings, is trades. Lower rated players love to trade to feel comfortable... so if you can get into a habit of pushing yourself to avoid initiating captures then you can increase the pressure on your peers. I don't mean never initiate a capture, but I mean push yourself outside of your comfort zone. If you're one of these beginners who plays 100% of captures then challenge yourself to skip 1 or 2 a game. Let your opponent be the first to capture and you'll only recapture. The more comfortable you are with tense positions the more your opponent's clock will tend to bleed.
Thanks llama!! I can feel the 200 point increase already. Comfort zone..syonara.
My other car is a Porsche and my other account is rated at 3500. I swear.
Ixneilosophye wrote:
Thanks llama!! I can feel the 200 point increase already. Comfort zone..syonara.
My other car is a Porsche and my other account is rated at 3500. I swear.
His tips are far better than yours. Premoves only for captures???
It is an ultra safe practice. His tips are far better than mine and sounding like he's been playing at a level higher than me for a long time. How old do llama become? 140 years, I heard. He could be a very old llama.
Offense takes more time than defense.
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Jan 22, 2021
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#55
It just depends. If you have an initiative, or the attack is standard, then it can be a lot easier to play the attack.
If the attack is a messy sacrifice with no clear pattern (that you know of anyway) then it can be easier for the defense.
Jan 22, 2021
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#56
Extreme familiarity with the positions you regularly play, prioritising the initiative over everything else, and thumb/mouse speed. Those are the keys to bullet.
llama47 wrote:
It just depends. If you have an initiative, or the attack is standard, then it can be a lot easier to play the attack.
If the attack is a messy sacrifice with no clear pattern (that you know of anyway) then it can be easier for the defense.
OOF!! Messy sacrifice describes TOO MANY of my attacks. Lol
These are good points, thanks!
I was thinking about these responses and the subject and wrote this:
If the attack is too slow it is not a good attack. This would apply to (chess) games in which time is of the essence or combat sports, maybe.
Accounts do not become corrupt. If it's closed that's because you cheated or violated their policies in some way