Blitz and Bullet are not chess

Bueno si hay que llenarlo con una partida. La jugamos ya.

Ten one minute games all played on May 2, 2020--the last time I played 1 0. I won all ten via checkmate. I usually play 2 1 for bullet and 3 0 for blitz, both are close to the same time control.

Bullet and blitz chess requires swift tactical recognition, flagging skills, and strong intuition. Classical and correspondence chess requires developed strategic thinking, deep calculation, a complete opening repertoire, and an overall high-quality game. Both time controls are polar opposites of each other. But that does not make one chess and the other "not chess". They are simply different versions of chess that test different skills.

This week, Carlsen said that if you can play chess you can play blitz. 

We have the best players in the world devoting hours every day to blitz and bullet chess.

Do as the best players do, not as the patzers  say.

I think that some pattern recognition is vital no matter what the time control. It helps me in correspondence play and bullet.

Yes, that is true. But in blitz, you need to be able to spot simple tactics quickly. In correspondence, you need to calculate long tactical lines.

Ok, there might be a case for OTB bullet being somewhat of a sport, because you are constantly hitting the clock, which could quicken your heartbeat slightly.  lol   Online bullet only involves clicking a mouse button though.   That's hardly an athletic feat of strength or endurance.

Exactly.   It's not a sport like football or basketball.   Kinda my whole point.   

Thanks, IfPatriot.

Ok, I stand corrected.   The quality was pretty poor in that first game though.   You made an unsound knight sac in the opening and still won somehow.   If that had been a G/10 or longer, you probably would have lost.   

Flagging skills?   lol   

Only because society has dictated that blitz and bullet are more exciting and therefore will attract more viewers.   Covid-19 and the recent trend towards online tournaments isn't helping either.   It's all about the money and sponsorship.   I feel sorry for guys like Fabiano Caruana, Lanier Dominguez and Pentala Harikrishna who are amazing classical players but not so great at blitz.   It's going to be tougher for them to make a living now.

Another good point.  Playing lots of blitz and bullet will have you playing inferior moves to save on time.   So, you'll never get any better at chess that way.   

I don't consider playing for a cheap win on time as being a skill.   I'm a deep thinker, so yeah, I only play G/10 or longer.   When I play faster games than that, I almost always lose on time or make blunders.   In case you didn't notice, my daily rating is much higher than my blitz and rapid ratings.   That's because I'm able to calculate 5-15 moves deep, in every candidate line, when I play daily games.   You can't do that in bullet or blitz (unless you're a Super-GM maybe).  

If you're strategy involves "breaking pre-moves" then it's not real chess, but some sort of chess variant.   In fact, I think they should eliminate pre-moves altogether.   You can't make pre-moves in OTB chess, so you shouldn't be able to make them online either.   

That's not chess though.   It's a new game altogether.  Let's call it "Break The Pre-Move".   lol   At best, it's a chess variant.   At worst, it's ruining the game of chess.

If it were up to me, there would be no clocks at all in chess.   I once won 60 games in a row, playing without a clock.   I am much better without the added opponent of a chess clock.   And no, you shouldn't lose as white in that diagram unless you really suck at chess.  lol   Even a really weak player should get at least a draw (by stalemate) in that game.  

Ehh.  I can lose on time with an increment or no increment.   lol

In my opinion, correspondence chess is further from a sport than blitz chess is. In correspondence chess, you are permitted to use an engine. In blitz, it is up to a player's pure skill. In correspondence chess, you can make moves on a board while analyzing. In blitz, your calculation and visualization skills are up to test. Of course, what I said holds true for rapid and blitz, so those are the best time controls, in my opinion, to test a player's true skill.