blitz/bullet rating is the only thing that matters in internet chess

Found the blitz player.

retarted idiot, my bullet/blitz rating is close to my irl OTB rating by 20~ points. 

if someone is 1900 rating in OTB, when he plays on chess.com he will probally be at least a 1900

OP why are you so angry?

It's his small...well, you know.  Let us never speak of this again.

big/small, it's not like any of your virgin chess players would use your male reproductive organs anyways so I dont see why the constant arguing about size

Itried bullet on here and surprised various people who thought they were very good at it by winning. Same goes for 2 minute chess. But I agree it isn't chess. It's possible to play creatively in 5 minute chess and work out a difficult game .... if you're on shit hot form. Bullet chess is just stupid and it isn't chess because it should be possible to work out a single opening, playable as either black or white, where all the moves are very short and which holds together for, say, 40 moves, which means an automatic win on time.

Kasparov_Jr you are so wise and mature.

Ahhh...the "well, you're probably a virgin" comeback.  Classic and not often used past high school.  Well played.

P.S. scktrash seems to really like you.  Who would have thought?  I would hurry and get his number before he's banned again.

lol I'm an OTB expert and my blitz is 1700

I_Am_Second hat geschrieben:

ch3sstroll3r wrote:

Bullet for me is not chess and blitz is not serious chess.

If youre someone that is very good at it, like Nakamura, etc. then it is exciting to watch.  But for the average player...I agree with you.  Being down 9 pieces, and winning on time, and bragging you won? 

Lol its impossible to be 9 pieces down, there are only 8 on the board for each side and one is the king ;D

It is possible to be nine pieces down!

If your only have your king and some pawns. And your opponent has all of his pieces and promotes two of his pawns. Then you are 9 pieces down.

Blitz and bullet do not matter. Internet chess does not matter, either.

Ratings, like gold, can't go with you when you die.

Not sure where the tipping point is age wise in relation to bullet/blitz:online. I would say most folks below the age of 30 should have higher speed chess than turn based ratings. If you are aged say 20 and are much higher at turn based then maybe take up another hobby. Anyone 50+ still having a better speed chess rating than long play then my congratulations to you.

So, you're saying if someone has say a rating of 2078 in blitz at Chess.com, then when they play OTB, it means nothing?

I would think that such a person would give any strong club player a good challenge.

I see nothing wrong with that (correspondence chess ratings valued as much as the other categories) 

I think it's awesome actually to look at these games. You have to think that the players involved put maybe hours into one move, and sometimes it has an amazing effect different from blitz just now looking at the games where players "refrain" from capturing or taking a piece in a situation that would be completely natural in a faster game. 

I see all 4 of the regular chess categories including correspondence to be equally interesting/ important. Chess 960 I think would be equal to all these other as well. It teaches you how to break the mold of your way of looking at the board and the pieces without pre-constructed judgement, but I think "regular" chess should always be first because it was the game from which 960 was derived, and it is the most historically accurate. 

The time intervals dictate different resources being used to win the game, and all represent a different side of chess. 

Not sure you can compare strong club players to successful author or journalist. Seems some type of master rating would be the equivelant.

My point is that online ratings don't 'mean nothing'. It does show some skill. OTB Players may down play it. But if they play someone who has a Live Chess rating of 2000, and that person plays 30 or 45 minute games online, then there is a good chance they are going to do quite well against strong club players.

If you're rated highly in blitz and quick (like G/30 games) then you're going to do very well at a club... but that doesn't mean you'll do just as well at a tournament.  All the time at clubs I'll consistently outplay people who are better tournament players.  And if I played them in a tournament setting they'd be favored.

Speed play certainly shows some knowledge, pattern recognition and definitely tactical skill.  Tournament play has a few different qualities though.  Analysis is a big one you don't really exercise in speed play.  And certain practical decisions ranging from time management to which round you'll take a bye.

All online ratings don't mean sh*t!

There are too many factors that alter online ratings that make them completely unreliable:

• Connection issues - lose connection, lose the game, and it's all because of some drunk on the road in your neighborhood hitting a power pole with a blood/alcohol level of .15.
• Unrealistic clock scenarios - You have 1 minute left, I have 45 seconds, and it's a dead drawn Rook and Pawn versus Rook and Pawn, and you go around playing like a retarded jerk not accepting draws so you can race him out of time.  In any realistic game, the delay or increment, or for those with really old analog clocks, the insufficient losing chances rule, would result in a draw rather than a bullsh*t loss
• Attention Span - the vast majority of players that exclusively play internet blitz are those that literally have the attention span of a flea, or if they are lucky, maybe a 2-year old.  You've shown no chess skill what-so-ever by beating someone in a blitz game.  Try sitting there for 6 hours and grinding it out!  Then come see me and try to tell me you have skillz!
• Opponent Situation - I only play online Blitz if I am trying to wind down for the day, or have 10 minutes to kill with nothing to do and just looking to kill the time.  My 1756 blitz rating here means nothing at all.  You give me someone with an over the board rating of 1756 and this 2155 player will annihilate them 9 times out of every 10!  (And probably just plain beat them the 10th time)

All online ratings - bullet, blitz, bughouse, standard, correspondence, you name it, don't mean sh*t!

Oh yeah, I'm certain someone who only plays blitz or bullet, without a solid normal time experience would most likely not do well at a tournament.