That's pretty much the conventional wisdom. Bullet and blitz rely on pattern recognition that is best developed during long slow games.
Does playing and learning "long games" improve blitz and bullet?
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It's commonly thought that playing well in standard time controls is the mark of a real chess player. I Personally am better at correspondence games than blitz- I find blitz games to be more challenging for me. There's sort of this ongoing debate: "strategy" vs "tactics". I think that grandmasters most likely excel at using both to their advantage.
Hello chess friends,
There are many types of chess and many ways of learning chess. I have been considering how to improve myself at playing chess and I realized that maybe playing dozens of bullet and blitz games online doesn't improve my chess in the big picture. Sure I get quicker at calculating simpler tactical variations but that doesn't help with learning strategy and other "deeper" thinking in chess.
Am I correct in saying that not only does long games improve your blitz and bullet games but also that your speed chess will only be as good(rating wise close) as your long chess?