HELP!! I, CYBOO, DESPERATELY NEED HELP IN MY BLITZ AND BULLET GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am FAILING. My live games are bad, bad, bad. Check my profile and see for yourself! My daily rating is twice as high as either of my speed live chess ratings! Please please please help me! I heard somewhere about premoves...what are those? I am playing on iPad,so it takes time to move a piece. Also, how come my opponent can make like 8 moves in like 5 seconds while it takes me 12? I usually know the openings, so it is just my speed at dragging/clicking (clicking on iPad?) that is too slow! Do you know any tricks or helpful advice? Also, when it comes to the middle game, I tend to “sacrifice” my queen for usually nothing! You see, by then I am already so pressured on time. Especially 1|0 bullet games... If I win at all, I win on time... but that is like only 20% of the time...my bullet and blitz score keeps on dropping...HELP!

cyboo wrote: I am FAILING. My live games are bad, bad, bad. Check my profile and see for yourself! My daily rating is twice as high as either of my speed live chess ratings! Please please please help me! I heard somewhere about premoves...what are those? I am playing on iPad,so it takes time to move a piece. Also, how come my opponent can make like 8 moves in like 5 seconds while it takes me 12? I usually know the openings, so it is just my speed at dragging/clicking (clicking on iPad?) that is too slow! Do you know any tricks or helpful advice? Also, when it comes to the middle game, I tend to “sacrifice” my queen for usually nothing! You see, by then I am already so pressured on time. Especially 1|0 bullet games... If I win at all, I win on time... but that is like only 20% of the time...my bullet and blitz score keeps on dropping...HELP! Oml I feel your pain. I have the same question. Out of pressure I move my queen to random squares and I only realise what have done a second later. I've never tried it, but maybe play 30 min games or long games like that, because they are not that stressful, and gives you more thinking time, then slowly lower your time? idk, but it may work..

“Premoving” is basically a feature where you can move pieces before it is your turn. When it is your opponent’s turn, you can move and when it is your turn, the piece moves automatically. You turn it off by going into settings and selecting Live Chess and then Enable Premoves. Hope this helps and good luck getting your rating up!

Thank you!!!!!! So that is what premoves are... I must have disabled them unknowingly!

And mysteryac7, I just only replied to YOUR post, etc., “Uninspired” , maybe we should become friends...we keep on losing, eh? );

I meant your post “Unmotivated”

On premove option it could be in setting

You are absolutely welcome! Good luck in your chess, you are a promising player!

Thank you again!