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Is bullet chess good?
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3 hrs ago
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#3
It's not good for your chess skill. Promotes sloppy strategic thinking. If you want fast, play 3+1
No
2 hrs ago
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#5
When I was a kid, we called it Speed Chess and no one took it seriously. It's chess with an asterisk. Also, I suck at it. On the plus side, it's more exciting... but, in my case, that's more like panic-inducing.
1 hr ago
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#6
Yes, bullet chess is sooo fun! A lot of people say it's bad but I love it. Maybe it's because I'm 12 but I find it good. It's also good for tactical patterns and openings.
Bullet helps you develop quick instinct but terrible habits, who needs strategy when you have panic
1 hr ago
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#8
I'm no one to act like your coach, but I do think it can create bad habits, as others have said. There is no way you're thinking through the lines, or playing your best game, if you're only taking a few seconds or less per move. But, I get it. Traditional chess can be boring sometimes, or even feel like a chore. And it's great that you're having fun.
1 hr ago
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#9
Comparing Bullet to Standard is like comparing apples to oranges.
Average length of a Bullet game: 94 seconds (according to Lichess)
Average length of a Standard game: 4 - 6 hours (according to FIDE)
1 hr ago
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#10
thedelcai wrote:
I'm no one to act like your coach, but I do think it can create bad habits, as others have said. There is no way you're thinking through the lines, or playing your best game, if you're only taking a few seconds or less per move. But, I get it. Traditional chess can be boring sometimes, or even feel like a chore. And it's great that you're having fun.
I know that I'm not thinking out lines or calculating the best move but I'm completely using intuition. I think that that is a good skill as well. Imagine you are in a complicated endgame that you see a clear draw in, but you have a 5 move combination that wins a pawn. If you are playing an OTB game with only 10 seconds left you should use your intuition to take you to the draw instead of flagging while calculating the tactic. I don't think playing bullet makes me play worse in rapid or classical. I play completely differently depending on the time control. I do understand where you are coming from though, because sometimes when I have just finished a 15 game long bullet match with someone my brain is moving so quickly I can't play anything above 1+0, even blitz. I just make sure I am calm and ready to play rapid, blitz, or classical. I think bullet is only harmful if you are playing other time controls after tilting bullet.
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