Is bullet real chess ?

Is bullet real chess ? I have feeling that there is so much luck in bullet. Just pushing your pieces and thats it. No beauty, no ideas....You even lose in won position when you run out of time. I see more and more people play only bullet chess and chess become just the fun, nothing more. 

Chess is chess is chess.  Who cares if chess is just fun for some people?  That may be all they want.  Isn't a game supposed to be fun?  

I've never really gotten the snobbery people approach chess with - the constant thrusting upwards of noses at anything shorter than Fide World Championships time controls, the repeated declarations that this form of chess is real while another apparently is not.  Why does it matter?  If you don't like it, don't play it.

You can chase the purist's ideal all you want but maybe it's time to accept that other people have different ideas and sensibilities than you do.  It doesn't make them wrong or you wrong.  It's never been an either/or thing no matter how much people pretend it is.  The beauty of chess is that a checkered board and 32 pieces have combined to create a hobby, a pastime, a passion that contains almost infinite variety.  That's something to be celebrated in my book.

No.

Not really. I suppose technically yes, but not in the sense that good chess players are good bullet players and such. Sure, the very best players in the world are also great at bullet, but I know a 1900 U.S.C.F. with a 1200 bullet rating on chess.com as well as a 1700 U.S.C.F. with a 2000 bullet rating.

It's bullet chess. By definition. :)

If gimmicks, cheap shots, hastily constructed fractional combinations, moves that don't hold up under scrutiny, dumb luck and adrenaline rushes are chess, then, yes, it is very much chess.

It's real fast chess.  QED.

Not for the faint-hearted.  Old folks too.

TunjiGold, I think GPE just "got ya". :)

Soon people will start saying "game in 1 second" is real chess.

Is it serious chess? No!

opss! what was chess?!

At least in bullet it is less likely to play against cheaters.

It doesn't train your ability to focus and think deeply imho, but it is very funny and addictive.

How many times are ya gonna talk about the same topic again? Lol It's getting boring.

Yup - that sometimes happens in Blitz too.  I've won games on time where I've blundered material away just by doing unexpected moves that complicated the position and making my opponent think.  I've also lost games on time by taking too much time to think, and thus outplaying my opponent and having a winning position, but not having the time to beat them.

Another time I had a queen on a semi-empty board and his king was exposed; I'd blundered enough material away that I was toast if there had been more time, but I was able to chase his king around, and he handled it poorly, and he accidentally walked into a checkmate.  Actually, I was moving so quickly (to not let him think during my move) that I didn't even notice it was mate until after I moved.

Yeah, it's chess, to a point, but the strategy is different.  Make 'em think harder than they make you think, even if it costs you some material, and you should win.

Blitz is in between Bullet and standard.  There's more time to think, so material matters a lot more.  But forcing your opponent to defend against an attack, even if the attack isn't really sound, can make him burn a lot of time.

The Danish Gambit is probably decent bullet opening for White, because, in exchange for a couple pawns, it gives you a big lead in development and two bishops aimed straight at your opponent's kingside.  With more time, Black can hold off the attack (although it's still a very legitimate opening), but it requires some careful play.  If your opponent isn't familiar with the opening and how to defend against it, he can end up burning some time holding of your attack - or fail to hold it off.  I've played it several times in Blitz, and my opponent generally stops and thinks for several seconds after the third and fourth moves - many amateur players will have never seen it, and a two-pawn gambit will catch them off guard.

Agreed.