is bullet real chess?
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I only play bullet because I’m very impatient by nature. I’ve played almost 70,000 bullet matches and achieved a rating as high as 1900 but usually hover around 1750. My stats say I’m always over 90 percentile. But this is bullet. Is this anything that is taken seriously in the chess community at all? Should I consider myself a good chess player or just fast?
Nov 12, 2020
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Well, the Speed Chess Championship is split into three time categories, and one of them is 1+1 bullet. All the best players in the world are there, so I’d say yes.
Many lament this as a crime upon chess, others are indifferent, and some love it.
I’m indifferent. It’s not an abomination, it just stresses other skills. Intuition and pattern recognition are more important than calculation, that’s all.
Many lament this as a crime upon chess, others are indifferent, and some love it.
I’m indifferent. It’s not an abomination, it just stresses other skills. Intuition and pattern recognition are more important than calculation, that’s all.
Sometimes I feel guilty when I win a game on time even though that’s how I lose the majority of my losses.
1NF1DEL wrote:
I only play bullet because I’m very impatient by nature. I’ve played almost 70,000 bullet matches and achieved a rating as high as 1900 but usually hover around 1750. My stats say I’m always over 90 percentile. But this is bullet. Is this anything that is taken seriously in the chess community at all? Should I consider myself a good chess player or just fast?
Of course it's real chess because you play the game under the standard rules of chess!
Surely you are able to play longer controls well to some degree if you are able to play bullet?
1NF1DEL wrote:
I only play bullet because I’m very impatient by nature. I’ve played almost 70,000 bullet matches and achieved a rating as high as 1900 but usually hover around 1750. My stats say I’m always over 90 percentile. But this is bullet. Is this anything that is taken seriously in the chess community at all? Should I consider myself a good chess player or just fast?
To me, anyone who has a rating of at least 1500 in any format is an experienced player, while those between 1000 and 1499.99 is an intermediate player.
Nkai20 wrote:
Yes it is. Is really fast chess, and I suck at it.
Well, with speed comes sacrifice in quality play. Attempting to play solidly as usual will cause you to lose by time, so sadly these are trade-offs in any bullet game.
Nov 13, 2020
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It is, although completely different than classical chess. You could be really good in bullet and be average in classical, or be great in classical and only be a solid player in bullet.
Nov 13, 2020
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eric0022 wrote:
1NF1DEL wrote:
I only play bullet because I’m very impatient by nature. I’ve played almost 70,000 bullet matches and achieved a rating as high as 1900 but usually hover around 1750. My stats say I’m always over 90 percentile. But this is bullet. Is this anything that is taken seriously in the chess community at all? Should I consider myself a good chess player or just fast?
To me, anyone who has a rating of at least 1500 in any format is an experienced player, while those between 1000 and 1499.99 is an intermediate player.
Lol.... my rating fluctuates between 1490 to 1510 everyday....what am I then ?
Anonymous_Dragon wrote:
eric0022 wrote:
1NF1DEL wrote:
I only play bullet because I’m very impatient by nature. I’ve played almost 70,000 bullet matches and achieved a rating as high as 1900 but usually hover around 1750. My stats say I’m always over 90 percentile. But this is bullet. Is this anything that is taken seriously in the chess community at all? Should I consider myself a good chess player or just fast?
To me, anyone who has a rating of at least 1500 in any format is an experienced player, while those between 1000 and 1499.99 is an intermediate player.
Lol.... my rating fluctuates between 1490 to 1510 everyday....what am I then ?
One moment you are an intermediate player, and the next moment you are an experienced player, and after that...
Maybe my personal rating classification is too broad already. I wish there are names for rating categories in increments of 50.
Nov 13, 2020
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eric0022 wrote:
Anonymous_Dragon wrote:
eric0022 wrote:
1NF1DEL wrote:
I only play bullet because I’m very impatient by nature. I’ve played almost 70,000 bullet matches and achieved a rating as high as 1900 but usually hover around 1750. My stats say I’m always over 90 percentile. But this is bullet. Is this anything that is taken seriously in the chess community at all? Should I consider myself a good chess player or just fast?
To me, anyone who has a rating of at least 1500 in any format is an experienced player, while those between 1000 and 1499.99 is an intermediate player.
Lol.... my rating fluctuates between 1490 to 1510 everyday....what am I then ?
One moment you are an intermediate player, and the next moment you are an experienced player, and after that...
Maybe my personal rating classification is too broad already. I wish there are names for rating categories in increments of 50.
Yeah thats a good idea.
If you can touch it, play it, feel it. then it's real. basic physics.
Nov 13, 2020
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#13
No it isn't. It is a different kind of chess where thinking is not the strong suit.
This is very controversal. Many people will argue to that, especially when they have high bullet score...
But everybody actually knows bullet is for z generation.. that gen suffers from lack of deep thinking capability