I really prefer10 minute games myself and just will not put myself thru games by people who take an hour or more. I like chess but I've got better things to do with my life. As for one minute games. I don't like them but I suppose people with quick reflexes and computers would do good at them.
By good computers i mean with a good internet connection and not other programs slowing the CPU down.
My absolute bare minimum is a 3 minute game, although I prefer 5-10 minute blitz games and almost never venture beyond that 10 minute mark. I completely agree. Bullet games are simply too hectic and reckless for me to actually enjoy the chess.
"I don't like them but I suppose people with quick reflexes and computers would do good at them." Haha
I've recently bought a book by GM Hikaru Nakamara. His ELO in classical chess is well over 2700 and he definitely belongs in the Super-GM category - but what made me make the purchase was his fondness of bullet 1 minute games.
Nakamura is one of the (if not the) best bullet players on the planet. He writes in the foreword: "To those that say "bullet isn't chess" I reply: "who said it was?"
In his opinion, bullet is an entirely different game save for the fact that you still follow the rules of chess. Better chess players do better in bullet too, but other skills that don't matter so much in regular play also come in to it.
As far as I'm concerned: for real chess I prefer 15 | 10 fischer games with enough time to think and enough increments to win a won game. But bullet is a lot of fun and I think it doesn't hurt regular play.
my .02 $ :).
i agree that it takes a special skill to be good at 1 minute games. but i suppose that's my point ... to me it feels like the clock is your opponent, not the guy on the other side of the board! :)
I'm afraid I am at the age where it takes about a minute to pick a piece up-- never mind what to do with it. Anybody else out there in the same boat?
I don't see it as a battle to see who times out first though. When my opponent makes random moves to try to time me out. I respond with more accurate moves and eventually my opponent would resign before timing out and sometimes i would checkmate them.. Playing 1 minute games are not for everyone. If you play too many bullet chess games you will learn to manage your time. I find long games just too long. On long games I usually take no more than 30seconds- 1 min to move. I don't play bullet chess games anymore since I have gotten used to long games. I play blitz chess games occasionally.
My live chess games are mostly one minute. Due to lag issues, and some problems in the implementation of premove (it really seems to slow the clocks if both players are using it), these require from 2:15 to 3:30 to finish.
If I start a five minute game, I must be prepared to spend fifteen minutes. I need quicker gratification than that!
I think they're riotous fun. If I want to try play solid chess I'll stay away, but if I want to squeeze out 10 games in-between actually doing stuff at work, I find bullet to be a genius invention! And, it is a fine feeling when you see combinations in a flash.
What I don't understand is people who consent to 1-minute time controls, and then get irritated when they lose on time. Personally, I find it hilarious when I pull up one move short from checkmate.
Damn, now I need to play me some...
I hate the idea of losing simply on time alone. Where two people are playing a good match and one person loses simply because of one second more time than the other to be a "low-end" win. The shortest I do is 5 minutes with +3 sec each turn to rid myself and others of such tactics. I'd probably be willing to do 3 min +3 sec, but any game that is based on a .01 second difference isn't a game in my book.
2minutes with a second per move is the game I play in live. If you see me - challenge me :)
I can only play about a max of 5 in a row and then my heads pickled :)
Chess.com is really great site , many cool features , but only one thing , when playing blitzes , pieces moves not so good . I loose many ( winning ) games because of this problem . It is very difficult to play 3 , 2 and 1 minute games because of this problem . For example i must move piece from h5 to h3 and piece stops on h4 . I am trying plaing with clicks(not drag and drop) , but it is difficult too. Other things in live chess really are good.
am new here, have not figured out how to play a slower game, may not be back, very disappointed in no literture easily availed to inform of if and how to slow game down or choose a slower game.
I lost on time last night at move 52 in a one-minute game because I'm still getting accustomed to the touch-pad on my new notebook and I was tired. With a mouse, 60 moves in a minute is usually possible.
Longer than three minutes and it is too easy to cheat.
i will add that the one min games are fun of any use in the real world ?naa but then hey if you play it and ever get above 1200 lol quit !
NO really think of it this way all games 5 min 15 min 2 min 30 min will at some point come down to ..yep you guessed it 1 min if you practiced hey... time is on your side then !!!
i agree that it takes a special skill to be good at 1 minute games. but i suppose that's my point ... to me it feels like the clock is your opponent, not the guy on the other side of the board! :)
Chess in the real world with a real clock is very fun even at one min set in games but on chess.com there are many factors that make the game difficult .
1 .Know your internet , know the speed in which it can move your pieces in one min games , it is not just the "clock" is your opponent it is your internet speed , trust me your speed changes slower around 9-5 when it is being used for the work flow if your in a city faster at night , what time is it around the world , every one asleep around you but not in other countries , not a lot of people in your area using the net get on their and win .
2.learn your pre move openings find a solid opening and one you want to use in longer games ,be careful of the opponents queen coming out to soon , the bishop and queen combo is used all to often for those of you who pre move more than three moves , pay attention pre move two moves in your opening and watch if their queen comes out if so use your bishop to prevent this all to much used quick checkmate , don't be afraid to use your pre move when you hear your 10 sec ending bell , move what ever you can to prevent check mate unless you have a sure mate in front of you , and watch your clock if it stops your in check and you will have to move out of check in less than a sec in the end game if it is not a check mate also know if you do get in check all your pre moves are returned , we are talking now about 10 sec ending , be alert. As in all chess games their is a opening a middle game and ending , opening pre move two move and if you see your on a good game not a quick queen comes out checkmate proceed quickly , with the middle game, looking , calculating a check mate ..you hear the bell, bring your pieces close together defend a checkmate and use the clock at this point to win .
3. it is possible to move faster than your internet will keep up , if you ever noticed your moving this fast you will not hear the sound the computer makes moving chess pieces on a board nor the warning ending bell , you must close all other windows , emails , even the chess.com home page , any thing with adds on other pages , one advantage to paying for chess.com is to remove adds by doing this it will allow a faster response to you moves , also play the torments when you can they allow moves to be made faster and you can choose to watch your next opponent play when your game is over , in time chess players find and try openings that work for them and repeat this over and over playing the same opening over and over can get boring quick ..also remember it is ok to rest up a min , your computer may be fast but the more one min games you play the more the internet has to catch up.
4. in time you will be able to notice any one using a engine or other cheats you can block these players or look on their their comments to see if your not the only one suspecting this , add a note if you wish yourself .
i want to add i believe it is safe to say that my experience in playing one min games has led me to believe 1 in ten games i am playing a engine ! humm if you can do the percentage 1 in 10 over the amount of players signed up for Chess.com you may get a staggering number of engine players , like i mentioned in a previous post , hey if i beat them and i can , you can you become that much better at chess.
What keeps these players using a engine at such lower ratings ? yep you guess it there playing others using a engine also .
Play the torments , it allows others to observe the games played .
i know you know this but just a reminder , be selective , first timers please read ..if your rated at 1200 and you play say a 800 player , who cant wait to grab a chance at a first timer , even lucky to have the player unaware of pre move , they win big ok your 1200 you play a 800 player you loose you loose the maximum points , first time you loose a lot , it will now rate you below a 800 player and it will take a very long time to get up to 1200 again , so if you choose to play say a 1800 player you loose only the min points say 2 now your first time rating is (if you loose )1700 or above whew-better but do this at least three times to have it calculate the high score , so to gain points in your ratings go to new game , select one min game select rated then select a number to be equal or more to your rating , now this can get boring why because the number of rated player from 700 to 1200 are hundreds all the time ready to go and it is fun , the number of players above 1300 are few and far between , you will have wait 5 mins to play one min.
i want to add i believe it is safe to say that my experience in playing one min games has led me to believe 1 in ten games i am playing a engine !
You're kidding, right? HTF do you use an engine playing 1-minute chess? You wouldn't have the time to toggle back and forth between the engine, and the actual game.
sorry folks, i'm not a forum regular so i don't know if this topic has been "done to death".
i play the occasional live chess game and i wanted to get some other opinions. personally, i don't like super-fast games - such as 1 minute games. for me, it doesn't even really feel like chess. i think that in 1 minute, the game can't be 'won' but a player will run out of time.
sure, i think speed chess is great. i'm happy to play a 5 minute game ... it's fast, exciting and a real result is possible. but games like 1-2 minutes aren't about thinking, it's about who survives the clock longest.
what do others think?