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Should Pre-moves be Re-moved

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brucexsay

I don't like the idea of Pre-moves, i find it's like cheating and when you and your opponent are playing and trying to kill time in bullet, Pre-moves have saved me and others. I find it can also help the people with low ratings such as 849, it can boost their points to 1000 probably with just wasting time because at their ratings they play by speed usually. So should Pre-moves be Re-moved? I think so, although i use it sometimes. For Pre-moves if they do stay, i think you should be only able to make one Pre-move at a time, not several. It should be like conditional moves, where as if you think your opponent is going to make a move you can make a move in advance If they do that otherwise you must make your move after your opponent.I think quality and time is the exact thing u need, but I find you should play for speed when u start bullet, then you start trying to make your opponent stall, then u create a strong defense, then u go to a strong offense, then you just improve. Many think that you should start with standard games, but i never liked standard because they were too long and getting points would take too long, so I stared with 3:0 blitz then gave up after losing a lot of points, then moved on to bullet. Bullet was the only one that improved my chess tactics, and very quickly it did, soI believe both time and quality matter. And that was how i started my journey on bullet. The grey is another thing that doesn't really relate to the topic that is presented in the title.

erik

it's been argued before. :)

my advice is this: don't play games where you feel like "time" is much of an issue. then premoves, time-stalling tactics, etc won't bother you. if you feel like premoves are not fair, consider playing at time controls where they don't matter. 

premoves are a fun part of chess that some people enjoy. and they are equally allowed by both players, so there is nothing unfair about them. 

that said, i realize you may disagree, and that's OK!