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One thing is blitz/bullet is totally not the same game as when you have 20+ minutes on the clock. Even at lower levels, once you kinda absorb how to do depth se

by rtpg 5y ago

One thing is blitz/bullet is totally not the same game as when you have 20+ minutes on the clock. Even at lower levels, once you kinda absorb how to do depth searching and thinking about positions, you will be thinking much more deeply than what is seen in blitz Lots of people consider blitz and bullet to be brain poison for playing chess well

anbende 5y ago
I was just watching a GM Hikaru video (bullet speed run) and be briefly talked about this. He said her recommends people stay away from bullet until they have an “over the table” elo of about 1800 (1900 or 2000 online). He said you could probably play 5|0 blitz once you have an elo of 1200 in rapid. It was an eye opening comment for me. I play a lot of 3|0 blitz and should really just be playing rapid as my elo isn’t 1200 there yet… :/
- gameswithgo 5y ago
  I am ~850 ELO and I could tell that 5 minute blitz was no good for me, I had no time to think about anything. I would use up all my time just scanning for immediate threats. 10 minute works out well though, I can look for tactics. At some point you probably get faster as scanning for immediate threats and looking for tactics and 5 minute games start to make sense.
pastrami_panda 5y ago
Yes it's very different from regular chess. But you learn very fast common attacks and defenses since you experience a magnitude more games playing with some time limits. You could make the argument a lot of those moves should happened in the players mind - and the timer should just accommodate that. But this is a tradeoff and depends on the players preferences. For instance I'm having tons of fun meeting hundreds of players with different styles and quirks and it makes it a really fun fast paced game that's still essentially just chess. Is it known what time the creators intended for rounds?

4 ms·

One thing is blitz/bullet is totally not the same game as when you have 20+ minutes on the clock. Even at lower levels, once you kinda absorb how to do depth se

by rtpg 5y ago

anbende 5y ago
I was just watching a GM Hikaru video (bullet speed run) and be briefly talked about this. He said her recommends people stay away from bullet until they have an “over the table” elo of about 1800 (1900 or 2000 online). He said you could probably play 5|0 blitz once you have an elo of 1200 in rapid. It was an eye opening comment for me. I play a lot of 3|0 blitz and should really just be playing rapid as my elo isn’t 1200 there yet… :/
- gameswithgo 5y ago
  I am ~850 ELO and I could tell that 5 minute blitz was no good for me, I had no time to think about anything. I would use up all my time just scanning for immediate threats. 10 minute works out well though, I can look for tactics. At some point you probably get faster as scanning for immediate threats and looking for tactics and 5 minute games start to make sense.
pastrami_panda 5y ago
Yes it's very different from regular chess. But you learn very fast common attacks and defenses since you experience a magnitude more games playing with some time limits. You could make the argument a lot of those moves should happened in the players mind - and the timer should just accommodate that. But this is a tradeoff and depends on the players preferences. For instance I'm having tons of fun meeting hundreds of players with different styles and quirks and it makes it a really fun fast paced game that's still essentially just chess. Is it known what time the creators intended for rounds?