In my limited experience with bullet, i do notice that the average bullet player guards that rating much more seriously.
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DowdyTheFifth wrote:
Hello,
I enjoyed reading this thread. I feel I've got a lot to gain from this. So you know how when you see titled players playing a crap ton of bullet or blitz games in a row, you're saying that that is only those people that actually do that kind of thing. I've always wanted to meet players that like to bang out 5 or 6 games right in a row, happened a few times and I think it gives a better understanding of that specific playing style.
I haven't tried analyzing my bullet games too much yet, but tonight I think I will give it a shot, play some people above my rating and go from there!
Analyzing bullet games isn't very ideal, but implementing some of the plans may be of good use. Pattern recognition, tactics, premoving, and checking the king when needed is something to keep in mind. You could glance over a bullet game quickly and gain some ideas but it won't be as efficient as going over standard games and such
Jan 13, 2015
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Learning from playing higher rated opponents in general is a sound idea, but I'm not convinced it does much in bullet, it just protects your rating more if you lose!
Personally I stick to the +/- 200 which obviously means I get more in the -200 direction because of where I sit on the ratings curve, but still, I wouldn't want to always play higher rated opponents in bullet.
The other stuff is all sound advice for bullet chess. One thing I find is I have days when I just can't play bullet (yet I insist on keep playing and lose a stack of rating points). Every game I play appalling moves, hanging pieces, failing to move fast or whatever else it is. Then other days I'm the opposite, reeling off 5 wins in a row. I never play more than 20 bullet games in a row though and usually fewer than that.
When I looked at your rating I was very surprised to find I had played you 7 times (with replays too, almost unheard of for me!). You sure gained a lot of rating points in 1 year since I played you in Jan 2013 and you were ~1550-1600!
glamdring27 wrote:
Learning from playing higher rated opponents in general is a sound idea, but I'm not convinced it does much in bullet, it just protects your rating more if you lose!
Personally I stick to the +/- 200 which obviously means I get more in the -200 direction because of where I sit on the ratings curve, but still, I wouldn't want to always play higher rated opponents in bullet.
The other stuff is all sound advice for bullet chess. One thing I find is I have days when I just can't play bullet (yet I insist on keep playing and lose a stack of rating points). Every game I play appalling moves, hanging pieces, failing to move fast or whatever else it is. Then other days I'm the opposite, reeling off 5 wins in a row. I never play more than 20 bullet games in a row though and usually fewer than that.
When I looked at your rating I was very surprised to find I had played you 7 times (with replays too, almost unheard of for me!). You sure gained a lot of rating points in 1 year since I played you in Jan 2013 and you were ~1550-1600!
its funny actually because the games u won back then were drawn positions or losing for you but i lost on time. This is not to say you didn't win fairly but still quite coincidental. Thank you, yeah i jumped to 2113 at one point but then i lost to a 2500 fm a bunch of times and then lost to weaker opponents.
Nice thread. Funny and Educational.
I agree it's intolerable when people complain to me about time cheating because they chose to play bullet. Everyone takes advantage of the clock in bullet; that's the point.
Jan 14, 2015
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Yeah, I often win on time in bullet chess in a worse position simply because I'm playing 1 minute chess and my opponent is seemingly playing 1:20 chess. Obviously if they take that little bit longer over their moves than me they will probably have a better position! Most accept it as part of bullet chess just as I do when I am often on the other side, some post stupid notes.
Winning drawn positions is certainly a way to help gain bulllet rating points though!!
A real game that I won over a 1100 elo player as a 660 elo player. Bullet chess is ridiculous in the best way.
Although I was more inclined on writing an blog about bullet chess when I reached 2200, this goal is quite far away rating wise because I need to find challengers 2000+ and also have a great record against them.
Awareness of Bullet Chess & Online Chess in General
1. Don't expect your opponents to rematch you after you've won or lost
1a. I have encountered several players who wouldn't rematch me after a 2-1 record simply because they lost one of their games.
1b. As a matter of fact, I have done the same thing against lower rated players. It frustrates me that I've lost to someone lower than me so I decline the rematch and move on. This is bad sportmanship on my part, one in which I am working on resolving.
2. Expect a comment to be posted on your wall by angry chess players.
(ex. "time cheater"), (ex. "you just win on time") (ex. "no rematch" )
2a. I would recommend simply contacting the staff if the comment is extremely offensive
2b. However, if the comment is written out of anger, simply delete the comment. The reason I would simply delete the comment is because blocking members would lower the chance for you to get matches faster. Once a player is blocked, they will not have access to your wall and will not be able to contact you or play you in live chess ever. If the comment war gets out of hand, either report the staff or block the member.
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Official Bullet Strategy 101
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1. Set the minimum rating to +1 so that you will always face someone higher than you
1a. The benefits of playing higher rated players in general as well as in chess is that you can learn how they play! As time goes by, the player will learn how to incorporate their opponents strategies and learn how to handle opening choices. Not only that, the player who plays higher rated players saves years and years of studying.
1aa. Why does a chess player want a chess coach? Chess players want a chess coach because coaches can point of weaknesses in chess player's games and also because some chess players can't seem to break to the next rating class. My proposition is to simply self-coach yourself. If your a junior under 18, it can be a pragmatic decision to ask your parents to hire a chess instructor. For the most part, it is simply a waste of money unless you have no other resort.
1ab. How do i self-coach myself? Play against members at least 1 point higher than you. After you've done that, look through the game and try to spot your mistakes and analyze for a good 30 minutes or so. After you've got a good sense of what you've done wrong in terms of planning, flip the board and see how your opponent played. It doesn't matter if your opponent makes mistakes. The point is to recognize that the higher your rating, the better you are, for the most part. An 1100 rated player will learn a lot from playing 1400 players even though both sides made careless mistakes. Anyways, after you've done assessing the position, open up your chess engine and find the critical faults in your play. I'm not talking about a .21-.27 difference in advantage after your move, I'm talking about a 0.5-0.9 shift.
2. Premove, Premove, Premove and always queen on promotion
2a. I cannot stress the importance of premove in a chess game. Mark Esserman premoved 250 moves against Computer 4 impossible and WON because the position was closed and he had the opportunity to repeat the same position. In other words, a premove is faster than a computer's speed. 250 moves with time still on your clock is quite remarkable.
2b. Queening on promotion is also a great idea especially for bullet chess. It lessens the time to drag the pawn to eigth rank and manually click on the queen. In standard chess, queening on promotion is not a good idea. In some cases, a knight would serve the position better than a queen.
I will update the bullet chess strategy when I get more time. I hope you guys enjoy this unedited, godly, and informative blog about bullet chess. I realize this blog has a ton of grammatical mistakes so please don't make any comments about that.
I hope Y'ALL ENJOY