2000+ Bullet Players - how did you do it?!

I've been improving consistently at bullet until recently, I've hit the 1800-1900 barrier. The players at the 1800 level are annoyingly strong both on the board and on time. I know bullet usually doesn't consist of the best chess but any feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Logan

@jonathanpiano13

Thanks! And yes, my internet is extremely bad right now. I will stop playing bullet in the meantime since I lost 200 points.

I believe nakamura wrote an article about this

don't play bullet on a trackpad. that's the main thing

good idea, that is probably why i am better on phone than my computer

once i premoved a recapture, but since i'm stupid, that recapture was an en passant and he did not take it so i hung my bishop.

you aren't even 2000 rating

Thank you guys for all of the feedback! I appreciate it!

I use about 40 secs in middle game to outplay/ get better position than opponent.

Meanwhile I try to save my time in opening ( heavily pre- prepared ) and  endgame ( practice premove heavily in endgame. It is not that difficult cos there are only a few pieces to put into safe zone.)

I don't know,  for me it was easy , did it on my phone too. 

I can see you are a good blitz player and a good rapid player , so you have the skills to show.

My advice is simple if you want to brake 2000 in bullet you need increment ,  so switch to 2|1 mins which is still bullet and I'm sure you will have much better results.

Thanks guys! I improved my bullet rating on LiChess to 2000+ after about 68 games and I'm almost 1900 here on ChessCom! I'll continue to work on improving my chess!

*Edit* I DID make 1900 Bullet on ChessCom! Only 100 more points to go!

I did it! 2000 bullet achieved! Going to tournaments and studying chess every day seemed to do the trick!  

Very respectable, I must say! 👍

Loganrithm how did you went from +2000 to +2300 in less than two years? Have you been practicing OTB or just online?

@pixellatedpr0n Sorry for the late response! I totally forgot about this thread lol. To answer your question, I've played some OTB but mostly online. I feel like I have gradually gotten better just by playing thousands games.

But one thing would be piece play, especially the knights. Before, I would often find myself making moves that were purely reactive, moves I made without any clear purpose or plan. I tried to address my bad habits and eliminate them. I still hang pieces and the occasional queen sometimes but having a solid setup definitely helps. ;D

My 2 favorite openings that helped me reach 2300+ were the Nimzo-Larsen / Colle-Zukertort System with b3, the London system, the Old Indian Setup / (can also lead to the Lion or the Philidor Defense) and the  The plans for both of these openings are pretty much the same every game and I found that this helped a lot with consistency. 

Check out this article for some great KIA stuff. I've been coming back to this a lot recently: The plans are pretty simple, the knight maneuvers are always the same, and it is challenging to play against. 

https://chessfox.com/how-to-play-the-kings-indian-attack/

Time management is another big thing, especially in hyperbullet. On Chesscom, being up time going into endgames is extremely important. Because of chain premoving and the 0.1 second delay, it may not matter whether your position is winning or losing depending on the time situation. Throughout the game, really challenge your opponent (don't just premove 20 moves in the Hippo setup, anyone can do that lol) with piece play and pawn play in the center or on the wings if you like going for h4-h5-h6 stuff or fishing pole ideas. Aim for a positional advantage AND a time advantage throughout the game. Even if most games you trade off everything and go to into the endgame, you'll win most of the endgame time scrambles on time.

These are some of the things that helped me to improve my bullet the most Hope that helps!

I'm pretty late to this discussion, but I'm rated 2000 on lichess, and I mainly play hyperbullet (1/2 + 0). It usually rises or drops by 50 depending on my brainpower that day, but one thing that's really beneficial is keeping a strong position and to have more pieces on the board. When there's more pieces on the board, there's more variables to take care of, and thus increases the thinking time per move for your opponent. Practically anyone can play an endgame with 15 secs left on the clock, but if you have a strong pawn structure and most of your pieces left, then 15 secs becomes very short. And since you have a strong position, you can usually do useless moves, i.e., moving the bishop up a square and then back or shuffling the rooks around. Furthermore, try to take control of the centre as quickly as possible while choking your opponent's position at the same time. Preparatory moves like h3 or a3 are good moves as well, as it defends aggressive knight or bishop advancements. Furthermore, it only took me about 5 months to hit 2000 elo, but I was playing at least an hour per day, which accounts to ~60 games per day. However, I had been playing blitz for a long time before that, but I was 1400. As for now, I don't play much chess anymore, partially because of its frustration, and also because of time constraints due to school.