is there anyway to improve in 1 min games

1 minute games that is what we are talking about here. I had this girl at another site prove it without a doubt. I forgot what opening i played but i used a good one in a 1 minute game against her. I had her cold. She ran her king around and would throw any piece to escape when time was under 20 seconds each side. At that point if you start thinking game over as all they need is 2 sec advantage and they win on time. She would play strategies that would slow down attacks. She only went for mate when her opponent blunder.

Now i know what your thinking get her early well she go and do something like trade off key pieces you need to attack the position. And as i said once you get under 20 seconds you have 1/2 on your turn to think. I tried planning 2 moves ahead. still that chick would play unorthodox and was not scared to drop any piece to make your clock tic tic.

She win games by time. Had the entire chess site saying i almost had you. And she reply almost does not count. She was not unbeatable. Bad part about beating her is she could say things that would steal the thrill of victory away.

Fork the rook and queen with the knight immediately to blast all the opening nonsense out the window.

Lightning isn't much different from blitz, except it's with a shorter clock, is all.

Play simple, solid chess.

Don't leave hanging pieces or pawns, because a tactical surprise may scoop them up.

When given the option of a complex tactical string of moves that you aren't sure works out or not, you have two options:

1) Play it, and hope for the best

2) Ignore it, because there isn't enough time to calculate it, and play a simpler, solid move instead.

But in either case, make your move quickly!

Play, play, play.

Stick with solid openings that you are familiar with.

Always watch out for back-rank mates.

Plan possible moves on your opponent's time, so when it's your turn, you don't have to think much.

Weaken your opponent's pawn structure whenever possible.
Sieze open files, or files that will open in the future.

Pre-move recaptures.

*thumbs up*

So was she playing terrible?  No, anyone can play terrible.  She obviously understood better than he opponent what can make the position difficult and not.  Believe me I can't confuse a master with odd moves, I'll just get crushed.  If all you had to do was sacrifice pieces to make your opponent think then anyone could have been as good as the person you describe.

She was good. But she knew how to get you use more time than she would. I played her into a Thematic situation right out the book. Just before i had her as the walking dead she make a move that would take longer to mate her. She was going to get mated it was a matter if i had the time.

Now when i made a mistake in the opening she hits hard. She was the first person to mate me along the h-file. I was so pissed. A first in my history of chess. I went and read every chapter on any material that referenced being mated that way.

She was not unbeatable and she would say it. But in a 1 minute game i would say she would be GM rank (in 1 minute) with an 1700 OTB rank. Because of her i will always call 1 minute games mouse clicking games.

The only player i will admit to running from and for good reason. Other than that bring it on.

I thought she might be a GM at first but she did not talk like one. When i first came to chess.com i thought for sure she might be here. I looked hard to see if i could find her. If she is here it would be in live chess. I do not know how to search for Bullet Chess players only then.

I thought i found her when i say another female player her just crushing everybody in sight. But that player was nice and played different from her. The female that liked 1 minute games was fearless and challenge everybody and anybody. Even after she lost she go right back at it. And she lost very little. And some players would talk trash to her. She brushed that off real good.

kludge ?

kludge (found these definitions and still not sure0

Ok it must be this one.  And what did you use to make a move.

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Mouse-use is an excuse.

I have no mouse (I play on a laptop with a touchpad) and I do fine. The trick is to drag your piece over the square you want to play next, then drop it if your opponent plays what you expected. If he doesn't, then I "throw" the piece off the side of the board and it returns to it's original square. That's how I do it, anyway!

And RoyalBishop--it sounds like that girl left quite an impression on you! :P

I've improved the vocabulary of chess.com!

I'm bringing class to the house!!!!!!!

 thanks all for your commets really i like all of them 

Play gambits and think on your opponents time, though it would be wise to just study chess for about 1 month, pure solid revision on gambits and then begin to play your bullet chess, you should see a dramatic improvement in play. 

I have never played 1 minute chess but someone told me that you can just make small nonsensical moves really quickly and take the win.

Move each pawn 1 space, then 2 etc. Obviously there are exceptions, but in general you will confuse the opponent and win on time.

I don't know how true that is as I have never tried, nor do I really see the point. Doing that is not really playing chess. I am sure there are many good players who play properly though.

Thanks, Linux!

If you make excuses for your poor 1-minute results, just be aware that's all you're doing. 

1-minute chess is still chess. It favors the aggressive player and the player with good endgame technique. Watch the masters playing 1-minute some time. They're beating up on fish due to better tactics and better technique, not faster mouse skills. I'm in the over-40 age group, my mouse skills stink. My chess skills aren't too bad though.

I'm outta the loop here: are we talking about 1 min TL with no increments? 

Yes, technically it's still chess, I suppose...esp if you're another Capablanca, Tal or Fischer...

Yeah i tried that and got into a pre-move war. It went from like 1 move per second to what felt like 3 moves per second.

Yeah i tried that and they returned the favor. In all those games one could easily put them in books as examples of what not to do in a game. It got so sloppy and with time near a TO ..... no time to really find a way to exploit it properly. It just turned into who had 2 more seconds than the other.

My best method has been to attack early. Better to attack then be attacked.

Look at any strong player's 1 minute chess and you'll likely see nearly no trivial tactical blunders (excluding the 5 second time scramble at the end).

What's more is the game will follow primitive strategic ideas throughout.

And that's just me.  GM bullet could fool me for a tournament games.  As smyslovfan said they have excellent technique (and tactics).

If you think it's just random moves and premove antics you're very wrong.  This is also why your rating wont fluctuate 1000 points.  You'll never be rated as high in bullet as those GMs, I don't care what kind of mouse you have lol.

No, it's not "real" chess.  It's certainly different.  Plenty of gambits and aggressive attacking.  But there's definitely skill involved.  Mostly the speed of your pattern recognition IMO.