Bullet chess is chess played at extremely fast time controls, typically 1 minute for the entire game (for each side).
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In speed chess (especially bullet), are dirty tactics tolerated more?
In bullet chess, well, it's frantic. And sometimes I find myself making dubious checks just to gain time. Or funny gambits. But it feels unbefitting of the royal game.
Is bullet chess bad for the ...
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What are some common chess traps?
What are some of the most common traps to be aware of?
I am talking about examples such as
The Fishing Pole Trap
The Lasker Trap in the Albin Counter Gambit
The Rubinstein Trap in the Queen's ...
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What are good openings for bullet chess?
It is evident that bullet chess has a different set of strategies from regular chess. It follows, therefore, that certain openings will be better or worse relative to their normal chess counterparts. ...
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Skills required for blitz/bullet vs. correspondence chess?
I've started playing blitz/bullet (fast) games and felt like I was getting moderately good at it (1 - 10mn games), but then I switched to correspondence chess (1 - 5 days/move) and it seems to me that ...
