I played about 8000 games of bullet, stopped playing about a year ago. Can't say I miss it. I do enjoy some 5+3 blitz for ironing out my openings, and feel they give me enough time to have a game that resembles chess. As I'm working on improving my game, I feel, as I think you do, bullet just doesn't foster good habits. Nöel Studer has written about this. I think the problem is not that bullet is inherently bad, but there's a tendency to play game after game after game, and it's unlikely one learns from that. It's mindless If you're just out to have fun, it's fine. If you're looking to improve, that's not where it's going to happen. Enjoyed your piece, thank you.
I played about 8000 games of bullet, stopped playing about a year ago. Can't say I miss it. I do enjoy some 5+3 blitz for ironing out my openings, and feel they give me enough time to have a game that resembles chess. As I'm working on improving my game, I feel, as I think you do, bullet just doesn't foster good habits. Nöel Studer has written about this. I think the problem is not that bullet is inherently bad, but there's a tendency to play game after game after game, and it's unlikely one learns from that. It's mindless If you're just out to have fun, it's fine. If you're looking to improve, that's not where it's going to happen. Enjoyed your piece, thank you.