Showing posts with label Bullet Adventures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bullet Adventures. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Bullet Chess Game 1 - An Unexpected Queen "Sacrifice"

Bullet chess may not be the best way to learn chess. In fact, I'd highly recommend that beginners stay away from bullet chess as much as possible because it teaches a lot of bad habits. 
On the other hand though, bullet chess is also a lot of fun, and for the very reason that both players typically make a lot of mistakes in a bullet game, the resulting positons are often unique and very entertaining. 
Today I recorded a video about one such game where I was forced to "sacrifice" my queen...
This is a position from a bullet game I played today. A lot of blunders, but a beautiful finish
This game is a great example that in bullet chess, even 2200-rated players (and above actually) make a lot of elementary mistakes:

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Bullet Chess Adventures - Episode I - Humble Beginnings

I've decided to occasionally post some of my bullet games here. I want to start with two terrible games I played today. The games clearly prove that bullet has nothing to do with chess... I'll probably briefly discuss some of the games, too. I'm also doing this to learn more about how to best record and upload chess videos.