WildTreeNymph's Blog · Is Classical Better Than Blitz Or Bullet

@WildTreeNymph said in #17:

Exactly, that's what my blog says.
So you gave away the answer. Lol. Half of the people voting for classical don't even play it.

Probably.I also love classical

@Sarg0n said in #3:

5 classical games are better than 5 Blitz games. But what about 50 Blitz games in the same time?

I don't know about others, but in my case, I feel I learn nothing from blitz games. With classical games, I can usually review the games afterwards (with the annotation sheet), and this helps to identify and analyze errors. So for me, 1 classical game is better than 1,000 blitz games.

Except in one particular regard: Opening practice. If I want to practice and develop my opening repertoire quickly, blitz games enable doing that quickly.

In my opinion, classical is better than blitz/ bullet because it helps you think about your weaknesses, your opponents resources. It helps you think more about your moves. I don't usually play classical a lot but it's better.

I learn really much from my Blitz games. And in the same time I play more Blitz than Rapid.

I do learn from Both CLASSICAL and BLITZ games, but according to me Classical is better.
The point is that we can analyze the games on the spot with more time...

@Sarg0n said in #25:

I learn really much from my Blitz games. And in the same time I play more Blitz than Rapid.
You are already better than 99% of us! Did you reach cm by only playing blitz? If so, then all those stronger players lied to me.
I am not aiming for a title I just play classic because it is more fun.

@SD_2709 said in #27:

You are already better than 99% of us! Did you reach cm by only playing blitz? If so, then all those stronger players lied to me.
I am not aiming for a title I just play classic because it is more fun.

I learned new openings which were very valuable for me by means of many Blitz games. Of course I had to look them up and learn from them.

@Sarg0n said in #28:

I learned new openings which were very valuable for me by means of many Blitz games. Of course I had to look them up and learn from them.
Ok but you mean you never played classical?

@SD_2709 said in #29:

Ok but you mean you never played classical?
@Sarg0n might have played in classical in OTB tournaments... although he didn't play CLASSICAL on Lichess according to his account...