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Is there a way to become a faster chess player?

Or is speed just down to experience and/or genetics
@Purtzian said in #1:
> Or is speed just down to experience and/or genetics
Increase your mouse speed. If you want to think faster, do more puzzles and play more slower games
#1: To Get Faster, I would Recommend Playing A Specific Number Of Bullet-Games Per-Day Which Isn't High, i.e. 10-20.

Experience Is One Of, If Not The Best Teachers.

Genetics Can Be A Factor, I Believe.
@Purtzian said in #1:
> Or is speed just down to experience and/or genetics

Genetics of course. Some people have the BLLT1 gene, others don't.
Faster in terms of what?
i.) PLAYING FAST - Just start of playing ultra , hyper and bullet but without perfection , it's a waste as players may mate you before the game ends......... ( Children's are allowed to read this rule! )
ii.) PLAYING FAST AND GOOD - Preferably , start playing slower games and understand the language of tactics , try out some puzzles every day , don't just move in hurry , think for good moves , if you find one..... Try to find out a better move than that.... As you'll keep playing tactics will automatically start developing in you and yourself you'll find better moves and will play faster..... Then after that , switch to time control less than that and you'll become a pro in fast chess!
@Katzenschinken said in #4:
> Genetics of course. Some people have the BLLT1 gene, others don't.
AHAHAHA
btw not the person to give advice but I beat fast bullet players in my rating by just not thinking too hard, I don't know if that still works on higher ratings
@Purtzian If it's only about speed, then I would recommend you Ultrabullet, it helped me the most. The best is even to have less material like only king (and not getting checkmated though), so you can make premoves faster.
practice practice practice
i rely on this method of praticing purely for less than 1 year and im about 1900 compared to in 2020 where i was 1400
(and try ultrabullet its awesome to increase your playing speed, reaction and skill tremendously
@Purtzian The key rely on visualization skill , the better you play blindfolded the more accurate and faster you play and also play ultrabullet against computer will help

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