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What are the benefits to ultra bullet

Hi guys Ulter bullet to me is kinda utter trash. Just that people can pre move and they win for no reason except great mouse skills. Are there any other benefits??
@CrazyCheetah1 You are right. There is none except for the mouse skills and maybe some adrenaline. I regret every second of mine in ultrabullet tournaments.
You get more points when you activate ultra bullet and win. Perfect in a tournament if you are chasing #1 position.
Ultra bullet need 90% fast moves and 10% strategy for trap. That's why very few good players choose that type of game
Yeah I used to play a lot but I personally like at least Blitz so I have time to think
There are lots of tactics involved and you have to be very alert. You need to have good intuition too, if you just premove everything randomly, you're going to get mated easily. There is a lot of skill that goes into this; speed is only a part of it.
@CrazyCheetah1 , @l-____-l is right. Most players don't realize this because they never get very good at it. For me, it had more benefit when I was lower rated, as did bullet, because I repeatedly watched higher rated players beat me with techniques like piling up on pinned pieces. The result was that I eventually learned to avoid those tactics, and also to do them myself. But, I will admit, I don't play ultra when I am trying to get stronger at chess, not that it hinders that, it is just kind of chess, when I don't have enough solid concentration time for real chess, rapid, classical.
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For example, look at this:

https://i.imgur.com/G6igbVo.gif

I did not do many cheap tricks, nor did I throw away all my advantage (at the end I gave a rook but that was so it was easier to promote and not allow any counterplay). Speed is important as well, but that is not the only thing. This is realtime btw.

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