I would like to put forth an interesting question for debate regarding whether or not 1 min chess is even chess at all or possibly something entirely different that merely utilizes the game of chess as a catalyst in order to achieve something entirely different.
I think 1 min chess strategy is more experiential knowledge and instinct rather than in depth book theory and solving problems.....simply because you don't have the luxury of time to solve such puzzles. Hence, it's all either experience or simply instinct.
Does that mean that 1 min is pointless? I would say Absolutely NOT!! But, it isn't really chess either. So, .....what is it!!???
I propose that 1 min chess actually taps into a mental-psychological-instinct-response that perhaps is very similar to life and death situations in terms of the utilization of specific areas of the mind. I also theorize that such specific areas are strengthened through 1 min chess.
What would be the end goal for 1 min chess? Who knows...but I think it could be something interesting.
For me 1 minute chess (and I'd like to add i do not play it well) invokes the primal hunting part of my brain. The games reflect a fast and violent battle and the feeling you get from effortlessly breaking through the opponents guard and go for the throat as he begs for mercy, there is none to be found. That is until you have mate in 1 and lose on time with mate being a premove.
Don't forget that the Titled tournaments are 1+0.
The World Champion , the official challenger , many GMs , IMs , FMs , NMs play in these 1+0 battles.
What do they play? Chess , of course!!
If you analyze Carlsen's 1+0 games , they are much better than the Classical games of almost every player!
the time control does not matter what matters are the rules it does not matter if you start with one second on your clock or 10 hours what matters is that the rules are the same to chess rules if they are the same then it is still chess :)
There seems to be a misconception that bullet games are about speed and not about chess. Andrew Tang was asked how he got so good at playing speed chess. He replied something along this line: "I had to become a better chess player."
@Black-Pieces-Only online chess and in real life chess is completely different some people who are top 100 online in bullet are not even in the top 1000 in the world in any chess rating in person also when it comes to bullet internet connection does play a huge part in it and other factors as well some players who are amazing online in bullet would fail horribly in person in bullet that is what makes online amazing online you can beat players you could never beat in person :D
Decisive ultra bullet game, both players berserk, meaning each one has 7.5 seconds for the entire game. Game length: 280 moves.
Eventually one of the players runs out of time.
when playing with people who call the knight a horse even a 5 hour game may not be chess possibly !
Speed chess is played with intuition and our impressions of the position. Players jump to conclusions a lot faster than with slow games. Analyze all possibilities when time permits. Calculate a main line by counting who gets there first, when time is limited.
With this theory, chess is played differently depending on the time left on the clock. That's if the player is concerned about the time.
There are openings for speed chess that are not ideal for slow chess. So chess remains chess with all its openings and speeds.
A car does not change because you drive it faster or slower.
If you take your time, you see more. If you go faster, you have less time to notice the unexpected.
If a large part is based on premoving this is of course not chess. Rather poker.
Besides, it even Nakamura confesses that bullet in not chess...
