Originally posted by krimThats not blitz chess though that's bullet chess. I don't think you'll see many people recommend bullet chess if you want to improve, it has it's benefits but I wouldn't say bullet chess is going to help you a great deal in blitz or long games.
Blitz to a certain extent is terrible for your chess game. For years I played a massive amount of 1 minute chess games. I hardly improved. And then when I wanted to improve this past 6 months the transition from 1 minute games to longer games, even just 10 minutes, was difficult since I couldn't stand thinking for a long time on a single move. I've kind of gott ...[text shortened]... f that now, but to think of how much time I wasted playing such useless, luck chess angers me.
Originally posted by krimThere is much less luck in 1 minute games than you think.
1 minute chess where you make most of your moves without losing a second on the clock often has a lot of luck involved.
I can beat weaker(2-300 points) players 10 times in a row, and same happens to me, better players can win against me 10 times in a row...
Not so much luck.
Anyway, lightning will not improve much your chess strength(probably a little it will help you to see tactics faster, but not much), but anyway, the reversed is valid: increasing your overall chess strength will increase your lightning level for sure.