Milestone: 1200 on Lichess Bullet
In the early days of taking up chess as a substitute hobby for philately, my venue of play was exclusively Chess.com and my format of play was exclusively 10-minute Rapid. Later, I installed the Lichess app on my phone and established a modus operandi such that at home I played on the computer with my Chess.com account while outside I played on the phone with my Lichess account. Bullet chess seemed at this time beyond my skill level, but I did dabble in Blitz games on the Lichess app, particularly when on the toilet at work. Lichess was a training ground. My rating there wasn't important. The only rating that mattered was my Rapid rating on Chess.com. On Lichess, Bullet is divided into two types: "1+0" and "2+1," i.e. "one minute plus no extra time" and "two minutes plus one second per move." The former is still too challenging for me to engage in meaningfully, but the latter has grown on me to the point where I not only enjoy and lear...