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Ipad vs mouse

I’m wondering if a very good iPad player, can be as fast as a mouse player? I feel like I’ve reached the limit, and I cannot go faster, and I’m getting wrecked by mouse players. Is it possible to become as fast as a mouse player on iPad?
The solution is clearly to allow iPad players to not play against mouse players and to start removing support for mouse. (sarcasm in reference to people trying to ban kb)

While I personally don't play much bullet I feel that a very skilled iPad player could go just as fast if not faster than a mouse player by utilizing the fact that the human body has 2 hands and a mouse cursor can only be at one place at a time. For even higher speeds you could try having one hand hovering over all pieces you might move that turn (max 5) and the other over all destinations.
I would not know about playing bullet on an iPad but I do play blitz chess on my iPad and I think it is easier to play that way then with a mouse. I do have to keep careful since the iPad is very sensitive to touch so I have to think of a similar process as "touch move" and do not have my fingers too close to the screen to avoid making moves that I was not intending.

Not sure how well it works in bullet as I avoid bullet at all costs since I cannot move that fast and would lose even if I had a winning position since I have to think and bullet is about moving on instinct. I think it creates bad habits which I already have enough bad habits and do not want to create more bad habits.

Bullet chess is fun for me to watch others play but not for myself playing since I will never win.
Mouse players are generally faster than ipad or mobile players because ipads are generally really touch sensitive while there is no problem with mouse. But a really skilled ipad player can be as fast or even more fast than a mouse player.
I use touchscreen because my trackpad is really bad but im not that slow in fast time controls.

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