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The most popular time controls for blitz are 5|0, and 3|0, although 3|2 is very popular as well. Blitz is the most popular time control on with over 3.5 million blitz games played per day.

#Wikipedia wordfast classic how to

The most popular rapid time controls on are 30|0 and 15|10 (the same time control that FIDE uses for the World Rapid Championship), although many other rapid time controls can be created and played on by creating custom time controls (see the How To Play Speed Chess On section below to learn how to create a custom time control).Д«litz time controls on are between three and 5 minutes per player. Rapid time controls on are any time control longer than 10 minutes per player. Speed chess is subdivided into rapid, blitz, and bullet time controls: As an example, one game in the world championship chess match can last over six hours. According to FIDE, classical time controls refer to games that have at least 120 minutes per player. For the purposes of this article, we use the widely accepted view that speed chess refers to games played faster than classical time controls, which are most commonly used for over-the-board (OTB) tournaments. Pretty cool, right? Getting back to fast chess, the word 'fast' is subjective. Here is IM Danny Rensch playing GM Vachier-Lagrave in a giant bullet chess game: It has the same rules as a normal game, but instead of playing online or using normal-sized pieces, you use giant pieces. Without speed chess, silly and awesome things like giant bullet chess wouldn't exist. Pre-moves, unusual and offbeat openings, blunders, and other craziness define speed chess.

This may be true, but the rush one gets from playing or watching fast time controls is difficult to match. It has been suggested that the faster a time control is, the lower the quality of the game. Here is what you need to know about fast chess:Д«litz chess (more commonly known as speed chess) simply refers to a game of chess that has a fast time control. There are many different time controls in chess, but blitz chess (or fast chess) has become the time control of choice for most chess players.