blitz chess
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blitz chess
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Partial calque of German Blitzschach.
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Chess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes per side plus two extra seconds per move), 5+0, and 5+3.
What I had played was chess. Specially, I knocked out some 2,000 games of speed (or "blitz") chess in the two months leading up to the tournament. In fact, I played so much that I'm currently in the top half-percent of more than 1.3 million of blitz players at an online chess competition site.
Similar: lightning chess, speed chess
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noun form of chess
| Español | ajedrez rápido |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Blitzschach, Schnellschach |
| Română | șah fulger |
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title = {blitz chess},
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