lightning chess

British  

noun

1. US name: rapid transit chess.  rapid chess in which either each move has a fixed time allowed (usually 10 seconds) or each player is allotted a fixed time (often 5 minutes) for all his moves

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Example Sentences

Gonchor and his friends were recruited by his cousin to work on the lighting crew at school.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2023

We'll do a scene and then we have stand-ins come in while we're going through our works so that the lighting crew and the grips and everyone can light the scene properly.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2019

If, like his great-uncle Edward, he inclines towards thespianism, the school performs eight different productions and a nativity play every year, and has its own sound and lighting crew.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2017

I’m concerned that even with so many people involved in the photo shoot: The photographer, models, stylists, lighting crew etc…not a single one stopped to derail what was a terribly insensitive idea.

From Forbes • Aug. 6, 2014

At one point, as I looked up at that wall, the lighting crew dimmed all the stage lights.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2014