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rapid chess

American  

noun

  1. a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.


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He failed to score a clinching win in the match’s final games and then lost the final game of the four-round rapid chess playoff to fall short by a score of 2 1/2-1 1/2.

From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2023

On Monday, a 16-year-old chess whiz from India defeated World chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a game of online rapid chess.

From NewsForKids.net • Feb. 25, 2022

On Monday, 16-year-old Pragg shocked the chess world by defeating World chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a game of online rapid chess.

From NewsForKids.net • Feb. 25, 2022

But rapid chess also requires some adjustments — holding the initiative is classical chess is nice, but seizing the initiative in rapid can be critical.

From Washington Times • Jan. 8, 2019

The Carlsen-Karjakin match also established rapid chess – and even the ever-shorter tie-break variants that would have followed if the rapidplay games had been drawn – as a legitimate part of deciding the world title.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016

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