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bullet chess

bullet chess noun: chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting one minute (or occasionally slightly more) total to make all their moves.

Noun

bullet chess (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting one minute (or occasionally slightly more) total to make all their moves.
    • Carlsen also has been engaging in online marathons of "bullet chess," exactly the kind of attention-disrupting, energy-draining stunt contenders are supposed to avoid. In a bullet game, each player has only one minute for all the moves. The pace is so rapid the games are hard to watch, much less...2021 November 24, Tyler Cowen, “Chess Is an Esport Now. Get Used to It.”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2022
    • Carlsen often plays faster games such as "bullet chess" that force players to move quickly and instinctively rather than sink into analysis, and has even backed changing the format for championships.2021 November 26, John Gapper, “Chess faces stalemate in its match with machines”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2021
    Synonyms:
    bullet

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Questions about bullet chess

What does bullet chess mean?
Bullet chess means chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting one minute (or occasionally slightly more) total to make all their moves.
What part of speech is bullet chess?
Bullet chess is a noun.

Words near bullet chess in the dictionary

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  2. bullet bra
  3. bullet bras
  4. bullet catch
  5. bullet catches
  6. bullet chess
  7. bullet climb
  8. bullet climbed
  9. bullet climbing
  10. bullet climbs
  11. bullet dwarf

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