hyperbullet
hyperbullet noun: chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting 30 seconds total or less to make all their moves.
Noun
hyperbullet (uncountable)
- Chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting 30 seconds total or less to make all their moves.
- At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world.2020 October 1, Aaron Alford, “Cloud9 signs grandmaster chess player Penguingm1”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2021
- Firouzja’s surprise loss to Fedoseev this week was partly attributed to his preference for 1+0 bullet without the one second per move increment. And there are plenty who consider even 1+0 bullet too slow, and prefer to play hyperbullet, 30 seconds, or ultrabullet, 15 seconds for the entire game...2020 November 6, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Magnus Carlsen showcases his bullet skills with 11 straight wins”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2021
Origin of hyperbullet
From hyper- + bullet.
Questions about hyperbullet
- What does hyperbullet mean?
- Hyperbullet means chess played at an extremely fast time control, with each side getting 30 seconds total or less to make all their moves.
- What part of speech is hyperbullet?
- Hyperbullet is a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperbullet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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