difference between blitz, bullet, and rapid game modes
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This might be a dumb question but what’s the difference between these game modes the blitz bullet and rapid.
Feb 10, 2022
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overin4 wrote:
This might be a dumb question but what’s the difference between these game modes the blitz bullet and rapid.
The length of the time control.
Bullet is generally 1-3 minutes.
Blitz is anything over 3 and less than 10 minutes.
Rapid is anything 10 minutes and over.
Thanks guys that makes alot of sense. I figured it had something to do with total time or time between moves or time between rounds. Appreciate the responses
The official rulings are:
A.1
A ‘Rapid chess’ game is one where either all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player; or the time allotted plus 60 times any increment is of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player.
B.1
A ‘blitz’ game is one where all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of 10 minutes or less for each player; or the allotted time plus 60 times any increment is 10 minutes or less.
https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018