Bullet chess, or alternately lightning chess, is a game of chess where each side has less than 3 minutes to complete all of their moves.
Definition
The Internet Chess Club (ICC)[1] and Free Internet Chess Server (FICS)[2] definition of bullet/lightning chess is any game where the expected duration is less than 3 minutes. Expected duration is calculated as follows: The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is a commercial Internet site devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ... The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run Internet chess server. ...
Start time + (2/3)Increment.
Time is the initial time setting for each clock (in minutes).
Increment is the time regained on the clock per move (in seconds).
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Champions
On ICC, the four time reigning bullet chess champion and bullet rating record holder is Hawkeye (German GM Roland Schmaltz ), but he is often overshadowed by the emerging superstar Hikaru Nakamura (AKA Smallville on ICC), who holds the "1-minute" (a special category on ICC where opponents are randomly paired, thus improving rating accuracy) and blitz rating records. Nakamura is also the best player in these categories on the Playchess.com server, in which he is known as Star Wars. Hawkeye recommends using an optical mouse and taking breaks to avoid hand injury. The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... Hikaru Nakamura Hikaru Nakamura, (ä¸æ‘å…‰ Nakamura Hikaru, born December 9, 1987) is an American chess Grandmaster (GM). ... Opening logo to the Star Wars films Star Wars is a science fantasy saga and fictional galaxy created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the 1970s. ... Two wireless computer mice, with scroll wheels A mouse is a handheld pointing device for computers, involving a small object fitted with one or more buttons and shaped to sit naturally under the hand. ...
Lightning tournament
Every year, an over the board lightning chess tournament is held in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. The time control is 2 minutes per player per game. It is the only official championship in bullet chess. The winner can claim the title Open Dutch Champion in Lightning Chess. Karel van der Weide won the tournament in 2002. In 2003 and 2004 Hawkeye aka Roland Schmaltz won the tournament and 2005 it was Manuel Bosboom. Daniel Fridman is the current champion (of 2006). More information can be found on http://www.lightningchess.nl
Chess is one of the world's most popular board games; it is played both recreationally and competitively in clubs, tournaments, online, and by mail or e-mail (correspondence chess).
Chess openings are a sequence of moves, often memorized, which will help a player build up his position and prepare for the middlegame.
Chess variants are forms of chess where the game is played with a different board, special fairy pieces or different rules.
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