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Subject: Re: Which time control is considered "rapid chess" ?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 06:00:59 06/25/01

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On June 25, 2001 at 08:42:06, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On June 25, 2001 at 08:26:39, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>
>>Could somebody tell me which are the time control considered as rapid chess ?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>I don't know about "rapid chess", but for players rated by the USCF, "quick
>chess" is rated separately from ordinary chess and encompasses the time controls
>of game in 10 minutes to game in 29 minutes. Less than 10 minutes is Blitz. 30
>minutes or more is a "normal" event, though the faster of these had been rated
>separately before and had been called "action chess".
>
>I hope this answers your question.

I would guess not.

I decided to perform an internet search for "rapid chess" and came up with G/15
to G/59 are FIDE rapid chess events. Actually, it is a little bit more
complicated than this since games can have an increment.





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