rapid chess

noun

1. a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.

Example Sentences

On Monday, 16-year-old Pragg shocked the chess world by defeating World chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a game of online rapid chess.

From NewsForKids.net

On Monday, a 16-year-old chess whiz from India defeated World chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a game of online rapid chess.

From NewsForKids.net

He failed to score a clinching win in the match’s final games and then lost the final game of the four-round rapid chess playoff to fall short by a score of 2 1/2-1 1/2.

From Washington Times

Thirty-year-old Ding won the rapid chess playoff by 2.5 points to 1.5, capitalizing on Nepomniachtchi's mistakes in time trouble in the last of the shorter-format games, following the pair's 7-7 tie in a psychological battle across 14 longer "classical" games.

From Reuters

Mr. Carlsen, who has held the world’s highest official chess ranking since 2011 and is also a multiple world champion at faster “rapid” chess time controls, said on the podcast he would continue to compete and was not stepping away from the game.

From Washington Times