rapid chess

noun

Chess played at a relatively quick time control, with each side getting about 15 minutes to make their moves.

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Meanings

nounrapid chess (uncountable)
  1. uncountableboard gamesChess played at a relatively quick time control, with each side getting about 15 minutes to make their moves.

    Carlsen won his last championship in 2016 by winning the last two rapid-chess games when it went to the final day. And the World Chess Federation ranks him number one at rapid chess.

    2018 November 27, Kabir Chibber, “What will happen on the final day of the World Chess Championship”, in Quartz

Translations

Catalan escacs ràpids
  • escacs ràpidsTranslations
German Schnellschach
  • SchnellschachTranslations
Polish szachy szybkie
  • szachy szybkieTranslations
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APA

rapid chess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapid%20chess

MLA

“rapid chess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapid%20chess. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rapid chess,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapid%20chess.

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