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Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker.
Dean Devlin

Meaning of "speed chess" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPEED CHESS

speed chess play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPEED CHESS

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Speed chess is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPEED CHESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fast chess

Fast chess is a type of chess game in which each side is given less time to make their moves than under the normal tournament time controls of 60 to 180 minutes per player.

Definition of speed chess in the English dictionary

The definition of speed chess in the dictionary is a form of chess in which each player's game is limited to a total stipulated time, usually half an hour; the first player to exceed the time limit loses.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPEED CHESS

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speed dater
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speed networking
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SPEED CHESS

archduchess
chess
duchess
grand duchess
in the wilderness
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lightning chess
much less
philosophess
press
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process
progress
rapid transit chess
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wellness
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Synonyms and antonyms of speed chess in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «speed chess» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPEED CHESS

Find out the translation of speed chess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of speed chess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «speed chess» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

速度象棋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ajedrez rápido
570 millions of speakers

English

speed chess
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्पीड शतरंज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرعة الشطرنج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скорость шахматы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

xadrez velocidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গতি দাবা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

échecs de vitesse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelajuan catur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blitzschach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スピードチェス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속도 체스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kacepetan catur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tốc độ cờ vua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேகம் சதுரங்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेगवान शतरंज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hızlı satranç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scacchi velocità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prędkość szachy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

швидкість шахи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șah viteză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκάκι ταχύτητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spoed skaak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hastighet schack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hurtigsjakk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speed chess

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEED CHESS»

The term «speed chess» is normally little used and occupies the 108.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEED CHESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about speed chess

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2 QUOTES WITH «SPEED CHESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word speed chess.
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Eric Allin Cornell
Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.
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Dean Devlin
Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEED CHESS»

Discover the use of speed chess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speed chess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bullet Chess: One Minute to Mate
In this book the authors discuss the relationship between the position on the board and time on the clock, the techniques and dangers of pre-moving, bullet openings, the importance of the initiative and consistent strategy, and how endings ...
Hikaru Nakamura, Bruce Harper, 2009
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The Q&A Way in Chess
I have never heard anyone say that there was a gainful way to play speed chess. My children love speed chess (by speed chess I am referring to anything G/10 and under). But as a father and a coach, 1 am in the practice of putting a halt to ...
Bruce Pandolfini, 2005
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Winning Chess Tournaments: Methods and Materials Training Guide
Playing speed chess (also sometimes called blitz or five-minute chess) can be helpful, if kept in moderation. Besides being fun it is a great way to test your openings and sharpen your tactical skills. Speed chess uses a chess clock, usually ...
Robert M. Snyder, 2007
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Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths ...
I have worked with hundreds of kids in my career and I have found that speed chess actually helps build better thinking skills by forcing players to think faster and more efficiently. While it is true that the quality of the moves is not on the same ...
Maurice Ashley, 2007
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Pandolfini's Chess Complete: The Most Comprehensive Guide to ...
j 11 COMBAT AND COMPETITION 456 D Does playing speed chess with a clock help or hinder one's game? Speed chess can be quite helpful. You spend your time learning to be aggressive. Most speed games (also called rapid transit) are ...
Bruce Pandolfini, 1992
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New York Magazine
Paced by the nerve-racking snap of the clock, chessmen flowed into lines of attack. Captures were made with a snatch, and sometimes, during last-second flurries, knights and bishops were knocked to the ground. Speed chess is thrilling to ...
7
United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, ...
Explains all legal chess moves, and discusses the regulations governing tournaments, lifetime rankings, and tournament director certification.
United States Chess Federation, Tim Just, Daniel B. Burg, 2003
8
Deep Blue: An Artificial Intelligence Milestone
A second major surprise occurred in the late 1970s when chess programs, starting to play at the expert and master levels, played much better against human opponents at speed chess than at slower speeds. Speed chess games are played ...
Monty Newborn, Monroe Newborn, 2003
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Blindfold Chess: History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, ...
A quickly-voiced criticism of Holding's approach was that masters can play quite well at blitz or speed chess, when they may have only a few seconds per move. There seems little or no time for search and evaluation. Therefore, Holding tried to ...
Eliot Hearst, John Knott, 2009
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Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators
Older grades participate in community projects, often developing solutions to problems (e.g., foreign language students might provide translation services to immigrants). Speed chess is a game played with a sudden death time control ( see ...
Alexey W. Root, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEED CHESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term speed chess is used in the context of the following news items.
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Video: Reimagining a classic game as Bennett Foddy's Speed Chess
"I think game designers, if they're serious, should have to come up with at least one Pong variant and at least one chess variant," said QWOP designer Bennett ... «Gamasutra, Jun 15»
2
Urijah Faber would've loved 10 rounds of 'high-speed chess match …
"We had a lot of exchanges, kind of like a high-speed chess match they call it. I would have liked to do a little more damage," said Faber, who can understand ... «Bloody Elbow, Jun 15»
3
Humpy Koneru moves into the Women's World Chess
By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent. 12:07PM BST ... Koneru won the return, recovering from a poor position to take the match to overtime and speed chess. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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A Chess Master Tries to Turn Rabbits Into Wolves
In the rear of a Harlem chess club last Sunday night, amid the hubbub of trash-talking players, a group of polite schoolchildren took turns playing speed chess ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Plague, Inc. Evolved – Pathological Speed Chess
Plague, Inc. Evolved – Pathological Speed Chess. by Mary Lee Sauder on 12/22/14 02:36:00 pm Featured Blogs. 2 comments Share on Twitter · Share on ... «Gamasutra, Dec 14»
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Hartlepool pupils become speed chess demons
The first-ever English Martyrs School speed chess tournament saw 11 students playing a series of games in St Anne's Hall, with only five minutes each to ... «Hartlepool Mail, Dec 14»
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Does anybody still care about chess?
Yet, holding an almost daily place on the front pages was a chess match in ... People can now play speed chess with opponents on the other side of the world. «BBC News, Nov 14»
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'Norway is proud of you, Magnus,' says Solberg
2006: Ranked among 100 best chess players in the world. 2007: As a 16-year-old ... 2009: The youngest ever World Champion in speed chess. 2010: Carlsen is ... «The Local.no, Nov 14»
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Speed Chess: The Strategic Mastery of Bernard Hopkins
The comparison's been made many times before--boxing is like chess. A boxer needs to ... Therefore, I prefer the far better metaphor of speed chess. Never seen ... «Bad Left Hook, Nov 14»
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The very good reasons for Bennett Foddy's mad Speed Chess
Bennett Foddy's Speed Chess was commissioned for New York University's Game Center and its No Quarter exhibition, an annual curation of work from ... «Gamasutra, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Speed chess [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/speed-chess>. Apr 2024 ».
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