Is Giant Bullet Chess Getting Big?

Chess.com's own chief chess officer Danny Rensch created giant bullet chess in 2013, but it hasn't really caught on, probably due to a noticeable dearth of giant chess sets accompanied by chess clocks. That may change after this write-up on Inverse.

Though it may seem like it's just two crazy people running around in circles, there is a specific strategy in giant bullet chess that doesn't exist in the non-athletic version:

"That means setting traps that will draw them away from the clock and increasing the time it takes to run back. Rensch has won games using 'cheap threats' on the opposite side of the board that serve no purpose other than to make a competitor run."

Here's a sample game with IM Eric Rosen from 2017.

I think what giant bullet chess needs to break through is a Kona Ironman Triathlon-level event to capture media attention. Perhaps in Medicine Hat, Alberta.