Beginner Question- What’s the difference between blitz, rapid, and bullet?
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May be a really dumb question...but I would really like to know, so please answer it.
And here is the article; Not a dumb question at all.
The article wasn’t working... can you say it here?
Why are there three different ratings in Live Chess?
Live Chess has three different ratings based on different time controls:
Bullet rating - For games under 3 minutes.
Blitz rating - For games of 3 minutes to 14 minutes.
Rapid rating - For games 15 minutes and longer.
Note that the per-move bonus time IS significant here - not just the base minutes. The system assumes an average game-length of 40 moves to estimate the total length of time available to each player; the result is what determines which rating is affected by a given time control:
A time control of 2 | 12 therefore results in a Blitz (not Bullet) game like so:
2 minutes + (12 seconds x 40 moves = 480 seconds) = 10 minutes
(Exactly the same logic determines where a game appears on the time-line of the Seek graph.)
As a reference, here are the basic pre-sets available in Live:
| Time Control | Estimated Length | Game/rating type |
| 5 | 0 | 5 minutes | Blitz |
| 10 | 0 | 10 minutes | Blitz |
| 2 | 12 | 10 minutes | Blitz |
| 3 | 0 | 3 minutes | Blitz |
| 4 | 4 | 6.5 minutes | Blitz |
| 15 | 10 | 22 minutes | Rapid |
| 1 | 5 | 4.5 minutes | Blitz |
| 1 | 0 | 1 minute | Bullet |
Worked fine for me...Just click on the link, although now that I've posted it, I guess there's no need..LOL
I find it interesting that 10|0 is blitz here but when I play it in USCF it’s consider quick. I think Chess.com should add a new category because 10|0 and 3|2 are very different player pools that are grouped into the same category.
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Sep 11, 2020
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#10
But i play 10 minute vs comodo and it notice me like i play rapid? Why not blitz?somebody just said blitz was 3 to 14 min, and rapid 15 and longer.
Sep 11, 2020
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Mirjana_k wrote:
But i play 10 minute vs comodo and it notice me like i play rapid? Why not blitz?somebody just said blitz was 3 to 14 min, and rapid 15 and longer.
That just changed yesterday. 10|0 is now rapid.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/10-minute-chess-now-rapid-rated-bullet-ratings-increased
Sep 11, 2020
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#12
I just started playing live. All new for me. Thank you very much Martin, for clearing it to me.
Sep 24, 2020
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#13
I asked this question on another place. Nobody answered, so im putting it here. Please can you tell me why i am not getting notification ( a sign) when i get a trophy from the friends or chess.com? It doesn’t look polite to not thank the friends. I just don’t react, because i have no idea!
with chess.com what is the time for bullet-blitz and game games please?
Apr 26, 2023
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OleGrumpyX wrote:
with chess.com what is the time for bullet-blitz and game games please?
Basically...
1 minute is bullet
3 minutes is blitz
10 minutes is rapid
For more specifics read the words above your question... it was already answered.
how can you possibly say its a dumb question, I am here because I want to figure it out myself
Updated answer, and link:
https://support.chess.com/article/330-why-are-there-different-ratings-in-live-chess
