standard, blitz and bullet

Can anybody tell me the different between the different game types: standard, blitz and bullet?

On beforehand thanks : )

Bullet = 1 or 2 minutes

Blitz = 3 to 14 minutes

Standard = 15 minutes and more

Ah, thanks a lot!

I copied this from Wikipedia:-

The different names distinguish the maximum duration of a game. Commonly used time controls are:

• Rapid or Quick: 10 to 60 minutes per player, sometimes with a small time increment per move (e.g. 10 seconds).^[1]
• Blitz: 3 to 5 minutes per side. Usually sudden death (no increment), but may also be played with a small increment. More recently due to the influx of digital clocks, 3 minutes with a 2 second add is also preferred.^[1]
• Bullet: 2-3 minutes per side. The time add for this setting is 2 minutes with a 1 second add or 1 minute with a 2 second add, respectively. The term below, "Lightning", can also be applied to this variant.
• Lightning is a term used for either Blitz or Bullet chess, and is a general term for extremely fast chess. It can also refer to games with a fixed time (e.g. ten seconds) for each move. This also can be used for 1 minute games.
• Armageddon: a single game guaranteed to produce a result, because Black has draw odds (that is, for Black, a draw is equal to a victory). To compensate, White has more time on the clock. Common times are 6 minutes for white and 5 for black, or 5 minutes for white and 4 for black. This can also be played with a small increment. This is also known as "time odds" and it is used in various tie breaks for quick tournaments.

In a related question -- does anyone know what the time controls are for USCF ratings... There are two ratings, Reg and Quick ... I'm wondering what the exact time control cut-offs are for these.

So does 2 minutes plus 60 seconds per move a bullet game, but 3 minutes plus 0 per move a blitz game??

It's not well defined and OTB rapid is easily considered standard on internet chess servers. So the answer is it's entirely dependant on the organisation.

Back on FICS (and I assume it's the same for ICC and possibly the same for chess.com) it was like this:

    Slowest Lightning   Fastest Blitz       Slowest Blitz     Fastest Standard
   ------------------------------------    -----------------------------------
      Mins  Incr         Mins  Incr           Mins  Incr         Mins  Incr
   ------------------------------------    -----------------------------------
        0     4            0    5              0    22            0    23
        1     2            1    3              1    20            1    21
        2     1            2    2              2    19            2    20
       --------            3    0              3    17            3    18
                                               4    16            4    17
                                               5    14            5    15
                                               6    13            6    14
                                               7    11            7    12
                                               8    10            8    11
                                               9     8            9     9
                                              10     7           10     8
                                              11     5           11     6
                                              12     4           12     5
                                              13     2           13     3
                                              14     1           14     2
                                              --------           15     0

Here's the chess.com word:

Well stated, Wobbly.

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so is 3|2 and 2|1 blitz or bullet

Using the rules posted by baddogno above we can deduce that for chess.com:

Bullet:

• 0|{1-4}
• 1|{0-2}
• 2|{0-1}

Blitz:

• 0|{5-22}
• 1|{3-20}
• 2|{2-19}
• 3|{0-17}
• 4|{0-16}
• 5|{0-14}
• 6|{0-13}
• 7|{0-11}
• 8|{0-10}
• 9|{0-8}
• 10|{0-7}
• 11|{0-5}
• 12|{0-4}
• 13|{0-2}
• 14|{0-1}

Standard:

• everything else

Wait then what is a classical game and why is the symbol diffrent for 6 seconds and 15 seconds

there are no classical games on this site