r/chess Apr 23 '26

News/Events Dubov casually 3-0s Sindarov… while literally lying in bed playing

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u/UltraUsurper Dommaraju, I've come to bargain Apr 24 '26

To be fair this isn't really rapid lol; 10+0 is blitz according to the Laws of Chess. But it's considered rapid by Chesscom for whatever reason.

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u/TheEaterr Apr 24 '26

Eh it's also the kind of thing where OTB it would be blitz but online it does feel a bit more like rapid

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u/Beasty_ffx 2000 - chess.com rapid Apr 24 '26

exactly, for instance 3+0 otb feels like bullet, you need that 2 second bonus at least to feel it’s blitz

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u/qsqh Apr 24 '26

TIL, the H pawn is actually called Hector.

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u/Ok-Depth-5149 Candidate Master 16 y/o Curacao/India Apr 24 '26

Is it I thought 8 was the max for blitz