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    From phoenix@j63840576@gmail.com to rec.games.chess.misc on Sun Feb 8 15:03:28 2026
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    I've been playing more sporadically. Have been playing blitz and 3 min
    can't remember what that's called. Bullet is still too fast for me.
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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.games.chess.misc on Mon Feb 9 20:56:29 2026
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    On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 15:03:28 -0600, phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    I've been playing more sporadically. Have been playing blitz and 3 min
    can't remember what that's called. Bullet is still too fast for me.

    In our area g/5 is simply called "speed chess" and is the normal
    non-tournament game speed
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  • From scenics@j63840576@gmail.com to rec.games.chess.misc on Thu Feb 19 20:40:37 2026
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    The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 15:03:28 -0600, phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    I've been playing more sporadically. Have been playing blitz and 3 min
    can't remember what that's called. Bullet is still too fast for me.

    In our area g/5 is simply called "speed chess" and is the normal non-tournament game speed

    Where I was playing they call both 3+0 and 5+0 blitz. 10+0 is rapid.
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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.games.chess.misc on Thu Feb 19 21:14:10 2026
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    On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:40:37 -0600, scenics <j63840576@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    In our area g/5 is simply called "speed chess" and is the normal
    non-tournament game speed

    Where I was playing they call both 3+0 and 5+0 blitz. 10+0 is rapid.

    In my area g/1 or g/2 are "blitz", g/5 is speed and g/10 or more is
    "rapid". Obviously there is regional variation in terminology.
    (Despite what FIDE thinks.... heh heh)
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.games.chess.misc on Fri Feb 20 17:49:28 2026
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    The Horny Goat wrote:

    On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:40:37 -0600, scenics
    <j63840576@gmail.com> wrote:

    In our area g/5 is simply called "speed chess" and is the
    normal non-tournament game speed

    Where I was playing they call both 3+0 and 5+0 blitz. 10+0
    is rapid.

    In my area g/1 or g/2 are "blitz", g/5 is speed and g/10 or
    more is "rapid". Obviously there is regional variation in
    terminology. (Despite what FIDE thinks.... heh heh)

    It's all too fast for me!
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