Often the game is not timed, but if a game clock is used rapid chess are common.

He warned against rushing German reunification, saying it should not be "a political game of rapid chess with a five-minute time limit" for each move.

Kopec said people should not play too much rapid chess because "it is not serious chess."

What facilitates rapid chess nowadays is the vast amount of canned analysis that each player comes to the table with.

But others didn't shine at rapid chess.

Alekhine, in fact, gave lessons in rapid chess by throwing the pieces on the floor in fits of temper.

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess.

In 2007, Elsness won the Open Norwegian Championship for rapid chess.

Karpov usually limits his play to exhibition events, and has revamped his style to specialize in rapid chess.

Anand, renowned for his skill in all forms of rapid chess, also won last year's match.