Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

classical chess

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: clas-si-cal chess
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Chess played at a slow time control, with games taking up to several hours (the most common format at professional tournaments).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"All good things must come to an end, and so it was that Magnus Carlsen's record-breaking streak without defeat in classical chess was halted by Jan-Krzysztof Duda on Saturday."
"The problem is not that computers have replaced people, but that they have curtailed their space for adventure, especially in "classical" chess played under long time limits at championship level. Players always arrived for tournaments well prepared, but they now use software as well as human analysis to predict lines long past the opening."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

rapid chess blitz chess bullet chess

Frequently Paired Words

rapid chess blitz chess bullet chess

Questions

What does classical chess mean?: Chess played at a slow time control, with games taking up to several hours (the most common format at professional tournaments).

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