Answers.Body: <p>Yes, exactly. Blitz: 3-5 minutes per side, usually no increment. Bullet: 1 or 2 minutes per side. Rapid: 15 to 60 minutes per player. sometimes with a small time increment per move for example 10 seconds.</p>
  
  <p>For me personally, i like it so far because as far as i know, FIDE online arena is one of the Premium Chess members which i suppose all of National Federations are also members of Premium Chess. And its very interesting to play with people from world federations. The interface indeed can be improved a lot, but i do like their design and website.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I think all the above said is true - but i think most online chess platforms differ a little from the fide definition: </p>
  
  <p>FIDE takes </p>
  
  <pre><code>Basetime + 60 * increment 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>for their calculation and then says </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Bullet &lt; 3 minutes </li>
  <li>Blitz &lt;= 10 minutes </li>
  <li>Rapid &lt;= 60 minutes</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>While most other platforms take </p>
  
  <pre><code>Basetime + 40 * increment
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>as a base for their calculation - so the very weird timecontrol 
  0 minutes + 4 seconds per move is usually considered Bullet</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>For the FIDE Online Arena, only <em>specific</em> time controls can be rated. For example, you can play a rated 5 minute or 10 minute blitz game, but if you play a 7 minute game it will always be unrated.</p>
  <p>According to the <a href="https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B11FOARatingRegulations" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FIDE Online Arena Rating Regulations</a>, the ratable time controls are as follows:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>2.3     Rated games use the following predetermined time controls:<br />
  2.3.1   For rapid chess: 15m, 25m, 45m, 10m + 10s, 15m + 10s, 25m + 10s, 45m + 10s<br />
  2.3.2   For blitz chess: 3m, 5m, 10m, 3m + 2s, 3m + 3s, 5m + 3s<br />
  2.3.3   For bullet chess: 1m, 2m, 1m + 1s, 1m + 2s</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Body: <p>I've been trying out the <a href="http://arena.myfide.net/" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Online Arena</a>; while I've found a lot of marketing, I find very little useful documentation (possibly because the software is new).</p>
  
  <p>FIDE Online Arena has four different Elos: bullet, blitz, rapid, and unmonitored.</p>
  
  <p>Q: What specifically determines bullet, blitz, rapid, and unmonitored time controls?</p>
  
Tags: <fide><online-chess><time-control>
Title: FIDE Online Arena: what specifically determines bullet, blitz, rapid, and unmonitored time controls?
ThreadText: # FIDE Online Arena: what specifically determines bullet, blitz, rapid, and unmonitored time controls?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-10)
  
  I've been trying out the [FIDE Online Arena](http://arena.myfide.net/); while I've found a lot of marketing, I find very little useful documentation (possibly because the software is new).
  
  FIDE Online Arena has four different Elos: bullet, blitz, rapid, and unmonitored.
  
  Q: What specifically determines bullet, blitz, rapid, and unmonitored time controls?
  
  **Tags:** fide, online-chess, time-control
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-10. Score: 3
  
  Yes, exactly. Blitz: 3-5 minutes per side, usually no increment. Bullet: 1 or 2 minutes per side. Rapid: 15 to 60 minutes per player. sometimes with a small time increment per move for example 10 seconds.
  
  For me personally, i like it so far because as far as i know, FIDE online arena is one of the Premium Chess members which i suppose all of National Federations are also members of Premium Chess. And its very interesting to play with people from world federations. The interface indeed can be improved a lot, but i do like their design and website.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-09-10. Score: 2
  
  I think all the above said is true - but i think most online chess platforms differ a little from the fide definition: 
  FIDE takes 
  Basetime + 60 * increment 
  
  for their calculation and then says 
  
  Bullet < 3 minutes 
  Blitz <= 10 minutes 
  Rapid <= 60 minutes
  
  While most other platforms take 
  Basetime + 40 * increment
  
  as a base for their calculation - so the very weird timecontrol 
  0 minutes + 4 seconds per move is usually considered Bullet
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-02-10. Score: 1
  
  For the FIDE Online Arena, only *specific* time controls can be rated. For example, you can play a rated 5 minute or 10 minute blitz game, but if you play a 7 minute game it will always be unrated.
  
  According to the [FIDE Online Arena Rating Regulations](https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B11FOARatingRegulations), the ratable time controls are as follows:
  
  > 2.3 Rated games use the following predetermined time controls:  
  > 2.3.1 For rapid chess: 15m, 25m, 45m, 10m + 10s, 15m + 10s, 25m + 10s, 45m + 10s  
  > 2.3.2 For blitz chess: 3m, 5m, 10m, 3m + 2s, 3m + 3s, 5m + 3s  
  > 2.3.3 For bullet chess: 1m, 2m, 1m + 1s, 1m + 2s
  
  
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