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title: "Hyperbullet in chess"
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summary: "Hyperbullet is an extremely fast online format with only a few seconds, often fifteen or thirty, for the whole game."
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# Hyperbullet in chess

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Hyperbullet is an extremely fast online format with only a few seconds, often fifteen or thirty, for the whole game.

Hyperbullet is an extremely fast online format with only a few seconds, often fifteen or thirty, for the whole game, where reflexes and premoves matter more than thought.

Hyperbullet, also called ultrabullet on some sites, gives each side a tiny amount of time, usually fifteen or thirty seconds for the entire game. There is almost no room to calculate. Players rely on memorized [openings](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/opening.md), [premoves](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/premove.md) and reflex [tactics](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/tactic.md), and many games end by the clock rather than by [checkmate](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/checkmate.md).

It is mainly an online entertainment format. It is not used in standard over the board tournaments, and it does not measure the same skills as [classical chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/classical-chess.md). You can win games by moving instantly rather than by finding good moves, so the results say little about understanding.

For students, there is no real training value beyond fun and a taste of how much can be done on instinct. If you try it, treat it as a game of its own, and do not let the speed change how you play slower chess. The risk is forming habits of moving without thinking. Spend your improvement time on slower games, tactics puzzles and reviewing your own play instead.

Also called: ultrabullet.

A neighboring idea is [Bullet chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/bullet-chess.md). Bullet chess is the fastest common format, with each player having under three minutes, usually one minute, so success depends on speed, mouse control and instant tactical vision.

If "Hyperbullet" is the format you play most, the [improvement plans by rating band](https://georgelichess.com/improve.md) give a weekly routine for your rating range.

## Related terms

- [Bullet chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/bullet-chess.md)
- [Blitz chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/blitz-chess.md)
- [Premove](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/premove.md)
- [Time control](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/time-control.md)
- [Flagging](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/flagging.md)
- [Time scramble](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/time-scramble.md)

## Guides that go further

- [Chess time control calculator](https://georgelichess.com/tools/time-control-calculator.md): See whether a base time and increment counts as bullet, blitz, rapid or classical.
- [Average chess rating and a good chess rating](https://georgelichess.com/chess-rating-percentiles.md): What share of active Lichess players are rated above 800, 1200, 1500, 1800 or 2000, by time control.
- [Chess ratings explained](https://georgelichess.com/chess-ratings-explained.md): What a rating measures, how FIDE, Lichess, US Chess and chess.com compute theirs, and why the numbers differ.

[Book your first lesson](https://georgelichess.com/book.md) and George Li reviews your games and builds a study plan around them. Questions about lessons: write to hello@georgelichess.com.

## Related

- [Bullet chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/bullet-chess.md)
- [Blitz chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/blitz-chess.md)
- [Premove in chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/premove.md)
- [Time control in chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/time-control.md)
- [Flagging in chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/flagging.md)
- [Time scramble in chess](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/time-scramble.md)
- [Chess terms: Time controls and formats](https://georgelichess.com/glossary/category/time-controls.md)
- [Chess terms glossary: plain definitions](https://georgelichess.com/glossary.md)