Editing Fast chess (section)

== FIDE rules ==
The [[World Chess Federation]] (FIDE) divides time controls for chess into "classical" [[time control]]s, and the fast chess time controls. {{As of|2014|7}}, for master-level players (with an [[Elo rating system|Elo]] of 2400 or higher) the regulations state that at least 120 minutes per player (based on a 60-move game) must be allocated for a game to be rated on the "classical" list;<ref name="fide-classical">{{cite web |title=FIDE Rating Regulations effective from 1 January 2022 |url=https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022022 |publisher=FIDE |quote=''For a game to be rated each player must at the start of the tournament have the following minimum periods in which to complete all the moves, assuming the game lasts 60 moves. Where at least one of the players in the game has a rating of 2400 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 120 minutes. Where at least one of the players in the game has a rating 1800 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 90 minutes. Where both of the players in the game are rated below 1800, each player must have a minimum of 60 minutes.''}}</ref> for lower-rated players, this can be reduced to as little as 60 minutes.<ref name="fide-classical"/> Games played faster than these time controls are rated for rapid and blitz if they comply with the time controls for those categories.<ref name="fidehandbook">{{cite web |title=FIDE Handbook – E.I. Laws of Chess – For competitions starting on or after 1 January 2023 – Appendices |url=http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=171&view=article |access-date=2014-07-27 |publisher=[[FIDE|World Chess Federation]] |quote=''A.1 A ‘Rapid chess’ game is one where either all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player; or the time allotted plus 60 times any increment is of more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player.'' ... ''B.1 A ‘blitz’ game is one where all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of 10 minutes or less for each player; or the allotted time plus 60 times any increment is 10 minutes or less for each player.''}}</ref>

Players of fast and blitz chess are exempt from the requirement to record their moves onto a scoresheet (A.2). The arbiter or their assistant is responsible for the recording in competitions (A.3.1.2, B.3.1.2). Electronic recording is preferred.<ref>{{cite web |title=FIDE Laws of Chess taking effect from 1 January 2018 |url=https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018}}</ref>