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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by freyir on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:57PM (#22917969)
> "probably 50-100 points higher than the world #2"

He can't be 50-100 points higher than himself. Hikaru is #1.

https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men_blitz

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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by Taek on Sunday April 19, 2020 @03:13PM (#22918079)
That's blitz. Bullet is a faster time control
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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by freyir on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:50PM (#22919084)
Oh, you're right. Google pulls up FIDE's blitz rankings when you search for bullet chess rankings.
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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by ganeshkrishnan on Monday April 20, 2020 @10:40AM (#22924178)
Bullet games are not officially rated
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