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[edit] spelling

Is it really "blitzkreig"? Shouldn't it be "blitzkrieg"? (which is a german word; krEIg doesn't exist, but krIEg does.) -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.226.7.251 (talk) 14:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

  • I think you're right. I changed it. Quale 18:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] removed

I removed the following sentence

If both players' time runs out at the same time, then the game is a draw.

because my understanding is that as timed by a chess clock this is impossible. If someone knows this can happen (perhaps using timing other than a chess clock) then please restore it with an explanation of the conditions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RJFJR (talk • contribs) 05:45, 30 January 2005

Compare the following from the rules given in the link:
11. When a player notices that his opponent's clock has fallen, he should stop both clocks and notify his opponent. If, in this process, his own flag falls, the game shall be declared drawn, unless both parties agree as to which flag fell first.
Hence it seems to be possible to have exactly that situation. \Mikez 16:58, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I don't think that exact situation is possible, as in your example one clock did fall before the other. Fetofs Hello! 21:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Sure, they don't fall at the same time, but a player may notice that they have both fallen or pretend not to notice that his own clock has fallen, waiting for his opponent's clock to fall so that the game could be declared a draw. --ZeroOne (talk | @) 22:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
In a game where the time is limited (sudden death), the rule is that if it is found that both clocks have run out of time, it is a draw. In a game with another time control period, the game continues. Bubba73 (talk), 02:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
With mechanical clocks, when you press the button, especially with force both flags can and do occasionally fall together. SunCreator (talk) 15:42, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanups

In addition to adding {{cite book}} and {{cite web}} templates to replace the references and external links, I added some wikilinks and did some other cosmetic cleanups, like linking time control to the first use of the term as per WP:MOS ... since the article has been renamed to Fast chess, I moved that to the first term (also per MOS) and replaced most of the references to "blitz chess" with that term, even though most of the articles that link here use it through a redirect.

Because there are no official definitions of the various names, in order to avoid confusing the reader, I deleted the numerous "AKA" references and tried to make the language more generic ... Happy Editing! —68.239.79.82 (talk · contribs) 10:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)