blitz out

English

Verb

blitz out (third-person singular simple present blitzes out, present participle blitzing out, simple past and past participle blitzed out)

1. To confuse (someone) with a sudden occurrence.
2. (chess) To play moves very quickly, as if playing blitz chess.
   • 2015 September 3, Pradeep, “Grand Chess Tour 2015: Levon Aronian wins the Sinquefield Cup”, in Sportskeeda‎^[1]:

     Alexander Grishchuk provided the much-needed fireworks on the board, as six out of nine of his games were decisive. The Russian is well known for giving his fans a heart attack by blitzing out moves in the final seconds of time control and if he hadn't been a chess player, my best guess is that he would have been in a bomb squad saving lives. It remains to be seen if Grischuk can change his timing style and do justice to his actual playing style.

   • 2021 December 10, Bryan Armen Graham, “Magnus Carlsen retains world chess title after final Ian Nepomniachtchi blunder”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     The players blitzed out their opening moves until Carlsen played the rare 8 .... h6, a line only seen twice previously at the highest level.

   • 2022 September 7, Chidanand Rajghatta, “Magnus puts the magnifying glass on cheating in chess”, in The Times of India‎^[3]:

     Typically in chess, the first eight to ten moves follow an established theory or line of play and top grandmasters blitz out these moves. After that, towards mid-game, it gets complicated, with far too many variables, permutations and combination. That is where human creativity, intuition, and genius comes in.