Jul 19, 2017 · To sum it up: Time increment gets added to your current time to compensate for a probable delay (for humans is the reaction time and for servers may compensate for latency …

Jan 3, 2021 · It depends on what you mean by "increments". If you are referring to something like "playing a game in 10m + 4s", then the main reason is preventing that a player with a huge …

Jan 28, 2023 · Quoting from the FIDE Handbook Appendix A defines "Rapid Chess": A.1 A ‘Rapid chess’ game is one where either all the moves must be completed in a fixed time of more than …

May 2, 2017 · I heard from somebody working at the Annex chess club that there the time control there is 90 minutes base time and 30 second increments for both players. Can you clearly …

Bronstein timing vs. Simple Delay, Is there a formal definition of Bronstein Timing that specifies whether the increment should be added initially?

I am trying to program my own chess clock and would like it to be as accurate as possible. Suppose 2 players, player A and player B, are playing a 15 minute game with a 2 second …

Very simple. Move quickly (faster than the increment) and you end up with more time. Over the course of a dozen or so quickly made moves you can build up enough time to allow for …

Jun 18, 2020 · I have no clue-I am a recreational player who wants to join FIDE tournaments.

Jul 2, 2014 · I am trying to find all possible time control rules that are used in various tournaments (not only regular chess, but also speed chess). For example on one of the website I am using …

Feb 11, 2023 · The purpose of both increments and adjournments is to relieve some time pressure off of the players. Therefore, the relevance to increments is that increments, or …