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  1. What is the "increment" in chess? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Jul 19, 2017 · The increment here is always the time which is basically for a few secs like 3, 5, 10, 15, 30 or may be even longer in some cases. Now, why this increment and how this works. …

  2. What is the point of time increments? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Jan 3, 2021 · Without increment, if the advantageous player has something like 1 or 2 seconds on their clock (and provided the other player has plenty of time, or just much more than a couple …

  3. Time control notation explained? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Jan 4, 2015 · The retroactive increment was invented to make sure that players who are low on time won't be able to play indefinitely unless all of their moves are made in 4 seconds or less. …

  4. How do delay and increment work, exactly? - Chess Stack Exchange

    In general: With increment you have one clock, and that counts down while it is your move. When your move is complete, the increment time is then added back to your clock. With delay you …

  5. Time control conversion when it comes to bonus time after eg 40 …

    Jan 29, 2023 · I read that for increment games the way to convert them to non-increment games for the purpose of classification by time control goes as follows: Original time + Increment x 40 …

  6. How does FIDE define slow rapid & fast rapid? - Chess Stack …

    Jan 28, 2023 · The time control is so-called 'slow rapid': Each game is 30 moves in 25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for the rest of the game after move 30, plus 5 seconds increment per move …

  7. What has Bobby Fischer said about increment (similar to chess960)?

    Feb 9, 2023 · 3 Bobby Fischer talked a lot about chess960 aka Fischer random and more generally how chess is dead, etc. Were there any similar interviews or discussions for …

  8. What is the TimeControl format for FIDE tournament?

    PGN standard has a different approach (the separator character is ":" and the increment is allowed only in the sudden death period, which is simply expressed in seconds): …

  9. What is the time control for FIDE chess tournaments?

    May 2, 2017 · From the very beginning, you get the 30 second increment after every move you play (for example: white plays 1. e4, press the clock and 30 seconds are added to his time, …

  10. What do these game durations mean? - Chess Stack Exchange

    Mar 18, 2021 · For example 3|2 means each player starts with 3 minutes and gets 2 seconds added to the clock for making a move (this is called an "increment"). When there is no "|", you …