Time Controls for FIDE World Events

[Wayne Komer]

Time Controls for FIDE World Events

May 5, 2015

The following time controls have been approved by the FIDE Presidential Board for FIDE World Events:

No EVENT
TIME CONTROL

1. World Championship Match
100’/40+50’/20+15’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

2. Candidates Tournament
100’/40+50’/20+15’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

3. World Cup
90’/40+30’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

4. Grand Prix
100’/40+50’/20+15’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

5. Women’s World Championship Match
90’/40+30’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

6. Chess Olympiad
90’/40+30’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

7. World Team Championship
90’/40+30’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

8. Women’s World Team Championship
90’/40+30’/end
with incr. 30”/move, starting from move 1

21. World Rapid Championships
15’ with incr. 10” per move, starting from move 1

22. World Blitz Championships
3’ with incr. 2” per move, starting from move 1

The whole list is given at:

http://www.fide.com/component/conten...ld-events.html

The standardization of time controls is welcome. Now Grischuk and Ivanchuk have an increment starting at move 1.
You had better know your standard endgames!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Time Controls for FIDE World Events

Time Controls for FIDE World Events

"Flagging" Gets Harder. No More Time Controls Without Increments in FIDE Events

Tuesday, 05.05.2015

At the Presidential Board Meeting in Chegdu, new time controls were announced for all tournaments held under FIDE's direct auspices. Starting from the next cycle, there will not be a single time control that does not have an extra 30 second increment per move, starting from move 1.

In the current world championship cycle, the 30 second increment applies only after move 60, a rule which has caused many arguments, with most top grandmasters opposed to it. But only now have the players been listened to.

But one must note that time controls have still not been unified for all world championship cycles: so, in world championship matches, Candidates' tournaments and the Grand Prix series the control will be (100'/40+50'/20+15')+30”/move, but in the World Cup, which is also a qualifying event for the Candidates, the time control will be (90'/40+30')+30”/move.

But the most common time control (90'/40+30')+30”/move - will be used in women's world championship matches, Olympiads, world team championships, the women's Grand Prix, veterans and junior world championships and other events.

http://chess-news.ru/en/node/18928

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Time Controls for FIDE World Events

Hi.

I can't remember if it was at the Gashimov Memorial where a journalist asked some players about the non-standard time controls and the players seemed to be in favour of these. So it's great that it's finally happened. Then again... these are for FIDE Major events. IE World Championship Matches, Olympiads, respective cycles, etc... one of the strongest tournaments ever (Gashimov Memorial that finished a couple weeks back) still had a 'sudden death' guillotine-type time control to reach move 40, increments only coming in later. So independent organizers can choose which time control to adopt.

After a quick check in the FIDE handbooks, I couldn't find what the minimum time control is to have it classical-FIDE-rated. I am pretty sure it's been 90 mins + 30 secs increment or a minimum of Sudden Death in 2 hours, but at a quick glance cannot find this information on their website.

I like the idea of option for different time controls. We in North America (with 2 rounds a day) especially need that. Otherwise we could all adopt one of those game-in-7-hours type of control!


Alex F.

[Mario Moran-Venegas]

Re: Time Controls for FIDE World Events

Alex,
Check this:

http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.ht...2&view=article

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Time Controls for FIDE World Events

After a quick check in the FIDE handbooks, I couldn't find what the minimum time control is to have it classical-FIDE-rated. I am pretty sure it's been 90 mins + 30 secs increment or a minimum of Sudden Death in 2 hours, but at a quick glance cannot find this information on their website

From Ratings
1.1 For a game to be rated, each player must have the following minimum periods in which to complete all the moves, assuming the game lasts 60 moves.
Where at least one of the players in the tournament has a rating 2200 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 120 minutes.
Where at least one of the players in the tournament has a rating 1600 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 90 minutes.
Where all the players in the tournament are rated below 1600, each player must have a minimum of 60 minutes.

From Norms/Titles

1.12
1.13 No more than 2 rounds shall be played on any one day. Without increment the minimum time is 2 hours for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game. With an increment of a minimum of 30 seconds for each move, the minimum time is 90 minutes for the entire game, apart from the increment.

Blue - for "sudden death"
Green - with increment. Also can be calculated from rating requirements: 120 min = 90 min + 30sec/move * 60 moves

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Time Controls for FIDE World Events

Thanks. Bits and pieces of the information are all over the place. It's funny how the time control can be shorter depending on ratings.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Time Controls for FIDE World Events

Thanks. Bits and pieces of the information are all over the place. It's funny how the time control can be shorter depending on ratings.

or depending on gender?

[Bob Armstrong]

FIDE & Discrimination Against Women

or depending on gender?

Hi Kerry:

Just more of the same re discrimination against women.

Canadian Life Consulting Cooperative (CLCC) has posted on the FB Group of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) that the Women's World Chess Championship cycle shows the same discrimination against women (to obtain our article: canadianchessconsultingservice@gmail.com).

Interestingly enough not one of the elite players in the world, including elite women players, endorsed this no-brainer analysis. Wonder why?

Canadian Life Consulting Cooperative (CLCC)

[Kerry Liles]

Re: FIDE & Discrimination Against Women

Hi Kerry:

Just more of the same re discrimination against women.

Canadian Life Consulting Cooperative (CLCC) has posted on the FB Group of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) that the Women's World Chess Championship cycle shows the same discrimination against women (to obtain our article: canadianchessconsultingservice@gmail.com).

Interestingly enough not one of the elite players in the world, including elite women players, endorsed this no-brainer analysis. Wonder why?

Canadian Life Consulting Cooperative (CLCC)

Possibly they do not want to bite the hand that feeds them. With IllusionOf at the helm, FIDE is a very toxic combination of old boy network, cronyism, patronage, fraud (a la Mike Duffy rules of engagement) and alien B.S. It might not be wise to be on their bad side...

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Time Controls for FIDE World Events

Time Controls for FIDE World Events

The survey taken in 2012 by the Association of Chess Professionals can be found at:

http://www.chessprofessionals.org/co...t-time-control

19 September 2012

The Association of Chess Professionals has recently conducted a survey (composed of 4 questions) among Top 30 players in the world (as of 1 July 2012) about the time control in World Championships.

We have received 28 answers from:

Adams Michael, Anand Viswanathan, Aronian Levon, Bologan Viktor, Carlsen Magnus, Caruana Fabiano, Dominguez Perez Leinier, Fressinet Laurent, Gashimov Vugar, Gelfand Boris, Grischuk Alexander, Ivanchuk Vassily, Jakovenko Dmitry, Jobava Baadur, Kamsky Gata, Karjakin Sergey, Kramnik Vladimir, Leko Peter, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar, Nakamura Hikaru, Nepomniachtchi Ian, Ponomariov Ruslan, Radjabov Teimour, Riazantsev Alexander, Svidler Peter, Tomashevsky Evgeny, Wang Hao, Wojtaszek Radoslaw.

Question 1:
Which of the following 2 time controls should be used in final stages of World Championship Cycles?

a) 120'/40+60'/20+(15'/SD+30") - 120 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes, with an increment of 30 seconds starting from move 61

b) (100'/40+50'/20+15'/SD)+30" - 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes, with an increment of 30 seconds starting from move 1

Results:
9 voted for A
17 voted for B
1 player equally liked both proposals
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1 player was against both proposals

Question 2:
The following 2 rapid time controls are widely used. Which of them should be used in World Rapid Championships?

a) 15'+10" - 15 minutes for a game with 10 seconds increment
b) 25'+10" - 25 minutes for a game with 10 seconds increment

Results:
8 voted for A
19 voted for B
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1 player was against both proposals

Question3:
The following 3 blitz time controls are widely used. Which of them should be used in World Blitz Championships? Please sort the possibilities from best to worst.

a) 5'
b) 3'+2"
c) 4'+2"

Results:
Answer A: 2 first places; 2,5 second places; 23,5 third places
Answer B: 16 first places; 9,5 second places; 2,5 third places
Answer C: 10 first places; 16 second places; 2 third places

Remark:
0,5 arises when a player doesn't give a preference between 2 possibilities.

Question 4:
The following 5 time controls are widely used for sudden death games. Please sort them from best to worst.

a) 5'-4' (white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes; white has to win)
b) 6'-5' (white has 6 minutes, black has 5 minutes; white has to win)
c) (4'-3')+1" (white has 4 minutes, black has 3 minutes, an increment of 1 second is added starting from move 1; white has to win)
d) (5'-4')+1" (white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes, an increment of 1 second is added starting from move 1; white has to win)
e) (5'/60-4'/60) + (0'/SD+3") (white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes, an increment of 3 seconds is added starting from move 61; white has to win)

Results:
Not all of the 28 players answered that question.

The opinions were widely spread, however it is still possible to conclude, that the option 5'-4' (white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes; white has to win) was clearly preferable, whereas all other 4 options were at more or less the same level of support.

Recommendations:
Based on the obtained results the ACP recommends:

1) to change the official time control used in the World Championship match/tournament, Candidates matches, Grand Prix to:

(100'/40+50'/20+15'/SD)+30" - 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, followed by 15 minutes, with an increment of 30 seconds starting from move 1

2) to use in the World Rapid Championship:
25'+10" - 25 minutes for a game with 10 seconds increment

3) to use in World Blitz Championship:
3'+2" - 3 minutes for a game with 2 seconds increment

4) to use 5'-4' (white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes; white has to win) for sudden death games

Macieja, Bartlomeij