I must admit that I am not up to speed with all the changes in chess time controls over the years.
But man ohhh man...I have known for decades how important time controls are for the tournament player.
I also know that the trend, set by FIDE is to go for faster time controls. I remember when I was a tournament player (yes in those days I had hair on the top of my head too :)...I played Jean Delva...a beautiful human being who was not only experienced but solid. I was just a youngster at the time...so I was in awe :).
Anyway, our game started at 4 p.m....and he kept me at the board past midnight (back then you could play until you drop :). According to what I have read after the FIDE meeting in Poland, there are only 6 time controls recognized by FIDE:
Taken from the USCF website:
"GregShahade wrote:
Why can't we just use five second increment and therefore not have to worry about it, or is that not acceptable either? No idea why anyone insists on using delay instead of increment to begin with.
Currently there are only 6 approved time controls which have to be used with no deviation from them:
90 minutes with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from first move
90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move
100 minutes for 40 moves followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from first move
40 moves in 2 hours followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
40 moves in 2 hours followed by 60 minutes for the rest of the game "
Larry again:
BTW, my game against Jean Delva finished in a draw (my memory is very good at forgetting my losses...probably why I never became a very good player :)
Larry
But man ohhh man...I have known for decades how important time controls are for the tournament player.
I also know that the trend, set by FIDE is to go for faster time controls. I remember when I was a tournament player (yes in those days I had hair on the top of my head too :)...I played Jean Delva...a beautiful human being who was not only experienced but solid. I was just a youngster at the time...so I was in awe :).
Anyway, our game started at 4 p.m....and he kept me at the board past midnight (back then you could play until you drop :). According to what I have read after the FIDE meeting in Poland, there are only 6 time controls recognized by FIDE:
Taken from the USCF website:
"GregShahade wrote:
Why can't we just use five second increment and therefore not have to worry about it, or is that not acceptable either? No idea why anyone insists on using delay instead of increment to begin with.
Currently there are only 6 approved time controls which have to be used with no deviation from them:
90 minutes with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from first move
90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move
100 minutes for 40 moves followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from first move
40 moves in 2 hours followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game
40 moves in 2 hours followed by 60 minutes for the rest of the game "
Larry again:
BTW, my game against Jean Delva finished in a draw (my memory is very good at forgetting my losses...probably why I never became a very good player :)
Larry
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