time control en · NOUN
Meanings
- (especially) A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.
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A point in the game in which the parameters of the time limits increase, especially in classical chess.
Smyslov was a piece up against him with two moves to go before time control when he missed three winning lines and drew.
2014, Andrew Soltis, Soviet Chess 1917-1991, page 243:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| time controls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
it controllo del tempo (mechanism in which each player has a set amount of time) · ru контроль времени (mechanism in which each player has a set amount of time) · de Bedenkzeit (mechanism in which each player has a set amount of time)