single-move time limit

chess

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development of time controls

  • position of chessmen at the beginning of a game
    In chess: Origin of time controls

    The principle of single-move time limits was abandoned in all but postal games (in which players had a preset number of days to respond to a move) and some forms of quick or speed chess—e.g., games in which players must move every 5 or 10 seconds.

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