Hikaru Nakamura<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nTournament Chess Timings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Depending on what type of game you are playing, in organized chess, whether that be a local league or Internationally organized events, there will be a decided timing control chess rules in place<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local League Chess<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Here, you will be expected to play 35 moves in 75 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some organizers will give typical time limits of between 15 to 20 minutes of additional time to finish up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Chess<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When you participate in an international chess tournament, you’ll be expected to play 40 moves in 2 hours. You then receive an extra hour to reach 60 moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the game still hasn’t finished at this point, a quickplay end is granted to decide the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there are other kinds of hess games and times floating around, these are the ones you’re most likely to come across!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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