A time control is the limit set on how long each side may think. Play a fast time control.
Running out loses the game however good the position is, which feels cruel and is the rule. A time control with an increment adds seconds per move so nobody loses on time in a won ending.
1nountime controlThe limit set on how long each side may think.
“The time control was ninety minutes with a thirty second increment.”
time control is a rule.
Practised in Chess & Card Games