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However, the game may be continued even after the player has ‘lost on time’.
5.4.5
Tournament levels
The tournament levels offer various ‘Fischer’, ‘sudden death’ or ‘classical’ time controls. Just as in games on
the ‘Blitz’ levels, play may continue even if one player loses by overstepping the time limit.
‘Fischer’ timings:
Tournament 0
At the start of the game, each player is given 5 minutes’ thinking time. After
each move played, the clock time is incremented by 3 seconds.
Tournament 1
25 minutes at the beginning, then an additional 10 seconds per move.
Tournament 2
1 hour at the beginning, then an additional 30 seconds per move.
‘Sudden death’ finish:
Tournament 3
Each player must make the first 30 moves within 1 hour, and then receives
30 minutes to complete the game.
Tournament 4
The first 40 moves within two hours, and then 30 minutes to complete the
game.
‘Classical’ time control:
Tournament 5
Each player must make 40 moves in the first two hours, and 20 moves per
hour thereafter.
5.4.6
User level
In this category, you can specify your own customized time control.
Example:
You want to give the players 1 hour and 30 minutes for their first 42 moves and 15 minutes for
every 7 moves thereafter, with an increment of 15 seconds per move.
The display for the ‘User’ category looks like this:
German:
English:
If you repeatedly press
ð
or
ï
, the cursor (the ‘blinking’
▋
) moves around the screen to visit six items in
turn: the five parameters in rows 2-4, and the level category (‘User’) in the top row.
•
Bring the cursor to the left-hand parameter in the second row. This is the number of moves for the
first time control.
•
Press GREEN. The cursor (
▋
) is replaced by the sign . You can now alter the parameter by using
the direction buttons. The
ï
/
ð
arrows increase/reduce the number by one. The
ñ
/
ò
arrows
increase/reduce it by ten. The maximum value for the parameter is ‘All’ (this comes after 60).
•
Once you have reached 42, press GREEN to confirm.
•
The
▋
reappears in place of , and shifts to the second parameter in the same row. This is the
period (in
h:mm:ss
) for the first time control.
•
Press GREEN. The
▋
is replaced by , and you can alter the parameter. The
ï
/
ð
arrows
increase/reduce the period in steps of one minute. The
ñ
/
ò
arrows increase/reduce the period in
steps of ten minutes.
•
Once you have reached 1:30:00, press GREEN to confirm. The is replaced by
▋
, which moves to
the third row.
