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Meaning of time control | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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.
    especially
  2. A point in the game in which the parameters of the time limits increase, especially in classical chess.

Equivalents

Deutsch Bedenkzeit
Suomi aikaohjaus
Italiano controllo del tempo
Русский контроль времени

Examples

“Smyslov was a piece up against him with two moves to go before time control⟳ when he missed three winning lines and drew.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

time cop time copy time crime time cross section time crystal time curve

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