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Canadian Overtime
    Keywords: Rules, Tournament

Canadian overtime is a form of overtime commonly used in Western tournaments and on go servers.

An overtime period has two main properties: the time and the stones to play. The overtime time starts to run as soon as the main time runs out. The player is said to be "in overtime". He must then play all his overtime stones before the overtime time runs out (Say, 25 stones within 5 minutes, an average of 1 stone every 12 seconds).

If the player succeeds, a new overtime period starts, and he gets another set of overtime stones to play. Only if he does not manage to play all his overtime stones within a overtime period does he lose on time.

On the Go servers, it is common to have a very short main time (1 minute, say) followed by a relatively short overtime, 5 minutes, say. "Anyone for a 1/5 game?". This leads to a game with a brisk and steady pace (or a manic pace, depending on your point of view). A 200 move game played as 1/5 with 25 overtime stones will never last more than 42 minutes.



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