Hourglass Timing

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Definition

Hourglass Timing is the time system where


Diagram

     |--|       time for one move
 |===|-------|  time before
 |======|----|  time after

Remarks

Both players start with the same time on their clock.

Despite being simple, it invites unreasonable fast play to force the opponent to play as fast.


Example

10 minutes each.

   #      Time        Used
   --------------------------
   1  10:00  10:00  1:30
   2   8:30  11:30       1:40
   3  10:10   9:50  2:00
   4   8:10  11:50       0:20
   5   8:30  11:30  5:00
   6   3:30  16:30       0:30
   7   4:00  16:00  4:00
   8   0:00  20:00  lost

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