Bronstein Timing
Keywords: Rules, Tournament
Definition
Bronstein Timing is the time system where
- one gets an amount of time (say, 10 minutes),
- time used for each move is deducted,
- and an extra amount of time (say, 15 seconds) is added after each move
-- but at most the time used for the last move.
Diagram
|---------| time before
|-----| time for one move
|---|--| time after
Remarks
The "but" part is the difference to Fischer Timing:
- there, remaining time can grow
- here, not
This system is spilling.
Example
10 minutes plus 30 seconds bonus.
# Time Used ------------------ 1 10:00 1:00 2 9:30 5:00 3 5:00 4:00 4 1:30 0:10 5 1:30 0:20 6 1:30 0:30 7 1:30 1:30 8 0:00 lost