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.
Bronstein timing is also known as delay timing. In this case the clock waits the extra amount of time before it starts. (If the player stops the clock within this time nothing happens to his time.
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