TimeControl tag standard (2023.01.01)

Description

Nocheto supports TimeControl^3.0.0 tag as is described in PGN standard, but also extends it as described below.

Examples

White and black have 5 minutes for the game.

300

White and black have 5 minutes + 10 seconds per move for the game.

300+5

White and black have 2.5 hour for first 40 moves. After move 40 they get extra 75 minutes and 60 seconds increment per move.

40/9000:4500+60

Sandclock/hourglass timecontrol of 5 minutes for each player:

*300

Standard Extension 2023.01.01

Different time controls for white and black

If white and black time controls differ, they are separated by equal sign (=).

Examples

5 minutes for white, 10 minutes for black:

[TimeControl "300=600"]

White: 5 minutes for first 30 moves, then 30 second increments for every move.
Black: 10 minutes for ifrst 30 moves, then 20 seconds increment for every move.

[TimeControl "30/300:0+30=30/600:0+20"]

Increment

Use +n at the end of the time limit to set increment, where n is a number of seconds to delay.

Example

White and black have 5 minutes + 5 seconds increment

[TimeControl "300+5"]

Simple time delay

Use Sn at the end of the time limit to set simple time delay, where n is a number of seconds to delay.

Examples

White and black have 5 minutes + 5 seconds time delay

[TimeControl "300S5"]

Alternative notation

[TimeControl "300+0S5"]

Bronstein time delay

Use Bn at the end of the time limit to set bronstein time delay, where n is a number of seconds to delay.

Examples

White and black have 5 minutes + 5 seconds time delay

[TimeControl "300B5"]

Alternative notation

[TimeControl "300+0B5"]