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Subject: Re: Which time control is considered "rapid chess" ?

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 14:29:06 06/25/01

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On June 25, 2001 at 17:06:05, O. Veli wrote:

>On June 25, 2001 at 13:21:18, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>
>>On June 25, 2001 at 12:57:20, O. Veli wrote:
>>
>>>  For games with increments, you assume that the games last 60 moves and
>>>calculate the time control as such. A game with with 10 minutes to start with
>>>and 50 seconds added every move is considered rapid; 10 + 60 moves * 50 seconds
>>>= 10 + 50 = 60 minutes. A game with 50 minutes to start with and 15 seconds
>>>every move is not rapid since it comes out to be 65 minutes. 15-60 minutes is
>>>considered rapid by FIDE.
>>
>>So if I have understood well, a game that after 60 moves has lasted more than 60
>>minutes isn't considered rapid , because we are have more than 1 minute per move
>>?
>
>  No. This is done just to classify a tournament, not a game. G/60 is rapid,
>G/61 is not. G/30 + 30 seconds/move is also a rapid, whether it lasts 10 moves
>or 300 moves ( 6 hour game but would still be classified as rapid. A very small
>chance of that happening though :)) ) All games in the same tournament would be
>classified as rapid and rated as such as long as they fit before mentioned
>calculation. Games are assumed to be 60 moves just for this classification.


Thanks for your reply.
My original question was coming from some posters reply that considered the new
FIDE timing for tournaments as "rapid chess".
If I understood well the new timings (40 moves in 75 minutes, rest of the moves
in 15 minutes, each move additional 30 seconds) this should allow a player to
have for a game of 40 moves 1 hour 35 minutes ,for a game of 50 moves 1 hour 55
minutes , for a game of 60 moves 2 hours , for a game of 80 moves 2 hour 10
minutes , for a game of 100 moves 2 hour 20 minutes.
I truly can't see a "rapid" pace in this kind of timings.

Regards







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