"time control" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time controls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time control (plural time controls)
  1. (especially chess) A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Chess, Time Translations (mechanism in which each player has a set amount of time): Bedenkzeit [feminine] (German), controllo del tempo [masculine] (Italian), контроль времени (kontrolʹ vremeni) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-time_control-en-noun-ZP21-9gM Disambiguation of Time: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: board-games, chess, games Disambiguation of 'mechanism in which each player has a set amount of time': 82 18
  2. (chess) A point in the game in which the parameters of the time limits increase, especially in classical chess. Categories (topical): Chess, Time
    Sense id: en-time_control-en-noun-Ubn7uo6l Disambiguation of Time: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: board-games, chess, games

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