Time Control
Chess Time Management: How to Stop Losing Won Games on the Clock
A practical time budget for blitz and rapid, how to recognize the moves worth thinking about, and what to do when your clock drops under a minute.
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Time Control
Time Control
Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, Classical: What the Time Controls Mean and Which One Makes You Better
How to read 3+2 and 10+5, where the lines between bullet, blitz, rapid and classical fall under FIDE rules and online, and which time control actually helps you
Time Control
What Is Increment in Chess? How 3+2 and 15+10 Work, Increment vs Delay, and How to Use the Extra Seconds Well
The '+2' in 3+2 is increment: seconds added after every move. How increment works, how it differs from delay, which formats use it, and practical habits for pla
Time Control
Playing in Time Trouble: How to Survive the Last Minute, Avoid the Classic Blunders, and Stop Getting There in the First Place
Time trouble turns good positions into losses. A survival kit for the last minute, the blunders that happen under pressure, and habits that keep you out of trou
Chess Rules
Touch-Move and Chess Etiquette: What Happens When You Touch a Piece, How to Adjust, and the Unwritten Rules of the Board
The touch-move rule surprises many new over-the-board players. What it requires, how to adjust pieces, how draw offers work, and the etiquette of the board.