Editing Time control (section)

{{Short description|Mechanism used in chess}}
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[[Image:Olimpiada Bled Slovenija deska.jpg|thumb|right|Chess set with timer]]

A '''time control''' is a mechanism in the [[tournament]] play of almost all two-player [[board games]] so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed.

For [[turn-based]] games such as [[chess]], [[shogi]] or [[go (game)|go]], time controls are typically enforced by means of a [[game clock]], which counts time spent on each player's turn separately. A player that spends more time than the time control allows is penalized, usually by the loss of the game. Time pressure (or [[time trouble]] or ''Zeitnot'') is the situation where one player has very little time on their clock to complete their remaining moves.