Editing Chess clock (section)

== Description ==
A chess clock consists of two adjacent [[clock]]s with buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, so that the two clocks never run simultaneously.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Chess Clock |url=http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/chess_clock/chess_clock.htm |access-date=2020-01-06 |website=www.chesscorner.com}}</ref> The devices are used in [[chess]] and other two-player [[game]]s where the players move in turn. The purpose is to keep track of the total time each player takes for their own moves, and ensure that neither player overly delays the game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to Operate a Chess Clock - by Chess House |url=https://www.chesshouse.com/pages/how-to-operate-a-chess-clock |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Chess House |language=en}}</ref>

Invented by Thomas Bright Wilson of Manchester Chess Club, the clocks were first used during competition at the [[London 1883 chess tournament|London 1883 tournament]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Vidmar |first=Milan |title=Goldene Schachzeiten: Erinnerungen |publisher=W. de Gruyter |year=1960 |isbn=978-3-11-002095-3 |pages=10 |author-link=Milan Vidmar}}</ref> Chess clocks were first used extensively in tournament [[chess]], and are often called ''game clocks''. Their use has since spread to tournament [[Scrabble]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feinstein |first=PJ |date=2022-12-01 |title=13 Obscure Scrabble Rules Serious Players Need to Know |url=https://www.rd.com/list/obscure-scrabble-rules/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Reader's Digest}}</ref> [[shogi]], [[Go (board game)|Go]], and nearly every competitive two-player [[board game]], as well as other types of games.  They have also been used in some legal settings where each side or party is allotted a specific amount of time for arguments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abe |first=Kirstin L. |date=December 2018 |title=Up Against the Clock – Time Limits in Civil Trials |url=https://www.iadclaw.org/assets/1/19/TrialTechniquesTactics_December_2018.pdf |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=International Association of Defense Counsel |at=Page 2, note 1}}</ref>