How to Tell the Time Control of a Game

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xman720

May 4, 2015

This is a question I see posted a lot in response to games posted on the forums. People want to know whether there are mistakes because of bullet or just blunders etc.) You actually don't need to ask the original poster this. It's very simple to find the time controls yourself.

Step 1:

Here is a picture of what I am talking about. Somebody posts a game (with or without a link to it) and you want to know the time control.

Now, that little button in the bottom left corner is the PGN/FEN.

Now click "get PGN/FEN"

Now scroll up, and "Time controls" is one of the many things stored in the PGN format.

Sometimes this may not work. This is because players want to delete the identify of their opponent, but instead of doing just that they simply erase all the PGN except for the raw game.

However, in most cases, you should be able to find the time control just find using this method. If they have a link to the game, you can check there too.