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i am going to be playing in my first tournment shortly and don't understand the time time controls.  I was told"games will be played at a time control of SD 90 min "

does this mean that each side is given 90 min or is it 90 minutes total?

Thanks

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ForzaJuve wrote:

i am going to be playing in my first tournment shortly and don't understand the time time controls.  I was told"games will be played at a time control of SD 90 min "

does this mean that each side is given 90 min or is it 90 minutes total?

Thanks


This should help http://www.jaderiver.com/chess/controls.html