what does 15/ 10 mean?

An example night help. We start a 15/10 game and its my move first. The clock starts and I make a move after 3 seconds, so I've got 14m57s left, but i get an extra 10s per move so the clock now shows 15m07s. My second move takes 27s so 15m07s - 27s = 14m40s left but again I get 10s for the 2nd move=14m50s.

Does that help?

thanks for explaning

1½, I think.

Bobby Fischer, the former world chess champion, invented the revolutionary game of Chess960 and patented the innovative timing method now known as Increment or Bonus.

"A specified amount of time is added to the player's main time each move unless the player's main time ran out before they completed their move."

I don't like it but it seems to be the norm at the moment. I think maybe when people have finally got over the excitement of having had digital clocks for 20 years, they might eventually realise that fixed endings for chess games may be preferable.

Thanks!

Guys, it's not that hard to understand...

It's too slow for me just saying I play 10|0