4 There are four types of regular (not wild or bughouse) chess played on this
5 chess server: Untimed, Lightning, Blitz and Standard.
7 A game is "Standard" if the expected duration of the game is 15 minutes or
8 more. "Expected duration" is determined by a formula that takes into account
9 both the Start time and the Increment (Inc) value. Here is the formula:
11 Expected duration = (Start + Inc*2/3)
13 The following table shows the slowest Blitz and fastest Standard time
14 controls, the dividing line if you will between those two types of matches.
15 [Thanks to schwartzeer for the calculations. :) ]
17 Slowest Blitz Fastest Standard
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38 As you can see, not every game with more minutes to start is Standard and
39 not every game with few minutes to start is Blitz.
41 You can list logged on users according to their Standard ratings by typing
42 "who s". "Standard" is also a variable that can be used in formulas in order
43 to screen match requests.
45 See Also: blitz formula lightning match who
47 [Last modified: December 25, 1995 -- Friar]