Handbook ::  C. General Rules and Recommendations for Tournaments

08. Time Control

There is a single time control for all major FIDE events: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

The list of FIDE events where this single time control will be used:

Chess Olympiads
World Team Championships
Continental Team Championships
World Cup
Continental Championships
Zonal Tournaments
World Youth & Junior Championships
Continental Youth & Junior Championships
World School Championships
Continental Club Championships
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Aronian Levon 500
Radjabov Teimour 363,3
Grischuk Alexander 363,3
Wang Yue 353,3
Gashimov Vugar 328,3
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