page_title: Chess tournament
section_title: The chess clock
hierarchical_section_title: Chess tournament / Rules / The chess clock
caption_attribution_description: English: A chess clock. A typical analog chess clock. Note the two separate timers. Français&#160;: Pendule classique. Pendule d'échecs classique. Les boutons sur la partie supérieure permettent de stopper l'une des pendules en activant l'autre. Italiano: Orologio da scacchi meccanico. Un tipico orologio per scacchi analogico. 日本語: 対局時計（アナログ式）. アナログ式のチェス・クロック. Македонски: Аналоген шаховски часовник. Polski: Klasyczny zegar szachowy. Português: Um relógio de xadrez analógico típico. Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Analogni šahovski sat. Slovenščina: Analogna šahovska ura. Српски / srpski: Аналогни шаховски сат.
context_page_description: A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among serious players.
  Today, the most recognized chess tournaments for individual competition include the Linares chess tournament and the Tata Steel chess tournament. The largest team chess tournament is the Chess Olympiad, in which players compete for their country's team in the same fashion as the Olympic Games. Since the 1950s, chess computers have even begun entering the tournament scene.
  Most chess tournaments are organized and ruled according to the World Chess Federation handbook, which offers guidelines and regulations for conducting tournaments. Chess tournaments are mainly held in either round-robin style, Swiss system style or elimination style to determine a winning party.
context_section_description: A chess clock is a clock with two separate time displays of which only one display can be running at a time. The player with the black pieces will initiate their opponent's timer at the start of the game. Thus the player with the white pieces will have their timer running first, and will make the first move. The player or the arbiter may end the game at any time after the player's opponent has overstepped their time limit. If a timed out clock remains unnoticed, the game will continue as normal. If the game needs to be interrupted, the arbiter shall stop the clock.
  Due to most tournaments having increment or delay as well as digital clocks being more precise, digital chess clocks are the preferred choice of equipment in tournaments.
caption: A typical analog chess clock. Note the two separate timers.
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