Board and rules
Reloj y tiempo de juego
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Chess clock
Level: BeginnerA device with two connected time displays that separately measures each player's available thinking time.
Digital chess clock
Level: BasicAn electronic two-display clock that controls playing time and supports programmable modes such as increment and delay.
Mechanical chess clock
Level: BasicA non-electronic chess clock with two linked mechanisms and a physical flag indicating the end of a time period.
Talking chess clock
Level: IntermediateAn accessible chessclock that speaks the time and, depending on the model, the move count.
Time display
Level: BasicEither of the two parts of a chessclock that shows one player's remaining time.
Clock flag
Level: BasicThe indicator on each side of a chess clock showing that a player’s allotted time has expired.
Move-counter
Level: IntermediateA clock device that records how many times each player has pressed their clock control.
Press the clock
Level: BeginnerTo operate the button or lever that stops your time and starts your opponent's time.
Flag-fall
Level: BasicFlag-fall is the signal that a player's allotted time on the chess clock has expired.
Timeout
Level: BasicTimeout means a player failed to complete the required moves before their chess clock reached zero.
Simultaneous flag-fall
Level: AdvancedA situation in which both clocks show expired time and the order of the two flag-falls cannot be established.
Draw on time
Level: IntermediateA draw when a player's time expires but the opponent cannot checkmate through any legal sequence of moves.
