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Tournaments on FICS: Lichess uses these relays (source: statements from Lichess developer on Reddit, don't know if we can cite that but it was from the developer)
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[[Time control#Compensation (delay methods)|Fischer delay]] is popular: the time control is specified by two numbers, the minutes each player is allotted at the start of the game, and the seconds added to a player's clock after making a move (the ''increment''). For example, in the popular 2–12 time controls, each player receives 2 minutes at the beginning of the game, and 12 seconds are added to a player's clock after they make a move. Since all games are assumed to last 40 moves for format classification purposes, 2–12 is grouped with 10-minutes-per-player (10=2+12*40/60).{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
 
The timeseal is a utility which allows the server to adjust for the effects of internet [[lag (video games)|lag]]. Each move is time-stamped locally and the time isit takes for each command to travel to the server is not deducted from the player's clock. This method of time stamping each move is helpful for players with slow internet connections. FICS does not track lag centrally and does not permit users to exclude persistent laggers.<ref name=":0" />
 
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