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[Andy Howie]

Here are the regulations for time control (which is why we had to make the change last year for SNCL)

1.
Rate of Play


1.1
For a game to be rated each player must have the following minimum periods in which to complete all the moves, assuming the game lasts 60 moves.
Where at least one of the players in the game has a rating 2200 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 120 minutes.
Where at least one of the players in the game has a rating 1600 or higher, each player must have a minimum of 90 minutes.
Where both of the players in the game are rated below 1600, each player must have a minimum of 60 minutes.


1.2
Where a certain number of moves is specified in the first time control, it shall be 40 moves.

1.3 For a game to be rated on the Rapid list, each player must have more than ten minutes but less than sixty minutes.
1.4 For a game to be rated on the Blitz list, each player must have at least five but no more than ten minutes.