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Creating a FIDE time control...Is it 45+45 or 50+50 etc...

What is the best time control to simulate an actual FIDE tournament?

FIDE says "90 minutes for first 40 moves and then 30 sec increment added since then". How do I simulate this on Lichess? Is it 45+45 or 50+50 etc...
At this moment there is no way to simulate FIDE time control exactly on lichess. But I don't think that's important for you, play on such a control you find comfortable to play, where you don't feel a huge time pressure most of the times. And analyze your games, find the way of improving yourself. Also solve tactics. The skill will increase for every time control.
Thanks for the feedback...

Do you not find it strange that chess websites don't allow you to simulate FIDE time controls because ultimately, if we ever go into tournaments, that would be the time control.

So, it would be good practice for us to condition ourselves for such a time control. Well, i guess not...I am not a good player so I might be unreasonable with these assumptions
The closest to that would be 70 + 30.
After 40 moves you would have gotten 20 extra minutes, for a total of 90. From then on you get 30 seconds increment.
FIDE time control:
100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
The closest is 165+30. This time control is not suitable for online chess games.
It would be nice to have a time control such as: 10 minutes for 40 moves, then 5 minutes for 20 moves, then 1.5 minute to the end of the game, with a 3-second increment from move 1.
I agree that it would be nice to have FIDE like time controls possible.
IIRC it was possible on playchess to do something like that.
Currently no matter what time control you play, once you are down to the increment you will be there pretty much for the rest of the game. It would be nice if one could reach move 40 for some extra thinking time.

I guess a small problem would be that it further splits up the time controls however it seems pretty riskless to try. (one could just remove it again if no one uses it since it would still fall in the already existing rapid/classical categories)

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