[EDIT] April fools! Sadly, life nonetheless strikes fairly quick, however Lichess now not has decrement time controls. Because of all people taking part in our 1-1 Enviornment, it was enjoyable!

We’re all busy folks! Typically we don’t have time for an extended chess recreation. More often than not even! Ever for the reason that daybreak of on-line chess, we’ve been pushing quicker and quicker time controls: blitz, bullet, hyper bullet, extremely bullet! Nicely we’re pushing additional as soon as once more.

Introducing: decrement time controls! In case you don’t have the time for a ¼+0 recreation, strive a ¼-1. Each transfer you play takes a further second off your clock. This provides you an added incentive to complete your opponent shortly, since there’s solely time for 15 strikes even when you play immediately!

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No extra infuriating defeats resulting from time scrambles! Don’t belief in your mouse, belief in good strikes! This replace may even incentivise chess to be extra appropriate for short-video primarily based media whereas nonetheless sustaining an moral standpoint of high quality over amount like OTB:

We hope you take pleasure in this replace on in the present day, April 1st! Have enjoyable in our inaugural decrement area https://lichess.org/event/losetime.