time control

Noun

 * 1)  A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.
 * 2)  A point in the game in which the parameters of the time limits increase, especially in classical chess.

Translations

 * German:
 * Italian: controllo del tempo
 * Russian: контроль времени