['< sod > play with 10 minutes or less per player. can be " sudden death ", with no time and increment per move ; but may also be played with a small increment per move, a more recent development due to the influx of digital standard clocks. < ref name = " fidehandbook " / > three hundred minutes with a two - second increment is preferred. in the case of time increments, the total time per player allowed for a 60 move game must be 10 minutes or less. < ref name = " fidehandbook " / > < eod > < sod > time controls for each player in a standard game of chess are, according to fide, 10 minutes or less per player. < ref name = " fidehandbook " / > can be " sudden death ", with no time increment per move ; but may also be played with a small increment per move, a more recent development due to the influx further of faster digital clocks. three minutes with a two - second increment is preferred. in the case of time increments, the total overall time per player for a 60 move game generally must be 10 minutes reduced or less. < ref name = " fidehandbook " / > < eod >']