WEBVTT 00:01.140 --> 00:01.780 Hi there. 00:03.450 --> 00:07.890 One of the important ways of winning games of chance is simply on the clock. 00:08.820 --> 00:16.230 The clock was introduced into tournament chess playing way back in 1883, the London settlement of 1893. 00:16.560 --> 00:20.580 Before then, plans could spend like days on their moves with no penalty. 00:21.990 --> 00:25.830 And since then, the clock has also become digital. 00:25.860 --> 00:30.050 You can see a digital clock, their example, and you press your side of the clock. 00:30.060 --> 00:36.040 The opponent's clock is ticking down and if it goes to zero, then you win on time. 00:36.840 --> 00:44.820 The old style clocks had a literal black flag, analog clocks and the flag would literally fold. 00:44.820 --> 00:49.830 This flag, which was like sometimes teetering on the edge, would fall and you can set the clocks for 00:49.840 --> 00:51.100 even extreme time limits. 00:51.120 --> 00:54.660 It doesn't have to be long time that it can even be five minutes. 00:54.690 --> 00:55.500 That's like the above. 00:55.710 --> 00:57.360 I'm a big fan of five minute chess. 00:58.500 --> 01:03.430 I play lots and lots of five minute chats with friends like Paul, Georgia and its influences because 01:03.570 --> 01:09.360 Karalis even arranged in five minutes almost unofficial, not for right to anything, just for fun. 01:10.290 --> 01:16.740 And yeah, as part of my journey in chess to play a lot of blitz what I call blitz chess when it's a 01:17.010 --> 01:23.400 30 minute chess that's called Rapide, when it's one minute chess, the extreme is bullet chess, Capulet 01:23.400 --> 01:23.790 chess. 01:24.240 --> 01:26.280 So winning on time is a big part of the game. 01:26.970 --> 01:29.850 Even in standard club control games. 01:29.850 --> 01:34.980 You say it's like an hour and a quarter each with extra time at the end. 01:35.500 --> 01:39.960 Even in those games, though, you've got to be aware, you know, how much clock reserves do you have? 01:39.960 --> 01:41.460 How much time do you have? 01:41.670 --> 01:46.590 Sometimes you need to play practical moves and not be such a perfectionist on each and every move. 01:47.110 --> 01:50.430 As long as you run the risk of losing on time, even in a winning position. 01:51.060 --> 01:52.920 Imagine how you lost in this position. 01:52.920 --> 01:54.180 You're about to make the opponent. 01:54.180 --> 01:56.740 Imagine the tragic effect this would have. 01:56.760 --> 01:57.900 You're about to make them. 02:00.150 --> 02:01.530 You know, it's inevitable here. 02:01.530 --> 02:03.630 But imagine your clock runs out. 02:03.630 --> 02:06.480 You don't want this situation where you lose all time. 02:07.110 --> 02:09.440 You know, say they play a friend. 02:09.450 --> 02:15.630 You did have time to play in this position, Quincy Free Track. 02:15.630 --> 02:17.910 And they took and then you could checkmate them. 02:18.280 --> 02:21.570 You have that lovely feeling of checkmating, checkmating them. 02:22.050 --> 02:23.910 But you've got to be aware of your clock time. 02:23.910 --> 02:25.410 It's like the fuel in your car. 02:25.410 --> 02:26.700 You know, you have to refuel. 02:26.700 --> 02:29.760 Sometimes you have to make sure you got enough fuel in your car. 02:29.760 --> 02:31.800 Sometimes clocks are played with increments. 02:32.250 --> 02:35.460 So when you play a move, you actually gain a little bit of time in the clock. 02:36.030 --> 02:39.180 A lot of professional tournaments, all with increments. 02:39.960 --> 02:42.900 And that makes the end games of high quality. 02:42.900 --> 02:49.380 In fact, it was Bobby Fischer that kind of introduced that idea of the clock him and increments. 02:51.510 --> 03:01.500 To improve the quality of endgames, so, yes, the clock is an important tool of a chess game and it 03:01.500 --> 03:06.040 can be sent to a very fast time limits and especially online. 03:06.390 --> 03:09.330 You know, it's it's just hugely popular nowadays. 03:09.330 --> 03:15.000 The fastest tournaments, but not in corresponding style chess, like a chess board. 03:15.000 --> 03:20.060 You can always have games measured in days per move and you can still lose on time. 03:20.070 --> 03:24.870 So even on the five day game, if you forget about your games, you can still lose on something. 03:24.900 --> 03:30.030 You've got to be aware there were time limits, sets, and you've got to respect the clock. 03:30.210 --> 03:31.490 It's an important resource. 03:31.890 --> 03:37.020 It's almost it needs to be factored in as part of your chess board evaluation, your clock time. 03:37.500 --> 03:42.660 Sometimes you might need to play for a quick, quicker checkmate because if your local clock time. 03:42.960 --> 03:49.080 So it's an important consideration to play in a practical manner within the clock time constraints. 03:49.620 --> 03:51.630 OK, that's how much.