Strategy

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Recommended thinking times for your Chu Shogi game

Assuming 150 moves per player	the 8 p.m. game	the 8 p.m. game	the 6 p.m. game	the tournament game	[German]/[European championship]
			tournament game
Expected time of one game	1:30 h	2:30 h /	4:25 h	6:00 h	7:30 h /
		3:00 h			8:45 h
Average time per move	17 sec	30 sec /	53 sec	1:10 min	1:30 min /
		35 sec			1:45 min
Bronstein-/	10 sec	15 sec /	30 sec	40 sec	60 sec
normal Byoyomi		20 sec
time for 40 moves to Bronstein byoyomi	5 min	10 min	15 min	20 min	20 min /
					30 min
time for 40 moves to normal byoyomi	10 min	17:30 min /	30 min	40 min	50 min /
		20 min			60 min
write Kifu	no	no	yes	yes	Yes

5 min difference for 40 moves changes the playing time by 40 min

5 sec Bronstein-changes it by 25 min!

For both columns of the 8 o’clock game Fischer Byoyomi 2. is better than Bronstein, because you may collect time with a few quick moves!

In the table complete use of the Bronstein byoyomi is supposed. It is more realistic to assume that the actual time played in a tournament game as well as in a "German"/ "European championchip" is shorter by something between 0:30 h and 1:00 h.

Legend

"Bronstein": This method applies from the first move. The principal thinking time is reduced by delay. Before the principal thinking time is reduced, the player has a fixed amount of time to complete a move. It is not possible to aggregate thinking time by playing more quickly as it is in the "Fischer" method.
"Fischer": In addition to the extra time available per move, the player is also allotted an extra amount of principal thinking time after a predetermined number of moves has been completed. With some quick moves, you may be able to aggregate some thinking time.

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