Correspondence increment TC

[ddugovic]

Most correspondence chess systems (both by mail and online) prefer "X days + Y days/move" which allows players to budget their time throughout a game.

(Other systems also have "vacation time"; Lichess already has a [+] button so a generous opponent could add time.)

[ddugovic]

Here is a reference which mentions Chess Tempo as a good correspondence site: https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/15277/are-there-any-websites-that-allow-standard-correspondence-chess-time-controls

[ddugovic]

Currently we have "D days/move" with a maximum/ceiling of D days (in the case of an opponent clicking the "more time" button).

Ideas to help reduce accidental timeouts without significantly increasing average game duration:
a) Increase the ceiling C to min(30, D + D) (and after a player's move, add D days to their clock, not to exceed C)
b) Same as a) but allow players to specify that ceiling during a seek
c) Do what other sites do with "vacation days" although I doubt that scales well

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[Pablo-No]

I think this is still relevant, I would like to have this feature because then people who are loosing can't always wait the full 14 days to move then will loose time for next move.