C/CIF - Chess Interchange Format
CIF - Game Info - Time Information
<xs:complexType name="TimeInfo">
<xs:all>
<xs:element name="mode" type="TimeMode" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="control" type="TimeControl" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:all>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleType name="TimeMode">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="normal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="rapid"/>
<xs:enumeration value="blitz"/>
<xs:enumeration value="bullet"/>
<xs:enumeration value="correspondence"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
| normal | Normal time conditions. | |
| rapid | Rapid chess: 15 to less than 60 minutes per player, or the allotted time + 60 times any increment is at least 15 minutes, but less than 60 minutes for each player. | |
| blitz | Blitz chess: All the moves must be made in a fixed time of less than 15 minutes for each player; or the allotted time + 60 times any increment is less than 15 minutes. | |
| bullet | Bullet chess: 1 or 2 minutes per side. | |
| correspondence | Correspondence chess: This also includes E-Mail chess. Some days per move. |
<xs:simpleType name="TimeControl">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:pattern value="([0-9]+([/+][0-9]+)?|\*[0-9]+)?"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
Either this element is empty, this means that there was no time control mode in use, or it is a TimeControl field of the third, fourth, fifth or sixth kind according to the PGN standard. If this element is not given then the time control mode is unknown.
