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how much time is given in a chess tournament
International chess has a standard time control of 40 moves in 2 hours and then an extra hour to reach move 60.
What instrument is used to measure time in chess tournament?
Chess clocks are used in chess and other two-player games where the players move in turn.
When the chess clock first used in a tournament?
The first time that game clocks were used in a chess tournament was in the London 1883 tournament.

Question: Have the clocks improved?
Self-contained rewrite: Have chess clocks been improved from their beginnings?