I would just like to add something to the equation here. I get pulled into a great many "3 wins" matches in the finals sections of tournaments. If you look at my profile, it looks like I have only 1 completed game of Gothic Chess for the whole year, when in fact I have some games wrapped up in the envelope of 3-wins matches that have not "counted" yet.

I would like to think that any such completed game, even though not yet "known" to the outside world, should be able to reset such a timer countdown.

I mention this because some of these 3-wins matches are very, very long.