Implement Match Pause and Resume for Extended Games

[famvilianity-eng]

Implement Match Pause and Resume for Extended Games

Priority: Medium
Estimated Time: 2 hours

Description

Long chess matches (simuls, blindfold) may span multiple days. The escrow contract should support pausing matches without losing stake or state.

Tasks

• Add Paused state to match lifecycle
• Implement pause_match(env, match_id) — either player, sets match to Paused
• Implement resume_match(env, match_id) — either player, sets match back to Active
• Update timeout calculation to exclude pause duration
• Add tests for pause/resume cycle

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[Killerjunior]

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@Killerjunior's PR #1021 was approved and merged by @famvilianity-eng.

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