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Subject: Re: Concerning the "50 move rule"

Author: Steve Coladonato

Date: 05:33:24 04/05/00

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On April 05, 2000 at 08:27:10, blass uri wrote:

>On April 05, 2000 at 07:30:37, Steve Coladonato wrote:
>
>>On April 04, 2000 at 23:22:05, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>My opinion about the 50 move rule is that is should be discontinued in games
>>>which have a sudden death time control.  There seems to be no reason for a move
>>>limit when there is already a time limit.  Since a game cannot last "forever" as
>>>in years past why should there be a 50 move rule?
>>>Other opinions?
>>>Jim Walker
>>
>>Most games that have a sudden death time control also have a delay setting.
>
>I think that you are wrong at least for tournaments in Israel and I am not sure
>if you are right about most of the games in other countries.
>
>Most of my tournament games have no delay setting.
>Most of them are 90 minutes/30 moves+1 hour/rest of the game or 120 minutes/40
>moves+1 hour/rest of the game.
>
>Today there are no postponed games like in the past and I guess that in 90% of
>the tournaments there is no fisher time control but only time control that is
>similiar to most of my tournament games.
>
>Uri

I guess the delay setting is not universal.  However, USCF tournaments that have
a sudden death time control also provide for the delay.

Steve



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