Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:41:52 02/05/01
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On February 05, 2001 at 13:21:34, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>Since the game clock needs to be adjusted, I find the rule prohibiting time
>>>control change in the program hard to believe. I always thought that anytime you
>>>adjust the game clock you are allowed to adjust programs internal clock.
>>>
>>>-Andrew-
>>
>>I agree that it is absurd not to allow changing the clock of the program based
>>on the digital clock but some operators do not have the same opinion.
>>
>>Shredder4 lost the last game in the israeli league because the operator believed
>>that he has no right to change the times on the program's clock during the game.
>>
>>He used 100 minutes /40 moves instead of 120 minutes for 40 moves but he had to
>>do other things during the game so the time difference was not enough.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Uri i'm still not getting the problem. If i play with my program under
>windows then the DGT clock is connected to the board and that's
>connected to the program, what's the problem here?
>
>Any adjustment to the clock automatically gets updated to the program.
Since what you are saying is completely logical I can only presume the DGT clock
is NOT connected to the board, that the board is not electronic, and that the
program is therefore not receiving the moves electronically, but manually. Am I
correct Uri?
Albert
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