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Subject: Re: New FIDE time controls ?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:55:16 02/05/01

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On February 05, 2001 at 15:41:52, Albert Silver wrote:

>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

Yes

This was the situation in the Israeli league.

Uri



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