Author: David Dory
Date: 07:51:14 09/07/02
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On September 07, 2002 at 01:08:08, Terry Ripple wrote: >It's too bad that even our World Chess Events are going to faster and faster >time controls, but why is this? Is it a combination of a faster paced society >that is always in a rush to go from point A to point B and/or has no patience >like our past generations had? Does anyone have a good explanation for this ? > >Regards, > Terry From a historical perspective, it might be seen as evolutionary. Before the advent of time controls with chess games, it was absolutely horrid! I recall reading of one (male) player who actually began crying because his opponent took so damn long to make each move! I'd hate to see everything go Blitz, but as another poster noted - it's impossible to get live coverage when each game lasts for hours. The players want to be paid fairly - rightly so, and the sponsors want the coverage - again only fair. I don't think the faster time controls are as dreadful as I thought they would be to the quality of the games. David
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