Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 00:55:11 09/08/02
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On September 08, 2002 at 03:35:56, Stuzzi Kadent wrote:
>On September 07, 2002 at 14:05:11, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>On September 07, 2002 at 11:40:36, Alastair Scott wrote:
>>
>>>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?
>>>
>>>Because they're fairer; there only ever has been a finite time for playing games
>>>after work, for example, and quite a lot of the 'solutions' to this were grossly
>>>flawed.
>>>
>>>I remember playing in chess leagues, even 10 years ago, where the time control
>>>was 40 moves in two hours and then adjudication.
>>>
>>>Adjudication is a dreadful idea because:
>>>
>>>i. it means that players get very little endgame practice;
>>>
>>>ii. it encouraged the player with an advantage to sit on their position;
>>>
>>>iii. quite often it seemed the adjudicated result was drawn from a hat in any
>>>case.
>>>
>>>40 moves in an hour and a half then the clocks back 15 minutes and a blitz
>>>finish is much more like it :)
>>>
>>>I also like the 30 minute per game tournaments, another time control which
>>>didn't exist 20 years ago; six rounds can comfortably be played in a day.
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>>That might solve your adjudication problem, but it makes the game "superficial".
>>I doubt very much with a 30 min. per game that you are going to see great chess!
>>There might be some good moves early in the game but the moves will start to
>>become more and more superficial as the game progresses nearer to the end!
>>
>>Regards,
>> Terry
>
>I stil think Fischer clocks are part of the answer. Though they nominally appear
>to make game lengths open ended, they are fairer on the nerves and as time
>controls. You do not suddenly get a time scramble before move 40 and then a
>slackening when presented with breathing space- many errors are committed just
>after the time control. And players need never be forced to play mere blitz
>moves with all their errors.
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I totally agree with you on the Fischer clocks! If they need to go to faster
time controls then atleast allow the Fischer time controls.
Regards,
Terry
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