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Subject: Re: CM 9000 vs GM Christianson

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:12:59 09/30/02

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On September 30, 2002 at 11:51:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On September 30, 2002 at 04:05:19, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>What does the time control 120 + 120 mean?
>>Kurt
>
>
>two minutes initial time on the clock (120 seconds), + 120 seconds
>added after each move.  This is really wrong, however, as the first
>time should generally be in minutes, not seconds, as it makes the PGN
>look like a very long game was played.

Who says the first number should be in minutes? ICC also says "120+120" in its
PGN output.

I would agree with you, however, if you are saying that the STANDARD got it
wrong. It does LOOK wrong, even if it (according to the standard) is not.

jm



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