Author: Alan Grotier
Date: 18:09:52 07/04/03
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On July 04, 2003 at 16:50:30, Mike Byrne wrote: >On July 04, 2003 at 15:49:13, Alan Grotier wrote: > >> >> Have never owned a chess clock.Want to play more games with humans instead >> of computors. >> >> Amature games only no tournement games. Digital or Analogue? >> All comments welcome. >> >> Alan > >Analog clocks are usuallu a little less expensive. The ones in wood housing >look very nice. Digital clocks can be more expensive. They usually have a >plastic shell. > >Digital > >1. More accurate - if you play blitz that could be important. Mike, thanks : Great input. Alan > >2. The newer ones handle Fischer, Bronstein and other nifty time controls that >can not be handled by an analog. > >3. Some of the Digital , like DGT, can handle all sorts of time controls that >can be set once before the game start. For example 40/80/SD/30 or 40/80/15/30 >with the 15/30 repeating. > >Analog > >1. Not as accurate unless you get a quartz analog (not sure if anybody makes >one). > >2. Sometimes, it it housed in a nice wood case. > >3. Clock must be reset for each time control. > >4. They do not handle Fischer, etc time variants.
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