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Subject: Re: What about FIDE time control?

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 10:14:36 10/04/03

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On October 04, 2003 at 10:39:24, Harald Faber wrote:

>On October 04, 2003 at 09:12:01, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On October 04, 2003 at 07:26:13, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>On October 03, 2003 at 12:52:40, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 03, 2003 at 09:02:21, Harald Faber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Ed and Lex,
>>>>>haven't heard from you for some days about the time control problem 40/120'+60'
>>>>>for Rebel 12 Win in CP 5.3.
>>>>>In the meantime s.th. new or any suggestions as workaround?
>>>>
>>>>There is no solution without a program change and extended testing so this will
>>>>take some time.
>>>>
>>>>My best,
>>>>
>>>>Ed
>>
>>>I have an idea:
>>>What about 40/120' + 20/30' + 100/30' or s.th. like that?
>>>Can Rebel/CP handle this?
>>
>>CP supports only 2 time controls and so it has been programmed, thus the answer
>>is no. Sorry for the bad news.
>>
>>My best,
>>
>>Ed


>I don't understand why this for several years now established time control is
>not implemented in Rebel yet. I don't think this is a minority request and I
>also don't understand why you haven't implemented that time control even when
>you went to championships. Instead you used some workaround like 3min/move
>average or so. Sometimes programmer's decisions look strange for users.

Harald, you are trying to understand the mind of a chess programmer, there is no
point in doing that, before you know you become as crazy as he is, be careful!


>However, does Rebel at least handle the current FIDE time control which is 90
>minutes per game plus 30sec bonus for each move IIRC?

I triple-checked, surprise surprise, there is!

Take care,

Ed :)




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