Author: Harald Faber
Date: 06:53:02 12/15/98
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On December 15, 1998 at 09:39:51, Micheal Cummings wrote: >>Although 20/1h is the same as 40/2h, usually 1st time control is after 40 moves, >>so 40/2h+20/1h+20/1h+20/1h+.... >>This can be very long, if you play 100 moves then it will be 10h altogether. >>That is why in Germany (and I think in some other European countries) another >>time control is getting more popular: 40/2h+rest/1h, that limits the total >>playing time to 6h. > >Double :-) > >I was getting confused here for a sec because I have heard people say play games >win 30min time setting, that could mean 30 min total time, which is 15mins for >each player, or it could also mean a 30min time setting for each player making >it a hour game. > >So when I hear 40/2hr, I have seen it also referred to as 40 moves by each side >in 1hr, Thus a total time of 2 hrs, with each side making 40 moves for there own >hour. So therefor it could also read 80/2hr total. Am I confusing you yet :-) No because I know how the time controls are. :-) >But you are saying that each player has 40 moves to make in 2hrs. Which what >sounds like a 2hr game is really a 4hr game if 40moves were made for each side. Absolutely correct, but you forget the additional time for further 20 moves EACH PLAYER again has 1h. >so in total 80 moves will take 4hrs, 40 moves takes 2hrs, with only each side >making 20 moves an hour. OK, so I'll start to confuse YOU. :-) Differ between moves and half-moves. :-) One move consists of 2 half moves, one white half-move and a black half-move. So all in all after 4h there are still only 40 moves made (or better: have to be made, if less you loose) which can be seen by you as 80 HALF-MOVES. :-) >Have I confused you more yet :-) No; did I?
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