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Subject: Re: 1 0 is chess

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 18:38:38 03/28/99

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On March 28, 1999 at 20:50:13, Alexander Davies wrote:

>On March 28, 1999 at 13:44:03, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>"1 0" (there is a space between the 1 and the 0), means one minute base time and
>>no increment.
>>
>>So this is a super-blitz time control, the fastest one allowed on the servers.
>>
>>bruce
>
>It is possible to play 0 0 games, since the minimum
>base time is actually 10 seconds (not 0 seconds).
>
>On a related note, can anyone confirm that if you
>move in less than half a second, your clock doesn't
>decrement?

0 0 games on the chess servers are actually untimed games.  Infinite time limit.
 AFAIK, the servers count time in 1/10 second increments, but they only display
seconds.  If you move fast enough, your clock will not decrement, but after a
few moves it will.

Jeremiah



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