Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 14:39:13 11/15/99
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On November 15, 1999 at 16:46:50, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 15, 1999 at 16:41:06, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On November 15, 1999 at 15:16:22, Peter Kappler wrote: >> >>>If we play 60 10, early round starts at noon, late round at 3pm >>>If we play 90 10, early round starts at 11am, late round at 3pm >> >>60 10 please or it will start too early and/or run too late. It's a matter of 6 >>hours of chess as opposed to 8 hours of chess, I would much prefer 6. >> >>Assuing 60 10, here is how this would work: >> >>PST: Start at 9 a.m., end at perhaps 3 p.m. >>Bob: Start at 11 p.m., end at perhaps 5 p.m. that should be 11 a.m. I think. >>EST: Start at 12 p.m., end at perhaps 6 p.m. >>GMT: Start at 5 p.m., end at perhaps 11 p.m. >> >>That sounds reasonable, but I think it can move an hour either way without >>killing anyone. > >Which direction would you like to push this, and how much? I'm assuming 60 10 >but I'm not trying to railroad that, so respond as if it's 90 10 if you wish. Firstly I strongly support fixed round times, I think the tournament is much more likely to be successful that way. I think it makes sense to optimise the times to be convenient to the majority of participants, although this will no doubt be slightly inconvenient to me. I'm happy enough to play at odd hours if we have a really good tournament. Right now we (NZ) are at GMT + 13, so the round times quoted above would translate to me starting at 6am, and going through to 12 noon. That is absolutely fine by me. Any earlier than 6am is getting a little painful, but I'd probably do it anyway I strongly support the 60 10 time control, it makes the tournament much easier to fit into ones life and makes it easier to play at a half decent time in all time zones. > >I could go several hours earlier if I had to. > >bruce
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