Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 08:17:43 11/16/99
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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. >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. > >bruce This idea of flexible playing times will kill spectator interest. This is a bad idea. Besides, when computer events go on in europe, americans pay the price or don't play. Now it should the americans turn to play at a convenient time. All the games going on at the same time maximizes spectator interest.
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