Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:56:30 11/16/99
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On November 16, 1999 at 11:17:43, Ricardo Gibert 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. >>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. There is _nothing_ 'flexible' in the above times. 9am PST == 11AM CST = 12PM EST = 5pm GMT.
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