Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 18:19:54 11/16/99
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On November 16, 1999 at 12:56:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I should have read more carefully. "Bob" time??
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