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Question about time spending for a move.

Posted By: GeorgeMJ23
Date: Wednesday, 7 September 2011, at 1:51 p.m.

I always wondered how much time players spend in their moves, how much time in official tournaments and how the arbiters or the players themselves handle this.

One at a time:

On normal/informal matches:
a)How much on average do you spend thinking on a move before playing it? Also how much at most you had spent for a (difficult-obviously) move?

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On formal matches/official tournaments, e.g World Championship:
b)The same question.

c)Since i've noticed there is not time limitation for a move or for the whole game for Backgammon, how the time situation is handled? I mean, can a player think for 2 minutes for a move? Obviously he can if there is no clock keeping, and he can also spend 5 minutes but that would be ridiculous, so we just rely on fair play and logic of every player not to do such thing?

d)How much time on average, a move lasts?

By the way where can i find the official rules of Backgammon World Championship?

Messages In This Thread

• Question about time spending for a move.
  GeorgeMJ23 -- Wednesday, 7 September 2011, at 1:51 p.m.
  • Question about time spending for a move.
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 7 September 2011, at 3:13 p.m.
  • Question about time spending for a move.
    Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 7 September 2011, at 11:03 p.m.
  • Question about time spending for a move.
    Michael Crane -- Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 7:50 a.m.
    • Question about time spending for a move.
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 8:15 p.m.
      • Question about time spending for a move.
        Michael Crane -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 8:53 a.m.
        • Question about time spending for a move.
          Stick -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 9:18 a.m.
          • Question about time spending for a move.
            Michael Crane -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 12:56 p.m.