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As always, chess is not backgammon!

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Saturday, 27 December 2014, at 11:54 p.m.

In Response To: Don't overthink (Daniel Murphy)

Daniel wrote: A rule that requires scrupulous attention to following certain procedures might be right for a game like a chess where a player has 2.5 hours to make 40 moves, and another rule might be right for a game like backgammon where a player might have to make 400 moves in half that time.

You have put your finger on the key difference that makes comparisons with chess almost meaningless. I have trouble with the 12-second delays that are common in the U.S. already. I much prefer the 18-second delays that are used in Japan. If you want to give me 90 minutes or 2.5 hours of bank time, however, I will gladly let you toss in the rules and ethics of chess clocks.

But I'm still not giving you touch-move! That's a whole other discussion (which has its answer in the subject line above).

Mike

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