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Pgh LAbor Day BG Tourn- Director's Decision

Posted By: Barry Silliman
Date: Wednesday, 5 September 2012, at 3:08 p.m.

In Response To: Pgh LAbor Day BG Tourn- Director's Decision (Bob Koca)

Bob Koca wrote: It may seem counterintuitive but the better players can often benefit from more think time than a lesser player. They have more reference positions to compare to and know how to do a possibly time consuming helpful calculation if needed.

I agree completely. For this reason I feel that clocks provide the weaker player an advantage over not using clocks. That's why I'm so pro-clock.

In fact I wasn't even originally planning to go to Pittsburgh since it was not clocks-preferred but I changed my mind since I had a trophy to pick up.

Now that I came home with two trophies instead of one I will return to Pittsburgh next year, clocks or no clocks.

Thanks to Steve Hast for running a great tourney. I like knowing what the start time for each round is, and it is clear that with the Swiss format only the best players will cash.

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