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Is "simple setting" actually what we use?
Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer In Response To: Is "simple setting" actually what we use? (Matt Cohn-Geier)
Date: Monday, 24 September 2012, at 8:27 p.m.
Well, it would be foolish to set it up as 1 second bank 12 second increment on a Bronstein clock! It would be the same as 1 second bank 1 second increment. But if you chose to do so, you should time out after.... 1 second.
The problem is, that you are confusing bank time in a delay clock setting, with bank time in a Bronstein setting. It is not effectively the same - unless you add the delay to your Bronstein bank time!
So, 1 second bank time with a 12 second delay, on a simple delay clock, would be equal to 13 seconds bank time with a 12 second increment on a Bronstein clock!
It's not that hard to understand Bronstein. You have a bank time, and you get an increment added to that when you complete your turn - simple as that.
Take the British Blitz Championship rules from 2012:
Each round will be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds non-cumulative (Bronstein) increment per move. No ties for any place shall be split; thus, prize money shall be shared. The default time shall be 5 minutes.
So, after 5 minutes, you time out unless you move.
If you were to play this on a delay clock, you would have to enter 4 minutes and 57 seconds banktime, and a 3 second delay.
This is precisely why I suggest, that backgammon rules are revisited to clearly state which clock type is referred to when mentioning time, and how to enter a similar time on the alternative clock type. Instead of confusing the terms as they do now.
:-)
/Henrik
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