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Just change the TC to 2/15 and get it over with

Posted By: neilkaz
Date: Thursday, 16 October 2008, at 3:42 p.m.

In Response To: Just change the TC to 2/15 and get it over with (Barry Silliman)

Barry wrote: "Ray, or to anyone else who was in Peoria who may have been watching the match Larry lost on time- do you think that if the time delay for Larry was 15 seconds he would not have lost on time? How about with 18 or 19 seconds delay? If this was the case, I would hope that a reasonable compromise could be reached that the time delay could be set higher in circumstances like this, at the director's judgment. Both players would get this increased delay. The effect on match length would be minimal.

Increases to the delay time (there is an upper limit of 19 seconds anyway) to accommodate physical impediments, seem reasonable to me, if the director agrees, unless we're willing to chase our elder statesmen out of the game. I can say from experience (almost 10 clocked matches so maybe it doesn't count) that 15 seconds makes a huge difference over 12 seconds for getting a good shake, rolling, making the move and punching the clock within the delay time a great majority of the time. I suspect adding a few more seconds on top of that might accommodate the elderly or infirm. If this isn't enough then alternatives might have to be considered, such as allowing a surrogate to roll the dice and move the checkers. If Stephen Hawking wanted to play, would we try to accommodate him or tell him to get lost?"

Neil replies " While I was playing a match across the room at the time, my understanding is that Larry timed out at DMP with three checkers remaining in the beatoff. I think he's nearly 85 years old and I doubt that he can moves his hands and arms as fast as fast as you and I can.

Making special adjustments to the rules for some but not others seems unnecessary and can lead to bad feelings. Once again... the simply solution is to change the time control to 2/15 as the extra 3 seconds are huge when it comes to playing at a relaxed but not slow pace.

Make the ABT TC 2/15 NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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