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Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh

Posted By: Jason Lee
Date: Monday, 23 February 2009, at 11:16 p.m.

In Response To: Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh (Bill Riles)

Six of my eight matches this weekend were clocked, including the aforementioned match with Chuck -- one opponent did not want to play with one nor did he think we needed one (and we were both relatively fast players and finished fairly quickly). I also did not use a clock in a Last Chance match with Malcolm Davis. My clock was upstairs and I didn't even ask to use one as we were ahead in our bracket, it was a five point match, and I knew Malcolm is not a slow player.

I believe it is important to emphasize that time is but ONE reason to be playing with a clock. If I'm playing "clocks optional" and my opponent says, "but I'm a fast player", my response is, "Great... then there's no chance of timing out at all. Let's play with the clocks for improved mechanics -- completely independent of time."

JLee

Messages In This Thread

• Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
  Chuck Bower -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 6:03 p.m.
  • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
    Bill Riles -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 6:24 p.m.
    • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
      Jason Lee -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 11:16 p.m.
      • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 11:22 p.m.
        • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
          Rich Munitz -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 11:54 p.m.
  • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
    Bill Davis -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 9:31 p.m.
    • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
      Coolrey -- Wednesday, 25 February 2009, at 12:42 a.m.
      • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
        neilkaz -- Wednesday, 25 February 2009, at 1:49 a.m.
        • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
          Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 25 February 2009, at 4:57 a.m.
          • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
            Coolrey -- Wednesday, 25 February 2009, at 7:03 p.m.
  • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 10:11 p.m.
  • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
    Chris Knapp -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 10:54 p.m.
    • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
      Chris Knapp -- Monday, 23 February 2009, at 11:12 p.m.
  • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
    Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 24 February 2009, at 12:05 a.m.
  • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 24 February 2009, at 12:28 a.m.
  • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
    Dan Pelton -- Tuesday, 24 February 2009, at 1:36 a.m.
    • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 24 February 2009, at 1:44 a.m.
    • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
      Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 24 February 2009, at 2:00 a.m.
      • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
        Coolrey -- Wednesday, 25 February 2009, at 12:27 a.m.
        • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
          Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 25 February 2009, at 4:59 a.m.
    • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
      Chris Knapp -- Tuesday, 24 February 2009, at 2:30 a.m.
      • Good progress with clocks in Pittsburgh
        neilkaz -- Tuesday, 24 February 2009, at 2:31 p.m.