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Elderly players and time clocks

Posted By: Marv Porten
Date: Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 3:23 p.m.

In Response To: Elderly players and time clocks (Bob Koca)

"I think it is very relevant to ask how long the person was taking to think."

I saw the last 5-10 minutes of the match, when the player's clock had only a few seconds left, and he took almost no time to think. It took him a lot of time to pick up and roll the dice and to fumble with the checkers while trying to quickly move them. By the way, if I'm not mistaken, this player played a couple of Giants in the first two rounds and beat one of them.

"Why does being elderly without a physical challenge deserve any special consideration?"

Bob, in another 20 to 30 years you'll understand why being elderly is by itself a physical challenge. Anyway, there are situations where the tournament won't be delayed by slow play, such as the final match of the tournament or the last round of the day. In those cases, time restrictions can be eased without inconveniencing anybody.

Messages In This Thread

• Elderly players and time clocks
  Marv Porten -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 5:42 a.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    garyo -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 6:54 a.m.
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      lenny -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:35 a.m.
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      Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:42 p.m.
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        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 5:06 p.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:03 a.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:48 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 6:36 p.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 6:55 p.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:26 p.m.
          • Elderly players and time clocks
            Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:28 p.m.
            • Elderly players and time clocks
              Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 9:35 p.m.
              • Elderly players and time clocks
                David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 10:14 p.m.
              • Elderly players and time clocks
                Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 11:04 p.m.
                • Elderly players and time clocks
                  Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 11:46 p.m.
                  • Elderly players and time clocks
                    Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 11:59 p.m.
                    • Elderly players and time clocks
                      Rich Munitz -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:16 a.m.
                  • Elderly players and time clocks
                    Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:38 a.m.
                    • Elderly players and time clocks
                      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 6:29 a.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 1:27 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Marv Porten -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 3:23 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:07 p.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 5:45 p.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:56 p.m.
          • Elderly players and time clocks
            Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:38 p.m.
            • Elderly players and time clocks
              Marv Porten -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 2:07 a.m.
              • Elderly players and time clocks
                Timothy Chow -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 3:53 a.m.
                • Elderly players and time clocks
                  joe freedman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 11:17 a.m.
                  • Elderly players and time clocks
                    Barry Silliman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 7:37 p.m.
                    • Elderly players and time clocks
                      joe freedman -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 2:18 a.m.
                      • Elderly players and time clocks
                        Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 3:07 a.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Tom Keith -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:45 p.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:19 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:18 p.m.
  • Physical disabilities
    Tom Keith -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 2:06 p.m.
    • Physical disabilities
      Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 2:28 p.m.
      • Physical disabilities
        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:11 p.m.
        • Physical disabilities
          Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:29 p.m.
    • Physical disabilities
      Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:26 p.m.
    • Physical disabilities
      Randy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:08 p.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 4:41 p.m.
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    Jason Lee -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:09 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 7:48 p.m.
      • Elderly players and time clocks
        Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:12 p.m.
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          Stick -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:24 p.m.
          • Elderly players and time clocks
            Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:31 p.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:30 p.m.
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            Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 8:34 p.m.
            • Elderly players and time clocks
              David Rockwell -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 10:10 p.m.
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        Jason Lee -- Sunday, 16 May 2010, at 9:48 p.m.
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        joe freedman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:18 a.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          Bob Glass -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 8:54 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Chuck Bower -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:31 a.m.
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    joe freedman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 12:29 a.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    Bill Riles -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 6:18 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Barry Silliman -- Monday, 17 May 2010, at 7:24 p.m.
  • Elderly players and time clocks
    mamabear -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 6:14 p.m.
    • Elderly players and time clocks
      Stick -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 6:56 p.m.
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        mamabear -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 7:24 p.m.
        • Elderly players and time clocks
          Stick -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 8:45 p.m.
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            mamabear -- Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 9:15 p.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 19 May 2010, at 1:09 a.m.