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Separate Clock for Breaks

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 7:41 p.m.

In Response To: Separate Clock for Breaks (Bob Koca)

If that is foolish, then is it not also foolish to not get back in time from a break in the first place? Why point it out one place but not the other?

...because (a) in the first instance you don't know that one player has already returned. The swing is bigger. And (b) there is a greater chance you've already taken care of your "business" or you might not yet have returned in the first place.

That's not to say that both actions aren't foolish, once a break clock is in place. Without it, though, it's merely rude to keep one's opponent waiting (and on average delay the round), and evidently that's not enough incentive to prevent abuse. (Of course, people that like to take breaks longer than the allotted time don't see it that way and simply alter the definition of abuse.)

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• Separate Clock for Breaks
  Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 2:01 a.m.
  • Separate Clock for Breaks
    Bob Koca -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 2:20 a.m.
    • Separate Clock for Breaks
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 5:15 a.m.
      • Separate Clock for Breaks
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 4:32 p.m.
        • Separate Clock for Breaks
          Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 7:41 p.m.
  • Separate Clock for Breaks
    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 2:32 a.m.
    • Separate Clock for Breaks
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 5:38 a.m.
    • a true(?) story from the chess world
      DanielP -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 11:14 a.m.
      • a true(?) story from the chess world
        Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 3:34 p.m.
    • No Breaks Allowed
      Barry Silliman -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 1:19 p.m.
      • No Breaks Allowed
        Bill Finneran -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 3:57 p.m.
      • No Breaks Allowed
        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 4:06 p.m.
        • No Breaks Allowed
          Barry Silliman -- Friday, 17 September 2010, at 2:10 p.m.
      • No Breaks Allowed
        Jason Lee -- Friday, 17 September 2010, at 12:24 a.m.
    • Separate Clock for Breaks
      Bill Riles -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 2:23 p.m.
      • Separate Clock for Breaks
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 2:49 p.m.
        • +1 *NM*
          Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 3:11 p.m.
        • Separate Clock for Breaks
          Julia Hayward -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 3:22 p.m.
        • Separate Clock for Breaks
          Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 3:29 p.m.
          • Separate Clock for Breaks
            Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 3:55 p.m.
          • Separate Clock for Breaks
            neilkaz -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 4:41 p.m.
            • Separate Clock for Breaks
              Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 7:45 p.m.
        • Separate Clock for Breaks
          Bob Koca -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 4:35 p.m.
  • Separate Clock for Breaks
    Mike Main -- Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 1:53 p.m.