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Valid Argument Against Clocks

Posted By: johnk
Date: Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 1:25 a.m.

In Response To: Valid Argument Against Clocks (Matt Cohn-Geier)

Hurray! I finally played with a clock – in one 5 pt match at the weekly tournament last week. Since it was my first time we used 15 sec; 2.5 min/game. I played faster than normal since I kept thinking about the clock and had over 11 minutes remaining at the end of the match. I sort of was trying to see how little time I could use. I made one bad play because of the clock where I didn’t count the race and run when I should have. My opponent who’s played with clocks for a while now (it was his clock) took a minute or two on several moves as I joked that I would win on time but he still had 4 minutes left at the end of the match. It really waasn't too bad. Bill F. told me later that after the first few times you don’t even think about the clock. Hopefully I’ll get a few more clocked matches in before Towson. Once I get used to clocks maybe I'll even take up chess.

Messages In This Thread

• Valid Argument Against Clocks
  Stick -- Friday, 1 October 2010, at 9:26 p.m.
  • Rebuttal
    David -- Friday, 1 October 2010, at 9:27 p.m.
    • Rebuttal
      Michael Petch -- Friday, 1 October 2010, at 10:17 p.m.
      • Rebuttal
        Michael Petch -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 10:44 p.m.
  • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
    Tom Keith -- Friday, 1 October 2010, at 11:01 p.m.
    • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 11:32 a.m.
      • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
        christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 12:52 p.m.
      • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
        Ray Kershaw -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 12:54 p.m.
        • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
          Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 4:30 p.m.
          • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
            Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 7:58 p.m.
            • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
              Joe Russell -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 8:23 p.m.
              • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
                Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 11:15 p.m.
                • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
                  Stick -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 3:05 a.m.
                  • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
                    Joe Russell -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 6:54 p.m.
                    • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
                      Rich Munitz -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 8:04 p.m.
                      • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
                        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 8:10 p.m.
                    • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
                      Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 4 October 2010, at 11:25 p.m.
    • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
      Joe Russell -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 8:03 p.m.
      • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
        Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 3:56 p.m.
        • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
          mtuhtan -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 4:12 p.m.
        • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
          Jason Lee -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 4:50 p.m.
        • 10 Arguments Against Clocks
          Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 5:05 p.m.
  • Valid Argument Against Clocks
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 12:08 a.m.
    • Valid Argument Against Clocks
      johnk -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 1:25 a.m.
      • Valid Argument Against Clocks
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 2:12 a.m.
        • Valid Argument Against Clocks
          johnk -- Saturday, 2 October 2010, at 12:24 p.m.
      • Valid Argument Against Clocks
        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 1:36 a.m.
        • Valid Argument Against Clocks
          Joe Russell -- Sunday, 3 October 2010, at 10:43 a.m.