[blind-chess] Re: More on time control, vacations and illness
- From: "Johannes Grib" <johannes@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:38:32 +0200
General suggestions and remarks:
1. If you need to claim a game on time, it is always helpful to have copies of
the e-mail you sent and received. Having receipts that your opponent actually
received and read your mail will also not hurt your case.
I want to suggest that we keep a black list of players with known time
violations. Perhaps with a condition to be removed from that only if such a
player complete 3 consecutive games in a timely manner.
It is all about commitment and priorities, I'm so committed that I'm teaching
my wife to play so we can spend time together, smile. BTW: she won the prize
for the best female player at a recent over the board tournament, she was the
only lady.
Visualization and time management also help, I make time to read my mail and if
the game is not to complicated I can answer it with out feeling my board,
Saving the time of packing a board. Unfortunately this method has a price,
once you made a blunder, the mail is gone, out, and you will probably lose the
game.
Finally, it's very annoying if you have an e-mail in your sent items and your
opponent does not answer, saying "I thought it's still your turn to move".
Well, thank you all for a great chess mailing list.
With kind regards
Johannes
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:18 AM
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: More on time control, vacations and illness
Hi,
I appreciate what you say, but on some days, I go to bed at 10, get up at 5,
get home from work at 5, check on the family and so on, eat, do more work, and
on some days, it's almost 10 again. So I like the 24 hour thing and the grace
period of some reflection days, because in my situation, it's hard to play two
games at the same time, and I use one board. I've almost totally cut out
playing games in chat rooms because I want my wife to know I actually know who
she is. <grin>
Jim
Jim Homme
Skype: jim.homme
"Every day's a gift."
From: blind-chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jubieq@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 9:18 PM
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: More on time control, vacations and illness
The time control suggestions certainly seem reasonable. I really do feel
that some sort of time control for friendly games is needed. I have met
players who said they don't want to,commit themselves to sending a move every
day because they work or they are very busy with family, etc.I think if a
person wants to play chess within a gorganized groupthey should be agreeable to
at least one move every 24 hour period. Even that seems to be a snail's pace.
Connie
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: chess
Sent: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:54:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [blind-chess] More on time control, vacations and illness
Hi All,
There certainly seems to be some interest in game time
controls.
Personally, I would like to see individual players agree
in advance for friendly games rather than forcing everyone into a single
approach. But maybe we can improve the situation with some of the
following proposals.
All games:
* Players should remind their opponents by
resending their last move if they do not receive a reply move within a
day.
Friendly Games:
* Either player can withdraw from a
friendly game prior to White move six without loss of rating.
(The idea here
is neither player has much invested through move 5 so walking away is easy)
*
A friendly game player that does not make a move for more than five
consecutive
days without prior agreement is considered to have abandoned the game and
loses
on time.
(Note ignorance will be no excuse because of the general reminder
rule above.)
* Players in friendly games will agree in advance if time
controls are to be used.
* If time controls are used in friendly games the
normal five day reflection time limit is suggested denoted as 0/5 to
begin.
Vacation or illness absences:
* Time will be suspended
for any player that is seriously ill or in the hospital until they are ready
to
play.
* If the opponent of a seriously ill player wants to start another
interim game, contact the TD for instructions.
(Some arrangements may be
required if your opponent started another game because of long illnesses, but
the game can be restarted in an orderly manner with some discussion)
* A
player may arrange a vacation from a non ladder tournament by notifying the
TD
at least one week in advance.
* Vacationing ladder players can either leave
the ladder and re-enter later or use suspended mode.
* In suspended mode a
player retains their place on the ladder as though they were defending, but
is
effectively invisible so players below can jump over.
I look forward to any comments or additions.
Richard
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