Since we have a large number of first-timers in this group, I will include
this explanation to the List--in case anyone else has this confusion:
Game time control is 30 moves in 60 minutes. There is no specific time per
move. If a player wishes to spend 20 minutes on one move, that is his or her
choice. It will remain to complete the remainder of the moves in the
remainder of the time. Doing the arithmetic, one calculates two minutes per
move. This is an average, not a requirement. It is useful to know, since it
gives one an idea of the approximate pace one needs to maintain throughout a
game. I, personally, usually make the first few moves in as many minutes or
less, meaning, in an opening with which I am familiar, I am likely to make
the first four or five moves in only a couple minutes. It is almost a cinch,
though, that at some point during the game, I will spend ten minutes or more
on one move.
Know this. The timekeeper will give time checks during a game. The
convention generally observed during most of the tournament games played on
ftp-chess, usbca_chess, and skype_chess, is that the timekeeper will give a
time check when the first player reaches 40 minutes remaining. This means
that the player having used the most time has spent 20 minutes. Based on the
arithmetic, that player should have reached move 10 at least. I generally
feel fairly comfortable if I have reached move 13 or 14 by the time I have
spent 20 minutes. The timekeeper will give the next time check when the
first player reaches 20 minutes remaining, having burned 40 minutes of the
60 allowed. One hopes to have reached move 20, by this point, but it
frequently happens that one is more likely to be around move 18. This leaves
20 minutes to make the remaining moves, however many there happen to be. The
third timecheck comes when the first player has 10 minutes remaining. The
next comes when the first player has 5 minutes remaining. There is a "final
warning" when the first player has 2 minutes remaining. I put that in quotes
because, quite frankly, most people who serve as timekeepers in these
circles will give additional notices, especially during the last couple
minutes. So, first-timers, I hope that you draw from this the knowledge that
the timekeeper is there to help you, not to hang you! (Smile) Try to develop
the ability to allow yourself the comfort of taking time to think when you
feel you need it. As you become familiar with opening sequences, you will
find that those sequences take much less time. And learn to trust the
timekeeper to give you your notices reliably, and use those notices, rather
than your own nervous system, to tell you when it's time to speed up.
Jim T
-----Original Message-----
From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Louis Prem
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 6:26 AM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Update: Ftp-chess (WCP) Double Round Robin
Hi Jim Thoune,
I received this information of WCP chess tournament. Please let me know how
long a player is given to make a move? I have read all these conditions but
did not come across how long a player is given to make a move. Good day to
you.
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that
person and a beautiful thing.
Warm Regards
J. Louis Prem
Blind Therapist
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