26-01-2017, 02:07 PM
Every player should know how to set the clocks in use at their club.
At one time it was necessary if an illegal move had been played to calculate the average time for each move to work out the clock settings. Players did not object to this in league matches nor insist it was done by an arbiter. I do not believe that setting digital clocks is any harder than calculating 15/17ths of 37 minutes (with no calculators in those days).
I do know of one Glasgow club that has digitals but does not use them as no-one knows how to set them. I believe all those members walk to the club as they can't be bothered learning to drive yet either or learning bus route numbers.
At one time it was necessary if an illegal move had been played to calculate the average time for each move to work out the clock settings. Players did not object to this in league matches nor insist it was done by an arbiter. I do not believe that setting digital clocks is any harder than calculating 15/17ths of 37 minutes (with no calculators in those days).
I do know of one Glasgow club that has digitals but does not use them as no-one knows how to set them. I believe all those members walk to the club as they can't be bothered learning to drive yet either or learning bus route numbers.