20-10-2017, 10:42 AM
The decision to move to an incremental time control was made at the SNCL agm in March so should go ahead for this season. However, Andy Muir has raised a serious point regarding the effect of a long morning game. Personally I once had a very short gap between games due to the morning round starting late and being in a game which went right to the quickplay time limit and felt it affected my afternoon form (any excuse will do).
A game lasting 90 moves can continue till 2:30. A game lasting 120 moves can continue until 3 when the next round starts. Is it practical to allow individuals a minimum time between rounds? If this was set at half an hour, it would only come into effect for games lasting over 90 moves.
A game lasting 90 moves can continue till 2:30. A game lasting 120 moves can continue until 3 when the next round starts. Is it practical to allow individuals a minimum time between rounds? If this was set at half an hour, it would only come into effect for games lasting over 90 moves.