07-01-2014, 01:46 PM
My recollection of the Bedfordshire -Cornwall match - that Jacqui mentioned a few days ago - is that each players made moves on a real board and his/her time was recorded on the clock next to his board.
Much much better than the remote player suffering lost time through transmission delays.
The whole match was guided (again working from long term memory only) by a set of published rules written specifically for telephone matches.
What the sub committee is really trying to do is to decide how to upgrade those rules to cope with more advanced technology than the humble telephone. Which includes the real possibility of powerful chess engines being used out of sight of the opponent.
Much much better than the remote player suffering lost time through transmission delays.
The whole match was guided (again working from long term memory only) by a set of published rules written specifically for telephone matches.
What the sub committee is really trying to do is to decide how to upgrade those rules to cope with more advanced technology than the humble telephone. Which includes the real possibility of powerful chess engines being used out of sight of the opponent.