08-01-2014, 02:32 PM
Sean
My point was about the loss of time if the moves were manually entered onto the on-line version of the game rather than in the time lost in their transmission over the net.
Perhaps the live boards can be used with the moves being transmitted directly. There would however remain the problem of making the move over the opponent's board - not a real issue during normal play but during time trouble it would be. Also there are also often issues with the boards themselves (or the comms).
Perhaps the solution is that the official board is the online board, with the real boards used purely to assist the players who are happier using something solid for analysis purposes.
Perhaps one must start afresh and not think of it as a normal congress rather as a hybrid on-line/OTB event?
BTW Given that the on-line games can be monitored in real-time for silicon like assistance, which combined with the threat of a life time ban, could potentially make it harder to cheat and get away with it?
Quote:The technology is there to play over the internet with a clock and works well even for blitz games
My point was about the loss of time if the moves were manually entered onto the on-line version of the game rather than in the time lost in their transmission over the net.
Perhaps the live boards can be used with the moves being transmitted directly. There would however remain the problem of making the move over the opponent's board - not a real issue during normal play but during time trouble it would be. Also there are also often issues with the boards themselves (or the comms).
Perhaps the solution is that the official board is the online board, with the real boards used purely to assist the players who are happier using something solid for analysis purposes.
Perhaps one must start afresh and not think of it as a normal congress rather as a hybrid on-line/OTB event?
BTW Given that the on-line games can be monitored in real-time for silicon like assistance, which combined with the threat of a life time ban, could potentially make it harder to cheat and get away with it?