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ganstaman
4/04/2008
11:40:53
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 Subject: The clock
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I have a question about how the game clocks work here. It doesn't really matter much, but I'm curious. If anyone knows or has experiences that can shed some light on the matter, that would be appreciated.
Now, for the most confusing way to phrase the question....
Let's say you enter a 3d+1d <5d tournament. The game begins and your clock displays 3days. How much time will pass before the clock displays 2days 23hours?
Let's call the answer to that question X (X minutes will pass). So your actual time left to move is 2 days, 23 hours, and (60-X) minutes (for instance, if it takes 35 minutes before the clock changes which hour to display, then you'd have 2 days, 23 hours, and 25 minutes left). Now you make a move and gain 1 day on the clock. It will display 3days 23hours. However, does the internal clock (the one that knew you had 2 days, 23 hours, and (60-x) minutes before) add the 1 day to the actual time remaining, or to the displayed time remaining? In other words, will gk.com actually think you have those extra (60-X) minutes or not?
Also, at what point does the clock start to display your time remaining in minutes instead of hours? Exactly at 59 minutes, or less?
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skipwallace555
4/04/2008
11:50:32
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The way I understand it is that the time you had not used is added to thetime on you next move with a maximum, or ceiling, of time set forth at the begining. It is a system invented by Bobby Fischer and a better explanation can be had by googling "fischer time controls". Hope that helps.
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cascadejames
4/04/2008
13:14:55
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I could be wrong, but based on casual observation, I believe that the time display tends to be
rounded down, but the time control itself is actually kept precisely. In other words, you have all
the time you would have if you were using a regular chess clock, but the display doesn't
necessarily show it.
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heinzkat
4/05/2008
04:47:30
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That when the game starts, 2d23h would be displayed, 1 second after the game has started. If you happen to be refreshing right after the game has started, 3d will be displayed. But refresh the page one time and it'll say 2d23h. Also, if it says you have 1h left, it could be anywhere between 1h0m and 1h59m, if I'm correct. The system keeps track of the precise amount of minutes and probably even seconds (but that isn't shown until under 1h is left to make your move/for your opponent to make his move).
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usethepawn
4/05/2008
08:40:27
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also, it only displays number of minutes when the clock ticks under one hour. EG/ 59 minutes.
And i do believe it gets rounded down because i have been able to make a move before when the clock showed 0 minutes remaining which means obviously i still had 30 seconds or something.
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heinzkat
4/05/2008
08:41:34
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There is some 2-3 minutes leeway given at the timeout moment, I think.
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