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destructopawn
7/02/2008
14:18:15
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 Subject: Postponement problem
Message:
I postponed my games for five days. My regular games had 5 days added. My Fischer games didn't. As well, time is ticking on them still so I will time out in them before my postponement period is over.
(I have not made any moves and I have not cancelled the postponement)
What do I need to do?
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destructopawn
7/02/2008
14:21:21
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In my regular games I can see the notice "this game ahs been postponed"
In my fischer games (which are all games in the same mini-tournament), that notice is absent.
Is there some rule that you cannot postpone games using the Fischer time controls or mini-tournament games? Or is there some option that a mini-tournament creator can set that disallows postponements?
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destructopawn
7/02/2008
15:15:45
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When I return from my 5-day holiday, my fischer-timecontrol games which were set to their 5-day max will all be about to time out.
This is supposed to be postponement? I will be forced to rush all my moves and I will be down to the minimum needing to make moves quickly to accrue time again.
If this is seriously how postponement works, then it is flawed for fischer-incremental time control games.
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ganstaman
7/02/2008
15:47:32
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1) Did you just resign all your games?
2) When you postpone for X days, all your games will have at least X days on your clock, exactly as the postponement rules word it. You do not get X days added onto your clock for each game.
3) Your other forum post will likely get you kicked out (of the forums at least) anyway, so I don't know if you're even going to bother looking at this.
4) It's amazing, sharpnova, that you don't change no matter where you go.
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destructopawn
7/02/2008
15:55:49
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It's amazing how much you care.
The postponement system as it affects fischer-time-control games is flawed. It's definitely illogical and ends up with you coming back to your games and timing out before you can even make your moves. (assuming you postponed your games for a period of time equal to the max time alowed by the control)
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ganstaman
7/02/2008
19:55:05
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Message:
I just postponed and had fischer-time control games. I did not time out.
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heinzkat
7/03/2008
06:14:32
[ report abuse ] | Yes,
Message:
It is true; the postponement rules are not very well thought for Fischer increment time controls.
For example, it is possible to have 5 days vs. 2 days left (3+1<5) with your opponent to move when you postpone for ten days; after returning your opponent has 5 days and you only 2. (this is quite possible in a 3+1<5 mini-tournament game, I think). Instead, after returning, the time should be 'reset' to 5 vs. 2 days (maybe 3), I think... at least, something along these lines. It's not so easy to completely write out the whole procedure that 'should' be followed. I just got a message from a team member regarding this as well. I was thinking about it for a longer time too. Anyone who has some brighter ideas?
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heinzkat
7/03/2008
06:20:24
[ report abuse ] | Oh,
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You cannot timeout, like destructopawn claims, if you just postpone for the correct amount of days ("add a day or two just to be sure"). But you can come back having to 'hurry' moves in 2 days where otherwise you would have had 5 days for it (as in the example given above).
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dansuno
7/06/2008
11:45:15
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Message:
insteadt of postponing the way we do, why not get the possibility to say : I'm on holiday from 1th to 15th august.
In this period, even if you have 0 days remaining, you don't time out. You just have to play before end of the 10th.
With this system, we don't bother add time to games...
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ganstaman
7/06/2008
18:09:18
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When you postpone now, there's a calendar there and you tell it what day you'll make moves on by the latest. You can't time out earlier than the day on the calendar that you click, so there's not really any room for confusion.
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