Premoves take time?
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It would be unfair if you could premove with 0 seconds due to endgames which would consist of premoving until someone makes an illegal move and their time runs out which is boring and not in the spirit of chess
Feb 17, 2025
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buzz960 wrote:
FoxWithNekoEars wrote:
Uživatel magipi napsal:
B1ZMARK wrote:
btickler wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
I think chess.com says 0.1 seconds is the fastest possible human move-time in over-the-board chess, so they made premoves take 0.1 seconds each. Perhaps it makes the flow of the game more realistic instead of a 0-second premove flagfest.
Average human reaction time is 0.3 seconds and then you have to actually physically move the piece...so, no.
Starting from the time you touch the piece t when you hit the clock, if you hover one hand right on the clock and move the pawn one square, it seems doable.
It would also be super illegal. You can't use different hands for moving the piece and hitting the clock, you have to use the same hand.
Why the second hand?
If the clock is enough near you can push a pawn by a one square on h column by your thumb and press the clock by your little finger of the same hand at the same time.
I don't care to get bogged down in anatomy, but I'm pretty sure the pinky couldn't supply the force necessary to push the button on top of the clock, specially if the hand is stretched as described.
you kind of can. It's easier to push down most clocks than a regular piano key, and you can rotate the hand to give your finger the extra force needed.
I think chess.com says 0.1 seconds is the fastest possible human move-time in over-the-board chess, so they made premoves take 0.1 seconds each. Perhaps it makes the flow of the game more realistic instead of a 0-second premove flagfest.
Average human reaction time is 0.3 seconds and then you have to actually physically move the piece...so, no.
Starting from the time you touch the piece t when you hit the clock, if you hover one hand right on the clock and move the pawn one square, it seems doable.
It would also be super illegal. You can't use different hands for moving the piece and hitting the clock, you have to use the same hand.
Why the second hand?
If the clock is enough near you can push a pawn by a one square on h column by your thumb and press the clock by your little finger of the same hand at the same time.
I don't care to get bogged down in anatomy, but I'm pretty sure the pinky couldn't supply the force necessary to push the button on top of the clock, specially if the hand is stretched as described.