He could, but I never heard of it. And if other GM is not 1 min or less in time, and position is clear draw they can get to 50 moves rule fast.
Can one use the clock as an advantage?
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In rapidplay over the board theres another rule to be used to defend the player with less time. Its called the two minute rule and when one player has less than 2 minutes on the clock he can call an arbiter. If the arbiter thinks that the game is a dead draw or that the other player is not trying to win on the board he will declare the match drawn. Since a player with an equal position is likely to run up against this it is difficult to use it as pressure
Of course a clock advantage can be combined with dynamic play on the board to pressure the opponent since this would avoid both the dead draw and passive play requirements of the rule
Feb 13, 2009
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I believe the clock can be used as an advantage. Yes, there are rules that protect drawn positions from becoming lost ones for a player, but this is limited.
If your opponent is low on time in a position that's a draw or even a loss for you, you can swindle your opponent, who is forced to make quick moves. Your opponent can panic and blunder and lose horribly.
Let's say two grandmaster is near the end of a middle game, and the board layout is a draw, but one grandmaster has an extra 15 minutes on the clock...instead of shaking hands and calling it a draw, cant he just play it out and try to get his opponent into running out the clock? Just a thought..hope this question makes sense...