I like my chess clock to the right and move with the right hand even though I am left handed.
that way i can notate with my left hand.
What side do you like to put the chess clock?
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Right-writing here, and I like the clock better on the right. This being said, I usually move the pieces with the hand that is close to the clock, be it left or right. Notation is needed only for long time controls where I can waste a few seconds per move.
Just for the record, the formal rules are that Black gets to pick where the clock is (but most tournament organizers set them up to Black's right since that is the majority choice).
Is there a setting where you can change where the clock is? Do tell the secret!
Are you supposed to write down the move AFTER you make the move and hit the clock?
Supposedly you move, write and hit, in that order.
I like to write the move first, look at the board to make sure, then move, then hit.
Irontiger wrote:
Right-writing here, and I like the clock better on the right. This being said, I usually move the pieces with the hand that is close to the clock, be it left or right. Notation is needed only for long time controls where I can waste a few seconds per move.
Just for the record, the formal rules are that Black gets to pick where the clock is (but most tournament organizers set them up to Black's right since that is the majority choice).
the formal rules state that the organizer/arbiter decides where the clock is but some people think they have the right to decide. (rule 6.4 http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf)
Ontopic: I prefer it on the left side.
Aug 9, 2015
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Pulpofeira wrote:
Supposedly you move, write and hit, in that order.
You are wasting your time if you are doing it like this.
You must move before you write. Writing first is deemed as note taking, which is illegal.
But why do move - write - hit? More intelligent would be move - hit - write. Write on his time, not yours.
Aug 9, 2015
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Portishead93 wrote:
I like to write the move first, look at the board to make sure, then move, then hit.
That is now illegal in any USCF or FIDE rated event.
Hm, you are right.
Aug 9, 2015
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Since most of my opponents are right-handed, and I am left-handed, on my left makes almost everyone happy.
On a side note this Thurs is National Left-Handers day.
As a result, Chess.com will not allow any right handers to post in the forums for 24 hrs
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
On a side note this Thurs is National Left-Handers day. As a result, Chess.com will not allow any right handers to post in the forums for 24 hrs
Shamandalie1234 wrote:
the formal rules state that the organizer/arbiter decides where the clock is but some people think they have the right to decide. (rule 6.4 http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf)
Ontopic: I prefer it on the left side.
USCF rules states that black gets to decide what side the clock is on.
TheLastManOnEarth wrote:
USCF rules states that black gets to decide what side the clock is on.
Hardly compensation for making the poor fellow move second.
Aug 9, 2015
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USCF rules states that black gets to decide what side the clock is on.
That's what we used to play. A club member who is an arbiter suggested that clocks should be positioned so as to have the greatest visbility relative to the room they are in and consequently visible to any arbiters present . Anyone in the ECF care to clear this up - An ECF rule or a FIDE rule ? etc
Even though I'm right handed, I like to put in on the left. That way I can notate with my right hand and move the pieces with my left. Anyone else the same?