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Can someone explain how this setting works for daily chess games? Thanks!
Jan 23, 2018
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When it's not your turn in any of your games, you can go on vacation which pauses your games.
Thanks! Are there a certain number of days allowed? Or is it unlimited?
Jan 23, 2018
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It's by membership. Basic: 30 days Gold: 60 Platinum and Diamond: 90.
Jan 24, 2018
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That is way to much!!! If you are planning a 30 day vacation you should plan to finish your games in advance. And for even longer vacations it is even more so. What is the polnt of a response time of 1-3 days if someone suddenly is allowed a 30 days (or more!) vacation. It should be mandatory to enter planned vacation up front when entering a tournament and cause a game loss if deviated from. With a «vacation schedule» for each participant at the start everything will be more predictable. And we would avoid the sudden vacation flag from some participants in loosing positions.
Jan 24, 2018
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psykoactive wrote:
That is way to much!!! If you are planning a 30 day vacation you should plan to finish your games in advance. And for even longer vacations it is even more so. What is the polnt of a response time of 1-3 days if someone suddenly is allowed a 30 days (or more!) vacation. It should be mandatory to enter planned vacation up front when entering a tournament and cause a game loss if deviated from. With a «vacation schedule» for each participant at the start everything will be more predictable. And we would avoid the sudden vacation flag from some participants in loosing positions.
The "vacation" setting isn't just for vacation and can be used if you have emergencies, just need some time away from the site (of even just away from Daily chess games), get bogged down in your life/work and can't get on to make moves, etc.
Daily games can last months and tourneys can last years. While some people may plan out all their time off that far in advance, I imagine most do not and that doesn't take into account other unexpected things that can come up.
The amount available is for all vacation time taken, not necessarily in one event. So, a week here, a few days there and that can add up to your total allowed. Also, members only start with 7 days and build up from there.
Jan 24, 2018
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GeneralChang wrote:
Chess.com has a really cool cheat in vacation settings! Wait until the last minute of your time, go on "vacation", return and BAM an extra 24 hours! I had an opponent do that to me for a week in a dead lost position. Thanks Chess.com!
The don't really get extra time. When vacation is set, the system automatically removes 24 hours of time from the member's available vacation bank. If they come off vacation before the 24 hours has elapsed, the difference is added to games they are on the move in, up to the time control, except for no-vacation games.
The net effect is no different than if they took 24 hours of vacation, is done by design, and is not cheating.