Vote chess time controls

I have a dream - rooperi, 2011

This applies mainly to regional/country based teams.

I think vote controls should all be shortened (or lengthened) by 1 hour.

eg 23 hours, 47 hours, 71 hours etc.

The idea is that the clock starts ticking at different times every day, to try and diminish the effect of time zones.

Depending on the time the move happens, one team can gain a big advantage, while the other team might end up with only a few hours for discussion, assuming these people sleep/work/eat or generally have any sort of life. (Remember, theay all probably sleep at the same time. If the timing is such that the move happens just at the time when many of the opponents come online, I think the advantage can be 12-18 hours.

Generally I think the team 6-8 hours behind in time zones will have the advantage:

eg.

Usa over Europe

Asia Over USA

Europe over Asia

If the time is offset by 1 hour every move, we will move through the full clock every 24 half moves.

not a bad idea, something different.

Interesting - but I suspect that the uncertainty associated a moving deadline is an even bigger drawback (for both teams) than one side having reduced effective thinking time.

They could just swap continents for the rematch.