Speeding up multi round tournaments - Chess Forums - Page 2

Loomis · 2009-01-30T16:13:10-08:00

I think once it is determined who will move on in a round, the tournament should go forward even if not all the games are finished. This would speed up tournaments a bit and doesn't seem like a difficult thing to program. This is also one of the often complained about problems in the forums, to

TortoiseMaximus

Jun 19, 2013

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#21

You can keep the current time controls of X days per move, and just add options for X hours per game, where X might be 750, 1000, 1500, 2000, etc.

The latter just strikes me as a better time control for tournaments, as it gives you more flexibility with your own time, and a better expectation for time commitment over the whole tournament.

EricFleet

Jun 20, 2013

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#22

TortoiseMaximus wrote:

I was going to post a new topic, but this thread covered most of it.

I think a simple 720 hour / all moves time control would basically solve the stalling problem.

It would be really rough if someone is a time zone or two behind you. They would see your moves while they are still awake, but if they played right after you go to bed, you'd automatically have an 8 hour penalty for each move.

TortoiseMaximus

Jun 20, 2013

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#23

That could be annoying, but I think it could be largely mitigated with conditional moves, especially in the opening and endgame. Maybe 1500 hours / game would offer a more leisurely experience while still giving a reasonable expectation for the timeline of finishing a three round tournament (1 year).