Gary Gifford wrote on Mon, Apr 21, 2008 10:01 AM UTC:
Something like a 5 minute add could be added - but I think it defeats the purpose. Using this timing concept the idea is to conserve some time for the possible tie breaker. If I paly a game and save no time for the endgame, thinking I will win in the late middle game, then guess what? I lose on time. I don't get to say, Tournament director, please give me 5 more minutes so I can win this.
A possible solution keeping the way I propose is to use a 3 or 5 second time delay in the tie-breaker should either player have less than 5 minutes on their clock.... something like that. Some experimenting can be done. There can even be a few different options.
As far as a last round thing, most players I know like to know where they stand throughout an event. So settling the score during each round is far more desirable than wrapping up the mystery after all rounds are done.
Given a choice between the 2 types of events... draw or drawless, I still might be inclined to choose the draw one. I think below GM level draws are typically not an issue and players do not seem to mind hard fought out draws. But I certainly would not object to the other (drawless) system.
A possible solution keeping the way I propose is to use a 3 or 5 second time delay in the tie-breaker should either player have less than 5 minutes on their clock.... something like that. Some experimenting can be done. There can even be a few different options.
As far as a last round thing, most players I know like to know where they stand throughout an event. So settling the score during each round is far more desirable than wrapping up the mystery after all rounds are done.
Given a choice between the 2 types of events... draw or drawless, I still might be inclined to choose the draw one. I think below GM level draws are typically not an issue and players do not seem to mind hard fought out draws. But I certainly would not object to the other (drawless) system.