Definitely not guaranteed to be so. They consist of two separate clocks so it's quite likely they won't be equally inaccurate. It's also possible one will be running fast and the other one slow. If those two inaccuracies more or less cancel out it wouldn't be obvious that either clock was inaccurate.Derek Sinclair wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:25 pmLike I said, I think the analogue ones are accurate enough and are the same for both people.
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How did we ever manage all the years between the clocks starting and the introduction of the digital clocks in the 90s?Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:07 pmDefinitely not guaranteed to be so. They consist of two separate clocks so it's quite likely they won't be equally inaccurate. It's also possible one will be running fast and the other one slow. If those two inaccuracies more or less cancel out it wouldn't be obvious that either clock was inaccurate.Derek Sinclair wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:25 pmLike I said, I think the analogue ones are accurate enough and are the same for both people.
I assume the clocks were calibrated for big matches ? I remember Short V Kasparov used an analogue clock,, perhaps that was the last big event to use them before the change over.
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Especially for Derek the ECF have made this generous offer:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/dgt-clocks/
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/dgt-clocks/
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eww no thanksJohn Upham wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:38 pmEspecially for Derek the ECF have made this generous offer:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/dgt-clocks/
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van der Sterren told me that once at a Lone Pine event he thought someone had fired a gun.
It turned out this was Walter Browne, on the adjacent board, pressing his clock.
It turned out this was Walter Browne, on the adjacent board, pressing his clock.
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Don't forget that the louder one presses the clock the stronger the move it must be.James Plaskett wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 4:23 pmvan der Sterren told me that once at a Lone Pine event he thought someone had fired a gun.
It turned out this was Walter Browne, on the adjacent board, pressing his clock.
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Older clocks were pretty well engineered pieces of equipment which could stand up to quite a battering and keep on telling the right time - I really miss them actually, quick play and blitz tournaments have been ruined by increments (even though, i will give them their due in that they have allowed for local leagues to be rid of adjournments and adjudication which were a total farce)Derek Sinclair wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:00 pm[
How did we ever manage all the years between the clocks starting and the introduction of the digital clocks in the 90s?
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.