NickFaulks wrote:If that's true, then they aren't very good at getting what they want. Once upon a time 90/30 was indeed FIDE's time control of choice, but when was the last time it was seen in a FIDE event?John McKenna wrote:
One gets the impression that's yesterday's rate - FIDE seems to want to constantly up the tempo.
Stewart Reuben wrote:It was true. 2000 Istanbul they introduced a ridiculously fast rate of play. I suspect that was preparatory to two games a day for the Olympiad. Jonathan Berry tried to get a questionnaire created, but 'they' said there wasn't time. So he produced one, but couldn't get it printed by the FIDE Office...
So 90/30 was agreed by the supine General Assembly. Eventually it was dropped in favour of 40 in 90, + 30 + 30 seconds... FIDE Officers do often respond to market forces and/or reason eventually. Sometimes though they remind me of people who run very fast to a gate and then stand there thinking what to do next.
I'd describe that as - Nick spinning for FIDE, again, hit straight for 6 by Stewart for England. Love it!
Nick, as Stewart explained so well - it hasn't been seen recently because rates fluctuate according to popular demand as well as by official supply. Yes, they can go up as well as down, but often there is a long-term trend in a certain direction. Do you deny that the direction has been mainly down, with just the odd blip up?