DA>Here are the rules for the Inter-Echo Match between CHESS and CHESS_TOU
DA>echos.  Individual assignments and team rosters are being posted separa
DA>Play may begin at once:

DA>                           Inter-Echo Match Rules


DA>1. All moves will be posted on BOTH the CHESS and CHESS TOURNEY echos
DA>   so everyone can watch.

DA>2. Moves are to be posted with a subject of "Inter-Echo
Match" on EVERY
DA>   message so people using offline readers can sort by thread & see all
DA>   the moves at once.

DA>3. Each message is to contain an ENTIRE scoresheet to date.

DA>4. Time control is 3 moves in 30 days.  This is a standard for slow EMa
DA>   chess. Allowances must & will be made for technical difficulties.  I
DA>   not anticipated that anyone will be forfeited for time violations, u
DA>   they simply disappear (in which case they will aso be SHOT! ).  T
DA>   is just a guideline.

DA>5. TD's are Doug Attig & Lawrence Garvin, moderators of Chess Tourney a
DA>   Chess respectively.  Disputes will be arbitrated by them in netmail,
DA>   and decisions posted in both echos.  Post disputes to them by name.
DA>   It is not anticipated that there will be any disputes .


All these rules are very clear, except number 4, the time control. I 
understand that it's just a guideline, but I'd still like some 
clarification.

What is counted in determining 3 moves in 30 days? One player's receipt of 
a move untill he send his reply? Or is it from receipt of a move until his 
opponent's receipt of his reply? In case a dispute arises, how is it 
determined when a player received a move.

What happens after the first three moves? Is unused time added to a players 
allotment? In other words, if he made his first 3 moves in 3 days, does he 
now have 57 days to make his next 3?

Assuming that each player uses his full time allotment, the first three 
moves could take 60 days. That means a 40-move game could take as much as 
800 days, which seems extraordinarily long.

-                                            - Ken -
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 * WR 1.31 # 119 * Ecce Eduardus scalis nunc tump-tump-tump.

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