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Chess Clock
Date:
8/27/2003 10:00:03 AM Mountain Daylight Time
From: MPV
To:
service@chess-poster.com
Hello,
I consider myself a rookie regarding the
Chess rules, but I would like to know what is the function of
the clock that measures the time of the Chess moves.
Thank you.
chess-poster.com
Dear viewer,
Prior to the era of the Chess Clock, dilatory
tactics were so common that in 1851 British historian
Henry Bukle wrote down two chapters of his
"History of Civilization in England"
while his opponent moved.
The regulation of time and the installation
of clocks next to professional Chess players put an end to the
"false Chess of resistance" that allowed to win not to the best
player, but the most resistant to sleep or fatigue.
In modern
tournaments, as we all know, there is a double Chess clock
beside the players. When a player moves, he presses the button
of his clock which in turn activates his opponent clock. In this
way, and under the supervision of the Arbiters, the distribution
of time is perfectly even-handed.
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