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> byoyomi has all but been replaced by Canadian Overtime Note that this is from 1997. It was common to use clocks in Europe that were unable to do proper Japan
by pmontra 2y ago
> byoyomi has all but been replaced by Canadian Overtime
Note that this is from 1997. It was common to use clocks in Europe that were unable to do proper Japanese style byoyomi and we did not have one timekeeper per board in tournaments. When I run out of time we paused the clock, I put for example 15 stones in front of me, closed the stone box, set my the clock for example to 10 minutes and start playing again. I would lose if I ended the time again with any stone left in front of me.
Clocks that could do byoyomi, and multiple rounds of it, started to be widespread not much after those years. I think we used them in the European Championship of 1996. A common byoyomi was 30 seconds per move. If I had one euro per each time I heard a clock saying "30 seconds one time" I'd be rich.
- hyperpape 2y ago> If I had one euro per each time I heard a clock saying "30 seconds one time" I'd be rich. Fun diversion. I figure 10 clocks in the room, a generous estimate is that they alert an average of 50 times per player per game, 4 games per day. A very solid day's work, but most weeks you can only attend a tournament on Saturday/Sunday. I don't think you'd end up rich, but you could probably make a living.
- pmontra 2y agoThe standard tournament is 5 turns per weekend. Let's keep your estimate of 100 times per game (50 * 2 players), 10 games, it's 5k Euro. Let's say we overestimated something (the games going to byoyomi,) it's still 1k. As you say, not rich but with 4 tournaments per week, travelling around Europe, it's 4k less the expenses. Definitely a living and a lot of spare time.
- pmontra 2y ago> 4 tournaments per week I correct myself: 4 tournaments per month, of course.