From: Pieter Stouten EMBL BITNET> Date: 8 oct 1991 Subject: Tournament Regulations. On Thu, 26 Sep 1991 08:17:45 +0200 Adam Atkinson VAXROM CERN CH> writes: >I don't even get sent copies of my own messages. > Just send the command SET SHOGI-L REPRO to LISTSERV TECHNION BITNET and you will receive your own posatings as well. I find it a very useful check. >tournament play in Japan less clear. >(i) only whole minutes counted from "clock" time, so 59 seconds counts as > no time used. When all time has gone, go into byoyomi. (So whole minute > rule no longer valid when no time is left, or would byoyomi be one minute > in this case?) > The whole minute rule is no longer relevant in that case (what could it mean?). Normally byoyomi is one minute or more. >(ii) Another source suggested that the first x seconds used in each move > didn't count (eg 1 minute?) but after that everything did. > I'd like to know the source of this info.It is incorrect. I should say that the above applies to professional play. In many (all ?) Japanese amateur tournaments clocks are not used. You are expected not to use exorbitant amounts of time. After a given time the arbiter announces that everybody is in byoyomi and that you are expected to move within a specified time. Again no clocks are involved. You just have to be so decent as to not to abuse these regulations. >I don't THINK touch-move is used in Shogi, for instance - certainly I have >read somewhere that players often fiddle with pieces in hand. > Yes, they do but normally in friendly games. I don't know if there are specific rules, but I would guess that it is not appreciated if you fiddle with your pieces all time. In western tournaments there is no touch-move and their are two alternative rulings about completion of moves. One says that releasing a piece completes the move (this rule is mostly used nowadays); another says that ticking the clock does. >Does anyone know the address of the GO list? > Yes, GO-L@SMCVAX (info as of 27-APR-1990). Subscribe by sending to MAILSERV SMCVAX BITNET the command SUB GO-L first_name last_name. >The Gradara games festival is the first weekend in October. Anyone want >to come? > The French Open in Lille was also in that weekend ... Pieter Stouten.