From: Colin Paul Adams <colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 9 jul 1997
Subject: Byo Yomi (was European Style of playing shogi)

>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Lamb <SJL <at> DEV <dot> ALS <dot> CO <dot> UK> writes:

>> In Hong Kong, most games are limited at 20 minutes and 1 minute
>> byoyomi each side. Byoyomi takes place in almost every game.
>> Endings are excitings and skilful. It deserves a trial.


Stephen> Over here in europe many tournaments use 1 hour and 30
Stephen> seconds byomomi per player in games and I agree with Eric,
Stephen> and you, about allowing more time for byoyomi. A lot of games
Stephen> I've played in or watched are lost because a player blunders
Stephen> in byoyomi, and this can be very frustrating for the player
Stephen> involved. In fact, I would suggest erring on the side of
Stephen> caution and would suggest allowing 1 minute byoyomi per
Stephen> player (as you do), rather than 40 seconds (as Eric does).

I have never seen the point of byo yomi at all. Especially in
tournaments where you play more than one game per day, it seems
simplest to me just to have a single fixed time period in which to
play all your moves. Then it is up to each individual player to manage
their own time according to personal preference.

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Colin Paul Adams
Preston, Lancashire, England
colin <at> colina <dot> demon <dot> co <dot> uk