From: Rikard Nordgren <e7rikard <at> ETEK <dot> CHALMERS <dot> SE>
Date: 4 sep 2000
Subject: Re: MSO 2000 Shogi Festival

Larry Kaufman wrote:
>      As for time limit, my previous experience had been almost completely
> with events in which the byo-yomi (in seconds) was not less than the main
> time (in minutes).  In such games, it is normal to end up in byoyomi, as it
> is no faster than the main time spread over 60 moves.  In this event, the
> main time was one hour, while the byoyomi was 30".  As is now clear to me,
> with such a time limit it is foolish to enter byoyomi at all, as I did in
> nearly every game (much to my regret).  But if the players avoid byoyomi,
> then it doesn't have much point.  So my recommendation would be to use 40'
> + 40" or 50' + 50" (whichever fits the schedule better).

Of course it is foolish to enter byoyomi. I think of the byoyomi as sort
of
a punishment for thinking to slow. But it enables the player to play on
and not
loose by time (as in chess).

Rikard Nordgren