From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
Date: 7 sep 2000
Subject: Re: Increment time

At 06:25 PM 9/7/00 +0200, DANERUD MARTIN wrote:
>Dear Larry and other shogi friends,
>
>Maybe you are right that 15 min + 1 min increment is too slow. However, in
your comparison between 30 min + 30
>s increment and 60 min + 30 s byo-yomi you estimate the number of moves
during the first hour to 60, but I do not
>think that many players succeed to play 60 moves in one hour in normal
shogi games. Maybe 35 or 40 moves is
>more realistic for one hour.

     For the average game, 40 moves does sound reasonable before entering
byoyomi.  However for tournament planning purposes we are concerned with
the longest (or at least nearly the longest) games.  That's why I used 60
moves.

>Sincerely yours,
>
>Dr. Martin Danerud
>
>President of the Swedish Shogi Federation, Vice president of FESA
>
>
     Larry Kaufman