From looking at the history of this group, a 19x19 round takes 30-40 minutes, and a Swiss tournament has 3-4 rounds. Why would Fischer time be more predictable?
When you have (say) 20 seconds byoyomi, it will vary from move to move and person to person how much of that time will be wasted (not used), because it is hard to use all of that 20 seconds on each and every move.
With Fischer time, any unused time will be kept as remaining time. So the maximum duration of a round can be predicted more accurately.
Perfect. That’s how it’s meant to feel, though I was aiming for 5:30am in Holland (The official start time of Elfstedentochts I believe) so I hope I got that right.
Not at all. You’ve got a whole week to adjust your body clock. I don’t think completing an Elfstedentocht should come easy. Is your determination excluding you? I hope not. There’s still time to change your mind.
It may even be slower with good participation. The slowest game of each round holds up the next round ofc. Also. +12s fischer is significantly slower than +12s byo-yomi or similar.
A bit like swiss but with a fixed number of rounds. McMahon also has bars (categories) that apply some -ve points to people that get easier games but for this tournament I’ve set the bars so low they should be irrelevant.
McMahon: Not to be confused with the more common Simultaneous McMahon. There are no simultaneous games unless a bug rears its ugly head.
Unfortunately there are a number of elements that are hard to incorporate into the event. For example; The gentleman that attempts backstroke on the ice before being removed by police.
If you are referring to my new profile pic then I will arrange something more aerodynamic for the occasion. 5days 7hours to go.