On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 6:38:48 +0000, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:14:31 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
Something like 60 minutes for the first 30 moves and a minute increment >>would be a compromise I could live with. If I still played tournament >>chess.
Ironically, 100 years from now inventing the digital clock with
incremental controls could well be what Bobby Fischer will most be
remembered for. (That and allowing the patent to go into the public
domain by not reneweing his patent)
I didn't even know Bobby Fischer was responsible for incremental time
controls !
Being an ex-world chess champion should still carry a lot of weight in
the future among chess fans. We all still read about the heroes of the
past and study their games. I think Bobby Fischer will still get
respected for what he did achieve in the game. Plus, no title is bigger
than world champion.
Bullet chess without increment is just a mess so well done Bobby
Fischer, that was a really good invention. It will come in very handy in
the future if the younger generation prefer the faster time controls to
OTB classical, along with that random position 960 thing that he also
gave us.
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