RHP Tournament Automatic Time-Outs

What do all you fellow chess players think about an automatic time-out system for tournament games. It can also be extended as an option for personal settings for non-tournament games.

My suggestion: All games with 7 days or less to move should get a system driven auto time-out after 24 hours and 48 hours for games above 7 days. This takes the personal choice away from players and provides consistency.

For tournaments I suggest that the Holiday setting should be an option, to be agreed by both players before the start of the game, or as a tournament variable.

Originally posted by Reaper
What do all you fellow chess players think about an automatic time-out system for tournament games. It can also be extended as an option for personal settings for non-tournament games.

My suggestion: All games with 7 days or less to move should get a system driven auto time-out after 24 hours and 48 hours for games above 7 days. This takes the personal ...[text shortened]... option, to be agreed by both players before the start of the game, or as a tournament variable.

Originally posted by LivingLegend
This is already implented!

The rules for all tournaments are that after 48 hours, the games will be timed out automaticly!

Olav

Originally posted by Reaper
Hi. I think that the auto system should replace the option to manually time someone out - this manual time-out still exist at the moment.

The idea of set auto time-outs brings consistence and clarity, and takes away the "personal" element.

Originally posted by Reaper
The idea of set auto time-outs brings consistence and clarity, and takes away the "personal" element.