22 Jul 04
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Originally posted by geniusI don't think we ever had that option. Originally, you could only save a notebook entry at the same time as you submitted a move. Russ then added the option to save notes after you moved, while it was your opponent's turn.
this might have popped up before-but where's the option to save your notebook without making a move gone?!?
Allowing the option to record notes when you could be moving might be considered a bit too much of a help to slow movers. Speaking for myself, the occasions when it has been my turn and I might have wanted to save notes have usually been occasions when, to be fair to my opponent, I should be getting on with my move.
23 Jul 04
Originally posted by geniusIn that case, it hasn't gone away. I just added notes to two of my games where it was my opponent's move.
that's what i meant 😛
I take your point about slow moves, but I still reckon that if you have time to analyse your move to the point of making notes, you probably have time to go ahead and move.
I regard the timeout as a maximum time to move, not an expected time. If I didn't, I probably ought to quit the clans that keep signing me up to 7-day timeout games. Besides, two of the tournaments I'm playing in were started before the timebank was introduced, so they're on 7+0 and it would be really tedious if we actually took a week per move.
26 Jul 04
Originally posted by RolandYoung"To the point of making notes" does not necessarily imply so heavy analysis. I tend to make notes exactly when I don't have time to analyze further, like "1. Rb6 seems interesting but 1. -e3", I have time to write that down but not time to find out whether Rb6 works even if the opponent answers with e3
but I still reckon that if you have time to analyse your move to the point of making notes, you probably have time to go ahead and move.
P.S. I must admit I have never used the RHP note feature, just a test editor or pen and paper, but this shouldn't make any difference..