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After playing chess OTB with no clock I have bought a clock on ebay. Although it is good it isn't exactly what I expected. I thought it would have a second hand to make blitz games more accurate and I also thought that there would be some kind of aural signal (a buzzer or bell of some description) when a player had run out of time. All it has is a red flag that drops when the minute hand passes 12.

Now the clock I bought wan't expensive (£15) so are these functions not on the clock because they never are on chess timers, or are they absent becasue it is a low-end model.

Also when starting a game am I right in thinking that white makes his first move while neither clock is ticking?

And should you hit the clock with the same hand you made your move with?

Are there any other special rules asociated with clocks while playing chess. under what circumstances can you stop both clocks etc.

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Originally posted by jugglingeek
After playing chess OTB with no clock I have bought a clock on ebay. Although it is good it isn't exactly what I expected. I thought it would have a second hand to make blitz games more accurate and I also thought that there would be some kind of aural signal (a buzzer or bell of some description) when a player had run out of time. All it has is a red f ...[text shortened]... sociated with clocks while playing chess. under what circumstances can you stop both clocks etc.
Yes, white makes their first move, then hits the clock.

Yes, you are supposed to hit the clock with the same hand that moves the pieces.

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Originally posted by jugglingeek
After playing chess OTB with no clock I have bought a clock on ebay. Although it is good it isn't exactly what I expected. I thought it would have a second hand to make blitz games more accurate and I also thought that there would be some kind of aural signal (a buzzer or bell of some description) when a player had run out of time. All it has is a red f ...[text shortened]... sociated with clocks while playing chess. under what circumstances can you stop both clocks etc.
There are digital clocks that flash seconds. I don't know about buzzers.
To start, black starts white's clock running before the first move.
It's a common courtesy (probably a rule) to hit with the same hand in speed chess. Don't know if it's a rule in normal chess.

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Originally posted by Regicidal
There are digital clocks that flash seconds. I don't know about buzzers.
To start, black starts white's clock running before the first move.
It's a common courtesy (probably a rule) to hit with the same hand in speed chess. Don't know if it's a rule in normal chess.

In all the OTB tournaments I've played in, white makes their move, then hits the clock.

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Originally posted by Wildfire
In all the OTB tournaments I've played in, white makes their move, then hits the clock.
It's been a long while since I played OTB. I seem to remember otherwise, though I could be wrong.

chessnut57
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I think the analog clocks have no second hand on purpose. It would be difficult to make one (cheaply) where you could sync the second hands like you do the minute hands prior to play.

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In British League chess, white generally plays the first move and then hits the clock. The clock sits on white's left, and it is hit with the same hand that moved the piece.

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different federations may have different rules, but when i played otb black had the right to choose what side of the board the clock was on ... usually his right if he was right handed ... and the same hand that moved the piece rule only applied in the last 10 minutes of normal time control games, though at all times in rapidplay and blitz ... the falling flag is pretty standard ... you have to notice your opponent has exceeded his time and claim the win

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That's interesting, I didn't realise it was different from place to place. I can only speak from my own experience, and that was the way it was done in the West Midlands. (UK)

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Whenever I've played it's always been black starts white's time and then white makes a move. It's also always been black chooses which side the clock goes on.
I don't know whether there is a rule saying which hand you hit the clock with but I've got a system anyway. Move with right hand, hit clock with right hand, record move with right hand.

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It makes more sense for black to start the clock. Why should white have free time to decide which opening to play?

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You guys do know there are FIDE rules.

http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101

Article 6 is the one you're looking for.

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Originally posted by Regicidal
It makes more sense for black to start the clock. Why should white have free time to decide which opening to play?
White has all the time in the world to decide which opening to play anyway. Before he sits at the table :-p

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Black starts whites clock, white moves and starts blacks clock

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"6.5 At the time determined for the start of the game the clock of the player who has the white pieces is started."--FIDE In upper level chess, I suppose the Tournament Director starts the clock, but at the cheapo tournaments I've been at, black says something like "Ready?" the white guy nods and black starts his clock. This is in U.S. I've never seen white make a move and start black's clock. Maybe it's just a custom. The TD sits in the back, reads the paper and eats a donut.

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